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March 2017
“1000 lettres de la Grande Guerre. Le témoignage singulier des peu-lettrés” a talk by Agnès Steuckardt (Univ. Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France)
Tuesday, March 21 , 2017 4pm, Pugh Hall, 210 Abstract: Les écrits ordinaires de la Grande Guerre ont été peu exploités par les historiens. Dans le célèbre ouvrage de Jean-Norton Cru, Témoins, les professions libérales et les intellectuels représentent la quasi-totalité des témoignages. Un rééquilibrage commence à s’esquisser dans l’ouvrage récemment dirigé par Rémy Cazals, 500 témoins ; toutefois, même lorsque les historiens s’intéressent aux les classes populaires, ce sont toujours les plus lettrés, comme le tonnelier Louis Barthas, qui…
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“L’Autographe et son double: Nineteenth-century Forgeries of Seventeenth-century Manuscripts” a talk by Volker Schröder (Princeton)
Wednesday, March 22 , 2017 3pm, Pugh Hall, 302 Volker Schröder (Associate Professor of French) studies early modern literature and culture, with a special focus on the reign of Louis XIV (1660-1715). He received his doctorate in French literature from the University of Tübingen (Germany) and has previously taught at the University of Salzburg (Austria) and Duke University. His publications include a monograph on Jean Racine’s tragedy Britannicus, an essay collection entitled Présences de Racine, a critical edition of Marie-Anne…
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“Acadian French in Contact: Connecting the Past and the Present”. A lecture by Ruth King (York University, Toronto Canada)
Wednesday, March 29 , 2017 3-4pm, Pugh Hall 210 Professor of Linguistics at York University in Toronta, Canada, Ruth King has published widely on grammatical variation and change in contemporary French varieties and on the sociolinguistic history of the language. Her research areas include language and dialect contact, minority language varieties in the media and language and identity. Abstract Acadian French refers to varieties of French spoken in Canada’s four Atlantic Provinces and in parts of eastern Québec. In this…
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“Another Rousseau. Re-imagining a Writer using his Silences”. Keynote lecture by Michael O’Dea (Université Lyon II)
Thursday, June 1, 2017 5pm, Ulster Hall Michael O’Dea is Emeritus Professor of French at the Université Lyon II (France) and is a specialist of Rousseau and music. His latest publications include the edited volumes Rousseau en 2012. Puisqu’enfin mon nom doit vivre. SVEC 2012:1; Rousseau en musique, co-edited with P. Saby and O. Bara as a special issue of Orages, littérature et culture 1760-1830 (2012) and Rousseau et les philosophes, SVEC 2010:2. On June 1 at 5pm, he will…
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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
CYRANO DE BERGERAC is coming to America. Experience the beloved and iconic French romantic comedy, presented by the most prestigious Parisian stage, for a special one-night event, nationwide only in cinema – January 23, 7 pm. Book now: http://bit.ly/CyranoTickets
Find out more »Call for Proposals: Thomas Jefferson Fund
The 2019 Call for Proposals of the Thomas Jefferson Fund is now open until March 5, 2019 | 12:00pm (midday) EST. This program, launched by the Embassy of France in the United States and the FACE Foundation, aims to encourage and support cooperation among the most promising young French and American researchers, and foster forward-looking collaborative research projects. Each selected French-American project will receive up to $20,000 over a period of two years. Applications are accepted in the three following…
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The Postcolonial Turn of MuZEE, A European/Belgian Museum
To Be Determined Dauer 215 Phillip Van den Bossche studied art history in Ghent, and attended the Curatorial Training Programme of De Appel in Amsterdam. He worked from 2001 as a curator at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven and has been director of Mu.ZEE in Ostend since 2007. In recent years he curated exhibitions with amongst others Carsten Höller, Eric van Hove, Sammy Baloji, Lili Dujourie, Saddie Choua, M’barek Bouhchichi and Richard Tuttle. Upcoming research and exhibition projects include…
Find out more »A Conversation with Fanny GLISSANT on the Documentary “Slavery Routes”
Monday, February 25, 2019 at 4pm Scott Nygren Scholars Studio (Library West) Fanny Glissant Flyer For the official kick-off event of the second edition of the TOUT-MONDE FESTIVAL, the Caribbean Contemporary Arts Festival in Miami (March 13-17, 2019) “Echo-Natures," and on the occasion of BLACK HISTORY MONTH, The Cultural Services of the French Embassy & the France Florida Research Institute of the University of Florid present "A Conversation with/ Conversation avec Fanny GLISSANT, Film director and producer, on the Caribbean episode of the…
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Screening of Shoah: Four Sisters at Gainesville Jewish Film Festival
In the context of the project “Confrontations and Aftermath,” the FFRI is supporting a free screening of the Film “Shoah: Four Sisters” March 24 at 11am at the Gainesville Jewish Film Festival, directed by Claude Lanzmann. Ninth Annual Gainesville Jewish Film Festival Sunday, March 17 through Saturday, March 30 Hippodrome Cinema ~ Gainesville, Florida The Jewish Council of North Central Florida is proud to once again partner with the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida to offer two weeks of…
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Explore UF and Rennes 2 connection !
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Pugh Hall, 210, at 4pm In the context of the Francophone Month, discover the experience of UF and French students who benefited from the Reciprocal Exchange Agreement between the UF and Université Rennes 2. Learn about the exchange and the application process. Experience a typical “goûter Breton” (Breton snack). The University of Florida’s College of Liberal Arts and Science offers students the opportunity to study in Rennes, France. The University Rennes 2 is a public research…
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Lecture of “Vice, Crime, and Poverty: How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld” by Dominique Kalifa
Monday, April 15, 2019 Library East, 100, at 4 pm Dominique Kalifa is a historian and professor at the University of Paris 1, where he heads the Center of 19th Century History. His work focuses on the history of crime, social control, and mass culture in 19th- and early 20th-century France and Europe. He wrote the first book on the private detective métier, published in 2000 as Naissance de la police privée, and is a member of the Historical Committee of the…
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Lecture of “Vice, Crime, and Poverty: How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld” by Dominique Kalifa
Monday, April 15, 2019 George E. Smathers Libraries (Library East), Room 100, at 4-5 pm Dominique Kalifa is a historian and professor at the University of Paris 1, where he heads the Center of 19th Century History. His work focuses on the history of crime, social control, and mass culture in 19th- and early 20th-century France and Europe. He wrote the first book on the private detective métier, published in 2000 as Naissance de la police privée, and is a member of…
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