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FRENCH COURSES OFFERED THIS FALL 2013

FREN 101A Elementary French 4 Sections. MTWRF 8:10a – 9:00a; 9:10a – 10:00a; 10:05a – 10:55a; and 11:10a – 12:00p, in Buttrick 112. A communicative approach to reading, writing, listening, and speaking for students who have studied little or no French. Instructors:Carlos Amado, Raquelle Bostow, Sarah Kiningham, and Kevin Viot FREN 102 Accelerated Elementary French...... KEEP READING

Posted on Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 in Courses | Tags: Comments Off

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ITALIAN COURSES OFFERED THIS FALL 2013

ITA-101A-01 Elementary Italian – MTWRF 11:10a – 12:00p; 12:10p – 1:00p; 1:10p – 2:00p iand 2:10p – 3:00p in Buttrick 112 Elementary reading, writing, speaking, and listening, with emphasis on practical usage. Introduction to simple literary language. Classes meet five times weekly. No credit for students who have earned credit for a more advanced Italian...... KEEP READING

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VOYAGES, RENCONTRES, ÉCHANGES AU XVIIÈME SIÈCLE : MARSEILLE CARREFOUR

Click here COLLOQUE 5-8 JUIN 2013 for more information!... KEEP READING

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Way to go Future Graduates! Join us as we honor our French and Italian students at our Senior Reception 2013!

Thursday April 18th, 2013 Furman Hall 208 @ 5:00 PM Awards, Prizes, and Refreshments! We will announce the winners of the Lancaster Prize in Italian and the Gardner Prize in French. Amélie de Gaulle, representing the French Consulate, will present the French government prizes. Any questions regarding this event should be directed to Tamra.m.hicks@vanderbilt.edu or...... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, April 15th, 2013 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Paul B. Miller to present lecture

Paul B. Miller, Assistant Professor of French, Caribbean and Latin American Studies,  will be presenting a lecture at the Gordon Jewish Community Center on “Jews and Judaism in Latin American and Caribbean Literature” on Wednesday, April 17 at 7pm.... KEEP READING

Posted on Friday, April 12th, 2013 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

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April 2013 Conference “Cultural Modernism in the Americas I: Québec” at the W. T. Bandy Center

April the 18th and 19th A two-day international conference will be held in the W. T. Bandy Center (in the Central Library). Guests from Québec and Canada will be speaking in French and English about the emergence of modernity in Québec and the ways in which this process was influenced by French modernism. Several speakers will...... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, April 11th, 2013 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

April Stevens Recipient of Research Award

April Stevens, an ABD student in French, has received a College of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Award. Congratulations, April!... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, April 1st, 2013 in france, Graduate program, news, travel | No Comments »

Wagnerian Talk on February 8th

The Department of French and Italian is proud to co-sponser a lecture entitled “What is Isolde Inhaling? Modernity, Meaning & Wagner’s Music.” Nickolas Vazsonyi of the University of South Carolina, will speak on this topic at 3:10 p.m. on February 8th in 206 Buttrick Hall. A reception follows in the Max Kade Center.... KEEP READING

Posted on Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 in lectures, news | No Comments »

Dr. Whidden to Give Talk on Career in France and U.S.

The Department of French and Italian welcomes Dr. Seth Whidden of Villanova University. Dr. Whidden will be a Pascal Pia fellow at the W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French studies from April 8th through April 12th. Dr. Whidden will speak on his experiences as an American academic who has successfully negotiated a career...... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, January 31st, 2013 in france, lectures, news, travel | No Comments »

Professor Elsa Filosa to be Honored at Reception

On Monday, February 4th, there will be a reception at 4:15 p.m. at the Robert Penn Warren Center in honor of Vanderbilt faculty who published books in 2012. Congratulazioni, professoressa Filosa!  ... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, January 31st, 2013 in articles and books, italy, news | No Comments »

Willie Geist, VU ‘97 – TODAY Show Host Uses French in Interview

Alumnus Willie Geist, ’97, TODAY Show host shares this quote with us after using his French in an interview with actor Bradley Cooper: “In four years of highlights at Vanderbilt, the biggest was my time in Aix-en-Provence with the Vanderbilt-in-France program. The French language took me that semester to corners of Europe I never thought I’d...... KEEP READING

Posted on Friday, November 16th, 2012 in alumni, news | Tags: , , , , No Comments »

Recent Alumnus Auditions for France’s National Superior Conservatory

Christopher Owen Anderson, who graduated in 2012 as a French major, has been applying to start his Master of Music Performance at the National Superior Conservatory in Paris. As a part of the audition process, he recently passed a French language examination and will go to Paris the first week in March to audition live...... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, November 5th, 2012 in alumni, france, news | No Comments »

Brown to Host Conference: Call for Papers

Tuesday, January 15th is the deadline for submitting abstracts for (Ex)îles, the annual graduate student conference of the Brown University Department of French Studies. Îles et exils : ces deux termes évoquent l’un comme l’autre des réalités très concrètes ; mais l’un comme l’autre ouvrent le champ à de nombreuses interprétations moins littérales, qui nous...... KEEP READING

Posted on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012 in conferences, france, Graduate program, news, travel | No Comments »

Lecture on Literature and Research on October 26th

“Zooming in on Literature: Computational Thinking and Research Paradigms in the Humanities” Robin Valenza, a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Friday, October 26th at 4pm Buttrick 101 This lecture will be followed by a reception from 6-7:30 in the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at 1801 Edgehill Avenue. For...... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, October 25th, 2012 in news | No Comments »

Registration Open for THATCamp

    The Center for Second Language Studies, the Center for Teaching, the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy, and Warren Center’s Digital Humanities Seminar are pleased to announce the inaugural THATCamp Vanderbilt University on November 2-3, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. THATCamp stands for “The Humanities and Technology Camp.” It is an unconference:...... KEEP READING

Posted on Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 in conferences, Graduate program, news | No Comments »

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