French Department responds to violence on UVA Grounds
MONTREAL
Courtesy: Claire-Marie Brisson (PhD andidate)
"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)
Moroccan Desert
Courtesy: Meg Gould (CLAS '15)
Spring 2017 - UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
French in Translation Courses
FRTR 3584 Topics in French Cinema: Masterpieces of French Cinema
Richard Stamelman Presents "The Senses of Perfume"
UVA in Morocco Information Session
Jennifer Tsien to give a public lecture at the University of Colorado-Boulder
Jennifer Tsien will give a public lecture at the University of Colorado-Boulder on Thursday, Sept. 22 on pro-French seditious speech and song in 1790’s Spanish Louisiana, titled “Of Songs, Rumors, and Suckling Pigs: the French Revolution Goes to the Americas.” She will also be giving a seminar on the Mississippi Bubble, conspiracy theories and rumor on Wednesday 21st of September.
Virginia Film Festival 2016 Filming at the Borders: Migrating to Europe Today
Sponsored by the UVA Department of French and the UVA Program in European Studies with special thanks to the International Rescue Committee (Charlottesville). These films invite dialogue about the urgent topic of migration and about the role that images and narratives play in bringing it more fully to our awareness.
Articles presented at “Stendhal’s Many Lives” colloquium
Published in L’Année stendhalienne (Paris: Honoré Champion, 15, 2016), all four contributions to the colloquium “Stendhal’s Many Lives”, which took place at the University of Virginia on September 19, 2014, were recently published in L’Année stendhalienne (Paris: Honoré Champion, 15, 2016). For the organisation of this colloquium, Antoine Guibal received generous funding from the Institute of the Humanities & Global Cultures and the Department of French at UVA.
Antoine GUIBAL (University of Virginia)
“Avant-propos” (p. 9)
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News & Announcements
Jennifer Tsien’s book The Bad Taste of Others has been translated into French
August 30, 2017
Jennifer Tsien’s book The Bad Taste of Others has been translated into French. Click here for more information.... Read»
On August 11, 2017, Gladys Saunders presented a paper titled “What does the rapid spread of /u/-fronting in American English have to do with the teaching of French phonetics?” to an enthusiastic group of participants, at PTLC 2017 (a bi-annual phonetics
August 28, 2017
On August 11, 2017, Gladys Saunders presented a paper titled “What does the rapid spread of /u/-fronting in American English have to do with the teaching of French... Read»
Janet Horne gave an interview to French daily newspaper Libération, offering context and commentary on the recent traumatic events in Charlottesville (Aug. 18, 2017)
August 22, 2017
Janet Horne gave an interview to French daily newspaper Libération, offering context and commentary on the recent traumatic events in Charlottesville (Aug. 18, 2017).... Read»
