April 29, 2025 Congrats to Prof. Deborah McGrady on the publication of her new book! April 28, 2025 Former French Major Publishes New Novel! April 21, 2025 Congrats to our Distinguished Majors! March 24, 2025 Congrats to Graduate Student Loren Lee! March 24, 2025 Three UVa French Students Present Their Research at Johns Hopkins! February 10, 2025 Maya Boutaghou at Georgetown February 3, 2025 Congrats to Graduate Student Pierce Lockett on Richard Guy Wilson Prize! January 14, 2025 J-Term in Senegal, Version 1.0, a Huge Success! January 13, 2025 Prof. Simotas speaks on AI at MLA January 13, 2025 Prof. Maya Boutaghou on France Culture! December 9, 2024 Prof. Cheryl Krueger at the U. of Orléans October 9, 2024 Welcome back Visiting Scholar Dr. Cheikh BA. September 25, 2024 Prof. Simotas to speak at Villanova's Code Meets Culture Conference September 25, 2024 Professor Tsien will be giving a public lecture entitled ‘Vampires of New Orleans’ at Georgetown University on September 30 September 16, 2024 5 UVa French Colleagues Speaking at Duke this weekend! September 4, 2024 Check out the Cav Daily's French Playlist! August 21, 2024 Congrats to Liz Hall on her appointment as Director of UVa's Institute of World Languages! May 23, 2024 Congrats to Prof. Deborah McGrady on her Fellowship at Le Studium in Orléans April 23, 2024 Undergraduates Gretel Brown and Talia Pirron at the Choix Goncourt USA Ceremony April 1, 2024 Congrats to Graduate Students Oriane Guiziou-Lamour, Nnenna Onyima, and Eren Jaye on the Dumas Malone Fellowship! March 28, 2024 Some highlights from the Maas Prize Celebration February 7, 2024 SUMMER PROGRAM IN LYON January 25, 2024 Congrats to graduate student Katia Bellal on her ENS-Paris Fellowship for 24-25! January 6, 2024 Hannah Graham Memorial Award Applications due Feb. 23, 2024 December 7, 2023 Follow UVa French on Instagram and LinkedIn! November 26, 2023 Former French Major Set to Publish First YA Novel Set in Paris! November 20, 2023 Benjamin Bernard’s review of a recent exhibit at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France November 14, 2023 Congrats to former French Major Grant GianGrasso on his Rhodes Scholarship! October 31, 2023 A Wonderful Visit from High School French Students from Chantilly, VA! October 30, 2023 Congrats to our Gradaute Students on CGII Grants! October 17, 2023 It's been a banner week for UVa French Alumnae! September 27, 2023 Visiting Scholar from UCAD (Université Cheikh Anta Diop - Dakar) working on Human Geography and Literature with Prof. Boutaghou September 26, 2023 Philippe Roger publishes a new volume of the Marquis de Sade's revolutionary writings! August 8, 2023 Rumors of Revolution: a New Book by Jennifer Tsien July 31, 2023 Cheryl Krueger's new book, Perfume on the Page in Nineteenth-century France is published! June 1, 2023 Class of 2023 French major publishes first book May 19, 2023 French major Eva Surovell featured in A&S News: “A Love of Learning: ‘23 Humanities Grads Carving New Paths” (May 19, 2023) May 2, 2023 Prof. Karen James receives 2023 All-University Teaching Award and Jefferson Scholars Foundation 2023 Award for Excellence in Teaching April 28, 2023 Kelley Cordova wins 2023 All-University Graduate Teaching Award April 27, 2023 Love, Sex, Marriage and Friendship in Renaissance France. November 11, 2022 UVa students meet the French Ambassador to the U.S. November 11, 2022 French Ambassador in the U.S. awards Prof. Janet Horne October 21, 2022 Jazz at the Maison Française September 29, 2022 Professor Blatt's New Book: The Topographic Imaginary, Attending to Place in Contemporary French Photography September 21, 2022 Join the French & Francophone club at UVA September 5, 2022 Prof. Maya Boutaghou in Le Studium June 21, 2022 Graduate Student Meghan O'Donoghue receives Fulbright Award June 21, 2022 Graduate Student Emily Marks receives the Chateaubriand Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship February 10, 2022 Summer Language Institute January 14, 2022 Department of French's Dr. Karen James engages with Global Mentor December 4, 2021 Graduate Symposium - Rethinking the Margin November 29, 2021 "Fingers, Flesh and The Power of Touch in Madame Bovary." November 19, 2021 NCFS Unbound with Kari Weil and Cheryl Krueger October 28, 2021 Dr. Cheryl Krueger presents "Flower Power: Stories of Violet Perfume" at 19th Century French Studies Conference in DC October 27, 2021 Dr. Claire Lyu presents "When