MONTREAL
Courtesy: Claire-Marie Brisson (PhD Candidate)
"The only thing certain is that nothing is certain."
- Pliny the Elder (as quoted by Montaigne, on the ceiling beams of his home)
Courtesy: Gary Ferguson (Faculty)
Paris Plage
Courtesy: Gary Ferguson (Faculty)
UVa in Lyon
Courtesy: Amanda Selsky (CLAS '17)
Paris
Courtesy: Ari Blatt (Faculty)
Paris
Courtesy: Anna Robinson (J-Term Paris, 2017)
Place Bellecour, Lyon
Courtesy: Maggie Stein (Staff)
Doctoral candidate Claire-Marie Brisson was invited as a special correspondent to French Canadian television on August 12, conducting two interviews on the one-year anniversary of Charlottesville's "Unite the Right" rally.
Professor Tsien reflects on her conflicted relationship with a classic novel in her personal essay, “The Danger of Liaisons,” Eighteenth-Century Fiction.
Professor Tsien reflects on her conflicted relationship with a classic novel in her personal essay, “The Danger of Liaisons,” Eighteenth-Century Fiction: Click here for link
Claire-Marie Brisson has become our newest published author with her first journal publication, "Toppling Statues, Towering Walls: The Tumultuous United States in the Shadows of the Canadian Global Ideal,” journal Études Canadiennes / Canadian Studies
Claire-Marie Brisson has become our newest published author with her first journal publication, "Toppling Statues, Towering Walls: The Tumultuous United States in the Shadows of the Canadian Global Ideal,” due to appear in the journal Études Canadiennes / Canadian Studies N°85 (Le Canada, refuge américain / Canada: A Refuge from the United States) this December. This journal is published in Paris by L'Association Française d'Études Canadiennes.
Congratulations to Alexandra Natoli, (PhD, 2016), she has won the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Fellowship to conduct research at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Alex Natoli,(PhD 2016) has won the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Fellowship to conduct research at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for four months next summer toward her current project, “Bodily Matters: Remembering Outhouse Space in the Nazi Camps.” Alex has also secured a Visiting Assistant Professorship at Alfred University.
Congratulations to the French Department's 2018 Doctoral and MA Graduates: Holly Runde, PhD; Saira Sohail, MA; Hannah Holtzman PhD
Congraulations to the French Departments 2018 Graduates: Holly Runde, PhD; Saira Sohail, MA and Hannah Holtzman, PhD.
Maas Essay Deadline
The Maas Prize awards of up to $5,000 for Continued Learning about France and French-‐Speaking Cultures
Undergraduates in all schools of the University are invited to submit 2000-2500 word essays in French on a topic concerning Franco-American relations, broadly interpreted to be any topic of a comparative nature dealing with the language, culture, politics, society, business (or some similar or allied subject) of the United States and of France or any French-speaking nation or region.
Praxis Fellows Presentation & Lunch: UVa Reveal - featuring 6 Fellows including French PhD Candidate Spyros Simotas
The 2017-18 Praxis Fellows will present the result of their year-long collaboration working on an original digital humanities project.
The event will run from 10:30-12:00 and lunch will follow. Presenters will include:
Praxis Fellows Presentation featuring French PhD Candidate Spryos Simotas along with 5 other Fellows will present their year long collaboration working on a digital humanities project May 4th. 10:30 am, Alderman 421. Lunch will follow.
The 2017-18 Praxis Fellows will present the result of their year-long collaboration working on an original digital humanities project. The event will run from 10:30-12:00 and lunch will follow. Presenters will include:
“Congratulations to PhD Candidate Spyros Simotas, winner of one of the 2018 All-University Graduate Teaching Awards!”
Spyridon Simotas receiving a 2018 All-University Graduate Teaching Award from Beth J. Beal, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs. Photo Credit: Melody Robbins Photography."
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August 29, 2018
