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Prof. Barsky named to the Institute for Advanced Studies

Professor Barsky has just been named to the Institute for Advanced Studies, Toulouse, for 2012-2013. He will research radical Zionist organizations active in France and the United States, in the context of work he’s doing on Avukah, the Jewish Student organization that existed in the United States from 1925-1942, part of his broader work on...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 in news | Tags: , , , , No Comments »

Expressions maghrébines by Rob Watson

  “Renvois du plurilinguisme méditerranéen dans la littérature judéo-maghrébine de nos jours: Tunis, Alexandrie, Casablanca “ in the journal Expressions Maghrébines, for the special issue “Le Maghreb Méditeranéen: Littératures et Plurilinguisme” Volume 11, Issue 2, Winter 2012.... KEEP READING

Posted on Friday, April 20th, 2012 in articles and books | Tags: , , , No Comments »

Rob Watson publishes in Life Writing Journal

      Congratulations Rob for your recently published article! “Secondhand Memories: Franco-Tunisian Jewish Women and the Problem of Writing Return” in the journal Life Writing, for the special issue “Women’s Life Writing and Diaspora” Volume 9, Issue 4, 2012.            ... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 in articles and books | Tags: , , , , No Comments »

Congratulations Rob Watson!

Congratulations to Robert Watson who successfully passed his Ph.D. dissertation defense on April 16, 2012.  His defense dissertation is titled: “Cities of Origin, Cities of Exile. Maghrebi Jewish Diasporic Life-Writing in French. 1985-20″.... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Robert Barsky named new head of house at Ingram Commons

Robert Barsky will be faculty head of West House, replacing Jo-Anne Bachorowski, associate professor of psychology. Barsky is professor of French and Italian with a joint appointment to the Department of English. An eminent member of the humanities division of the College of Arts and Science, Barsky teaches literature and works in immigration studies, linguistics...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

“The Liar” by David Ives at the Neely Auditorium April 6,7,12,14 @ 8pm

The Liar By David Ives April 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 at 8pm April 8 at 2pm   Fresh from a successful world premiere at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., David Ives’ vivacious adaptation of Corneille’s 17th comedy delights with linguistic wit and slapstick style. When the new man-about-town is a compulsive liar and...... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Remoteness and proximity

Vanderbilt Professor Paul Miller’s recently published article

      Vanderbilt Professor Paul Miller (Dept. of French and Italian) has recently published his article titled: “Remoteness and Proximity: The Parallel Ethnographies of Alejo Carpentier and René Maran” in Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures. To access the full article online please click here.... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 in articles and books | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , No Comments »

Reading of Play by Dan Church on April 1st!

“Vous avez quel âge?” was a hit one-man show starring Jean Piat in the Théâtre de la Comédie des Champs-Ëlysées, premiering in February 2010. Françoise Dorin, daughter of “chansonnier” René Dorin, was born 1928. She became an actress in her father’s shows at the Théâtre des Deux Ânes and then in the “legitimate” theatre with...... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, March 19th, 2012 in lectures | No Comments »

New Books Network interviews Robert Barsky on his book “Zellig Harris: From American Linguistics to Socialist Zionism.”

In this meticulously-researched biography, Zellig Harris: From American Linguistics to Socialist Zionism (MIT Press, 2011), Robert Barsky casts a great deal more light upon Harris’s story.  Exploring his involvement in the Avukah student group in the 1930s and 40s, Barsky shows how Harris not only strove to advance the cause of socialist Zionism, but also shaped...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Russell Jacoby will discuss about his new published book “Bloodlust: On the Roots of Violence from Cain and Abel to the Present

      Professor Russell Jacoby of UCLA will present and discuss his new published work “Bloodlust: On the Roots of Violence from Cain and Abel to the Present”.  ... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, March 12th, 2012 in conferences | No Comments »

Vanderbilt Professor Holly Tucker named finalist for the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Professor Holly Tucker (French and Italian Department) has been named finalist or the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for her recently published book: Blood Work A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution. Click here for more information.... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Italian-night-featured

The Italian Night was a Great Success!!! Students had a wonderful opportunity to learn about Italian culture and language.

The Italian Night Great Success!! Students had a wonderful opportunity to learn about Italian culture and language.... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 in italy, language, Undergraduate program | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , No Comments »

Warren Center Graduate Student Lecture April 20, 2012 4:10PM

French and Italian Department graduate student Robert Watson will be giving a lecture titled: “Shared Histories, Interdependent Memories: Screening Jewish-Arab Nostalgia in France and North Africa” on Friday April 20, 2012 at 4:10PM at the Robert Pen Warren Center.... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Martin Foys on “The Remediating Turn: Working Over the Digital Incunabula”

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Posted on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 in lectures | No Comments »

Dinner and a draft

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:30-8:00 p.m. @ The Writing Studio Professor Tucker will talk about her writing process and share some of her writing projects with a small group of students Wednesday, February 22, at the Writing Studio event Dinner and a Draft. If you’d like to attend, please visit our website (www.vanderbilt.edu/writing) and register...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 in articles and books | No Comments »

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