Dawes House Visits Montréal

This year's Dawes House trip to Montréal will take place from March 31-April 1.

Private Visit to the Smith College Museum of Art's "Debussy's Paris: Art, Music, and Sounds of the City"
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 3 PM

This exhibit explores the sounds and sights of Debussy's Paris, featuring the composer's own music, a soundscape of the streets of Paris, and works of art by Degas, Monet, Manet, and Toulouse-Lautrec, among others. More information about the exhibit can be found here.

French Film Festival
Feb. 13, 15, 19, 20, and 22 at 6:45 PM
Film screenings will be held in Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall with a debate following each held at Dawes House.

 

To all students interested in French Studies or French Cinema:

The French Embassy and the French Institute of Israel in partnership with, among others, le Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), is happy to offer a French film festival on line. Starting today and for 3 weeks, from January 12 to Feb 1, 2012, and for a minimal fee, you will be given access on your computer to about 10 long-featured and 10 short French films that have not yet been distributed in the States. All movies have English subtitles (and subtitles in 13 other languages, including Hebrew). Please note that usage is restricted to individuals or what is loosely defined as "family circle".  Other usages are strictly forbidden.

During these 3 weeks, you will be able to watch the movies at your convenience and in the comfort of your home like you do with any movies you download from Netflix. The cost is minimal: 16 euros (about $20) for access to the entire festival (about 20 films) and about half that price for accessing only the long features or the shorts. If you prefer, you can also rent single movies (cost: about $2.00 each).
Finally, signing up (and having a Facebook account) will make you eligible to vote for the top movie of your choice and enter a raffle with the top prize being a trip to Paris for 2 people.

Here is the website: http://www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com/en/

This is surely the best time of the year to enjoy a wealth of new movies at home!

Enjoy !

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Janie Vanpée, who was named a winner of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Innovative Course Design Competition for FYS 199, Re-Membering Marie Antoinette.

Games at Dawes House

Friday, November 18, 4:00 PM

Join us for some classic board games (Scrabble, Monopoly) and practice speaking French!

Lecture on Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition
Christine Sagnier, Princeton University

Friday, November 11, 3-4PM
Seelye 207

Presentation of the Major in French Studies

Thursday, November 3, 5PM
Poetry Center, Wright Hall

Come hear from students returning from Paris and Geneva!

Dawes House Tea

Friday, September 23, 4-5:30PM

With Digital Mapmaking, Scholars "See" a New Virtual Landscape of Paris

How can scholars and their students visualize the complex and multilayered urban space of Paris-and experience its topography, landmarks and rich artistic and literary milieu—without touring firsthand the famous city? In a new pedagogical/research project, "Mapping Paris, a Cultural Capital," Hélène Visentin, associate professor of French Studies, is using a
multimedia environment with Geographic Information Systems technology to explore and study the historical layers of Paris. More

Jacobson Center French Tutors

Christianne Beasley, Wiame El Bouhali, Catharine Damron
By appointment: jactutor@email.smith.edu, ext. 3056

Please visit us on Facebook!

www.facebook.com/pages/Smith-College-French-Studies/137860521308

News from the French Consulate in Boston

Check out the Consulate's current Newsletter.

La Table française: Join us!

Every Monday, noon-1:15 p.m.
Duckett House Dining Room (Room A or B on alternating weeks)
Non-board guests must sign the log in the room they're using. Smith students who are on the Board plan should swipe their cards at the check-in desk.