What's Happening
Every year, visiting scholars from all over the world come to campus to share their research, knowledge and international perspectives on a wide range of subjects related to French and Francophone studies.
Recent Events
Annual French and Francophone Film Festival
February 22 through March 1, 2013
The annual French and Francophone film festival brings the best of recent French and Francophone film to campus each spring. || Get more details
"African Literature: An Anglophone Perspective" a lecture by Gabeba Baderoon
Part of the 1st Leanne Freas Trout French and Francophone Lecture Series
Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 2-5 p.m. in Dana 117. Public reading at 4 p.m.
Author of the critically acclaimed collection of poetry The Dream in the Next Body and 2005 recipient of the Daimler Chrysler Award for South African Poetry, Gabeba Baderoon will discuss critical issues in the categorization of African literature through the lens of her experience as a scholar and a poet. || Event poster
A lecture sponsored by the Department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics and The French and Francophone Studies Program.
Bringing French Texts to Life: Dramatic Reading Workshop by the Théâtre du Rêve
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 in McDonnell Ski Lounge
Session 1 at 11 a.m. Session 2 at 4 p.m.
Discover the nuances of the French language by learning how to speak French texts aloud, including poetry, monologues and dramatic literature from France, Martinique, Haiti, Morocco and Belgium among other Francophone nations. This workshop is designed to help students find an animated, lively, connected voice in the French language.
“Afropean: Fantasy or Reality?” a lecture by Léonara Miano
Part of the 1st Leanne Freas Trout French and Francophone Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 7 p.m. in Willard Smith Library (Vaughan Literature Building)
Author of the critically acclaimed novels L’Intérieur de la nuit and Contours du jour qui vient (Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, 2006), Léonara Miano will discuss the notion of “afropéanité.” Why say “Afropean” and not “Afro-French?” Can all black populations established in Europe call themselves Afropeans? Where do we position this new, compound identity in the field of Afro-Diasporic studies? Lecture in French; Q&A in English. || Event poster
A lecture sponsored by the Department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, the French and Francophone Studies Program, the Griot Institute for Africana Studies, and the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender (CSREG).
“Child Soldiers: From Reality to Fiction” a lecture by Emmanuel Dongala
Part of the 1st Leanne Freas Trout French and Francophone Lecture Series
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 7 p.m. in the Traditional Reading Room (Bertrand Library)
What creates a child soldier? Can formal child soldiers be reinserted in society? What is our role in understanding these issues? Drawing from his traumatic personal experience in the 1997 civil war in Congo, which led him to write his critically acclaimed novel Johnny Mad Dog, Emmanuel Dongala will examine the systemic forces that create a culture of child soldiers. He will also discuss the ongoing reinsertion of former child soldiers into society and the treatment of this problem by the International Criminal Court. || Event poster
A lecture sponsored by the Department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, The French and Francophone Studies Program, the Department of Psychology, the Office for Civic Engagement and Service Learning, and the Griot Institute for Africana Studies.