the World Comes to Matter: A proposal for a Post-Linguistic Understanding of Poetry" in DC October 27, 2021 Dr. Elizabeth Hall presents “Curriculum Design and Equity in Language Learning” at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning October 14, 2021 Dr. Cheryl Krueger speaks on "The Language of Perfumers in Nineteenth-Century France" at the colloquium Le Parfumeur: Évolution d'une figure depuis la Renaissance September 28, 2021 Mamadou Dia film Baamum Nafi selected as a contender for the Golden Stallion Award June 2, 2021 A message from UVA students to Professor Lyons on the occasion of his retirement May 21, 2021 Class of 2021 Virtual Graduation April 12, 2021 Congratulations to Marina Peebles, recipient of the 2021 IWL (Institute of World Languages) Distinguished Undergraduate Award March 31, 2021 Congratulations to Anna Johnson, Caroline Still and Kathryn Williams selected to Phi Beta Kappa Society. March 23, 2021 Maya Boutaghou presenting on Assia Djebar’s movies on April 1st at the Essay Film Festival. March 15, 2021 New Book by Amy Ogden March 9, 2021 Mamadou Dia at the 2021 Oscars! March 9, 2021 Welcome! Abiol Lual Deng, Global Mentor in French March 1, 2021 Roundtable with writer Nathalie Quintane January 25, 2021 Virtual Open House for residing in French House 2021-2022 January 25th from 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm January 8, 2021 Ph.D student Claire-Marie Brisson interviewed by Canadian Telejournal December 18, 2020 Congratulations to Mya Singleton February 4, 2019 Deborah McGrady announces publication of her new book. "The Writer's Gift or the Patron's Pleasure? The Literary Economy in Late Medieval France".
September 25, 2024 Professor Tsien will be giving a public lecture entitled ‘Vampires of New Orleans’ at Georgetown University on September 30
August 21, 2024 Congrats to Liz Hall on her appointment as Director of UVa's Institute of World Languages!
April 1, 2024 Congrats to Graduate Students Oriane Guiziou-Lamour, Nnenna Onyima, and Eren Jaye on the Dumas Malone Fellowship!
November 20, 2023 Benjamin Bernard’s review of a recent exhibit at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
September 27, 2023 Visiting Scholar from UCAD (Université Cheikh Anta Diop - Dakar) working on Human Geography and Literature with Prof. Boutaghou
September 26, 2023 Philippe Roger publishes a new volume of the Marquis de Sade's revolutionary writings!
July 31, 2023 Cheryl Krueger's new book, Perfume on the Page in Nineteenth-century France is published!
May 19, 2023 French major Eva Surovell featured in A&S News: “A Love of Learning: ‘23 Humanities Grads Carving New Paths” (May 19, 2023)
May 2, 2023 Prof. Karen James receives 2023 All-University Teaching Award and Jefferson Scholars Foundation 2023 Award for Excellence in Teaching
September 29, 2022 Professor Blatt's New Book: The Topographic Imaginary, Attending to Place in Contemporary French Photography
June 21, 2022 Graduate Student Emily Marks receives the Chateaubriand Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship
October 28, 2021 Dr. Cheryl Krueger presents "Flower Power: Stories of Violet Perfume" at 19th Century French Studies Conference in DC
October 27, 2021 Dr. Claire Lyu presents "When the World Comes to Matter: A proposal for a Post-Linguistic Understanding of Poetry" in DC
October 27, 2021 Dr. Elizabeth Hall presents “Curriculum Design and Equity in Language Learning” at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
October 14, 2021 Dr. Cheryl Krueger speaks on "The Language of Perfumers in Nineteenth-Century France" at the colloquium Le Parfumeur: Évolution d'une figure depuis la Renaissance
September 28, 2021 Mamadou Dia film Baamum Nafi selected as a contender for the Golden Stallion Award
April 12, 2021 Congratulations to Marina Peebles, recipient of the 2021 IWL (Institute of World Languages) Distinguished Undergraduate Award
March 31, 2021 Congratulations to Anna Johnson, Caroline Still and Kathryn Williams selected to Phi Beta Kappa Society.
March 23, 2021 Maya Boutaghou presenting on Assia Djebar’s movies on April 1st at the Essay Film Festival.
January 25, 2021 Virtual Open House for residing in French House 2021-2022 January 25th from 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
February 4, 2019 Deborah McGrady announces publication of her new book. "The Writer's Gift or the Patron's Pleasure? The Literary Economy in Late Medieval France".
