French and Francophone Studies Department

The French and Francophone Studies Department regularly sponsors guest speakers from around the world.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
8:00pm - Midnight
Frances Fergusson Quadrangle (by the Drama Center)
Rain location: Rocky 200

SOIRÉE '68

The Department of French and Francophone Studies and the French Club hereby invite you to SOIRÉE '68!!! Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of the May 1968 student and worker uprisings in Paris with a short talk from David Schalk and two revolutionary films projected on the Ferry House in an outdoor "Woodstock" ambiance.

We will begin the event at 8pm on May 7th with a 20 minute talk from David Schalk, Vassar Professor Emeritus from the History Department and an eyewitness to the riots. Film viewings begin at 8:30 with a 45-minute documentary by Chris Marker, and a 9:15 screening of Roger Vadim's Barbarella, a comedy that features Vassar grad Jane Fonda. Films in French with English subtitles.

So come break out in May the way your grandmother did forty years ago. We will bring the free popcorn, Orangina (limited) and films. You bring the blankets and the revolutionary spirit.

Courtesy of the French and Francophone Studies department, Lucy Hoy and Florence Donnell White funds and the French Club.

The French Club organizes a variety of activities, including film presentations, crêpe and T-shirt sales, dinners at local French restaurants, and an annual Cabaret featuring performances by students and teachers. For announcements of specific events, check the InfoSite.

The French Table meets every Monday from 6-7:30pm in ACDC. Come practice your French at "La Table Française" while dining in a relaxed atmosphere! All are welcome, including beginners.

Past Events

Winter Salon on Popular French and Francophone cultures
Topics included:

Katie Poor (Wesleyan), "'Black, Blanc, Beur': The Careful Construction of a Socializing Spectacle."
Dawn Fulton (Smith), "The Migrations of Le Petit Prince: Childhood and Popular Culture in Calixthe Beyala's Loukoum."
Rebecca Roseman (Vassar), "'From Bean to Cup without Adulteration': Chocolate, Advertising, and Elitism."
Marie-HÈlËne Koffi-Tessio (Bard), "Les nouveaux visages de Marianne. Rama Yade, Rachida Dati et Fadela Amara".
Meredith Duncan (Smith), "La Banlieue au fÈminin: Women's Voices in French Film and Media."
Typhaine Leservot (Wesleyan), "Satrapi's PersÈpolis: Reversing Cultural In-between-ness."
Bridget Behrman (Bard), "Le vieux dictionnaire: "Standard French" in contemporary culture."
Vinay Swamy (Vassar), "Rap and the Republic: Malik Chibane's Voisins voisines (2005)."

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SOIRÉE '68

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