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fête des musiques et danses français
Mar. 8, 2024—You’re invited to…. fête des musiques et danses français When: April 16th, 2024 @ 3:00 – 4:15 pm Where: VCL Satallite Space (Map Here) What: Listen to and learn French songs, learn a simple French dance, & sample French snacks! Who: Music and teaching by Constellation avec Susan Kevra & Rachel Bell Bring: Your...
French Honors Society Pi Delta Phi Inducted 13 New Members on March 4th, 2024
Mar. 6, 2024—On March 4th, 2024, the following French Undergraduate students were initiated into the French honor society, Pi Delta Phi: Alec Freedman Alexa Abrams Ava Hendrickson Cullen Allen Daniel Putnam Elliott de Boer Jordan (McKay) Lucas Madalyn Bergman Sofia Prieto William Parrack Yisu Yang Zoe Shulman Honorary Inductee Professor Alexis Finet felicitacions! Please visit this link to...
Susan Kevra’s Article Appears in The Canadian Journal of Film Studies
Feb. 2, 2024—Principal Senior Lecturer in French and American Studies, Susan Kevra, published an article “The Man Who Changed the Climate: Frédéric Back’s Film Adaptation of The Man Who Planted Trees” in The Canadian Journal of Film Studies, Vol. 32, No. 2, Fall | Automne 2023 as part of a special issue on Climate Change and Cinema. Read...
Elsa Filosa Awarded Prize at MLA 2024
Jan. 29, 2024—The Modern Language Association of America awarded Elsa Filosa, assistant professor of the practice in Italian at Vanderbilt University, an honorable mention in the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies for her book Boccaccio’s Florence: Politics and People in His Life and Work, published by the University of Toronto Press. The prize was...
Dan Church, professor emeritus, has died
Nov. 7, 2023—Dan Church, professor of French, emeritus, and former director of the Vanderbilt Language Lab, died October 9, 2023 in Nashville. He was 84. Church was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1939 and grew up in North Wilkesboro and Statesville. He received his bachelor’s degree in French from Wake Forest University in 1961 and was...
French Faculty Recognized with TWLTA Awards
Nov. 6, 2023—Faculty members Becky Peterson and Virginia Scott (emerita) were recently honored by the Tennessee World Language Teachers Association. Professor Scott received a lifetime achievement award, and Becky Peterson won the Jacqueline Elliott prize for outstanding service to language education. 2023 Jacqueline Elliott Award Winner Becky Peterson is famous throughout the state of Tennessee for her...
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Sep. 10, 2023—Welcome to the Department of French & Italian at Vanderbilt University, where intellectual curiosity meets cultural exploration in an invigorating academic setting. Rooted in the University’s commitment to interdisciplinary excellence, our programs offer a rich tapestry of insights that intersect with race, gender, law, and religion, guided by a faculty of distinguished scholars. Engage with...
New book by Ramey on medieval poet
Aug. 31, 2023—Professor Lynn Ramey’s book on influential 12th-century poet Jean Bodel is being published by the University of Florida Press. Jean Bodel: An Introduction explores the life and works of Jean Bodel, an influential author from twelfth-century Arras, France. Bodel’s versatility as a poet, playwright, and epic writer, along with his establishment of new genres such...
Barsky earns Guggenheim
Aug. 25, 2023—Robert F. Barsky Fellow: Awarded 2022 Field of Study: Law Barsky’s multidisciplinary research combines work in social justice, human rights, and border studies with literary and artistic insights pertaining to vulnerable persons. His books on undocumented migrants, refugees, and the milieus of Noam Chomsky and Zellig Harris have been translated into 14 languages. He has...