News & Events Archive
French Seniors Majors Wine & Cheese Reception
Thursday, February 10 , 2011, 5-6p.m.
The Poetry Center
Lecture by Claudie Bernard of NYU
Thursday, February 24 , 2011, 5-6p.m.
The Poetry Center
Consanguinités mortifères et créatrices : l'exemple des Goncourt
French Department Pre-Exam Brunch
December 15, 2010 10 a.m. to noon
Poetry Center
Brunch for students in fall semester French classes. Come join the department for coffee, croissants and conversation!
French Department and Comp Lit Commencement Reception
May 15, 2010 4:15–5:30 p.m.
Mary Maples Dunn Room, Pierce Hall
Graduating seniors, their family members and department alumnae are invited to celebrate commencement with the department!
Celebrating Collaborations Spring 2010
April 17, 2010
French Studies seniors present projects deriving from coursework with Professor Fulton. Concurrent Sessions: 2:45PM-4PM SEELYE 208
Jamie Meliado: "Hors Standard": Examining Critiques of Les soleils des indépendances and Its Nonstandard Usage of French
Rebecca Weiner and Rachel Weston: Tintin the Globetrotter: Defining the Belgian Identity from Home and Abroad
Abby McIntyre: In Transit: Immigrants and Movement in Contemporary French and Francophone Cinema
The Empire of Fashion: Crinolines, Caricature and Culture in 19th-Century Europe
March 8, 2010 5:15PM, Seelye 106.
A lecture by Sima Godfrey, professor of French and European Studies at the University of British Columbia. Followed by a panel discussion March 9th, also at 5:15 in Seelye 106.
"Let's Talk Trash-Garbage and Culture in 19th Century Paris " - Lecture by Professor Eliane DalMolin, University of Connecticut
Thursday, February 18, 2010, 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Seelye 106
Professor DalMolin will comment on the social, political and cultural aspects of trash collection through various parts of Paris, France.
The Black Republic: The Influence of the Haitian Revolution
on Black Political Consciousness, 1817-1861
Monday, February 8 , 2010, 4:30 p.m.
Neilson Browsing Room
In celebration of Black History month, we are cosponsoring this lecture with
the departments of History and Afro-American Studies, and with the American Studies Program and the Program for the Study of Women and Gender.
Pre-exam Brunch
Monday, May 4, 2009 at 9:30 a.m.
Dewey Common Room
Croissants, conversation and relaxation! Join us to relax and indulge before your exams begin!
Senior Honors Thesis Defense
Friday, April 24, 2009 at 3 p.m.
Dawes House
Erica Faller, "Et sa morte était Bruges:" La femme et l'espace rêvé dans Bruges-la-Morte par Georges Rodenbach and Laura Itzkowitz, Le Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville de Diderot dans le débat de "l'homme naturel" contre la civilisation.
Light refreshments will be served.
French Theatre Workshop
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Campus Center 205
"Ça parle drôlement" (FRN 240): discover contemporary theatre and what your fellow students have worked on.
Lecture by Eric Fassin (Sociologist, ENS)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 5 p.m.
Carroll Room in the Campus Center
"The Sexual Boundaries of Europe: Sexual Democracy, Immigration and National Identities." Co-sponsored with the program for the Study of Women and Gender and the Sociology department.
Tournées Festival
Sunday March 8, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
Stoddard Auditorium
Last screening. Enjoy the film Molière. Open to the public.
Tournées Festival
Sunday March 1, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
Enjoy the film Une vieille maîtresse. Open to the public.
Tournées Festival
Sunday February 22, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
Stoddard Auditorium
Enjoy the film L'Origine de la tendresse et autres contes. Open to the public.
Tournées Festival
Sunday February 15, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
Enjoy the film Persepolis. Open to the public.
Tournées Festival
Sunday February 8, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
Stoddard Auditorium
Enjoy the film Le Scaphandre et le papillon. Open to the public.
Senior Wine and Cheese
Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 4:15 p.m.
Kahn Lounge
Relax while enjoying some wine and cheese and chatting with fellow French studies majors and faculty members.
Pre-exam Brunch
Monday, December 15, 2008 at 9:30 a.m.
Dewey Common Room
Croissants, conversation and relaxation! Join us to relax and indulge before your exams begin!
European Forum
Friday, September 19, 2008 at 4:30 p.m.
Campus Center 204
Come and meet with some French and European officials (French and German consuls) to celebrate the French presidence of the European Union: "The European Union today: New Visions, New Challenges." Discussion and reception to follow.
