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The French
Advisory Board was started four years ago to create more public awareness
and financial support for French Studies at the University of Washington.
With these goals in mind, we have raised over $150,000 to support graduate
student and junior faculty in their research endeavors. As part of our
cultural mission, we have sponsored speakers, heard presentations by faculty
and graduate students, and have had receptions to cultivate interest and
attract new Board members.
Under the leadership of Prof. Albert Sbragia, the new Chairman of FIS,
our Board is made up academics, professional people, and native French
speakers as well as Americans associated with the French community. We
would like to be as inclusive as possible in our diversity and are always
looking for people who care about France and the health of French Studies
at the UW. We conduct book discussion groups, and support film viewings
and academic conferences on campus. We also plan to host a ‘summit’
on campus to bring together the various French associations of the Puget
Sound area.
In the coming year, we will continue our expansion of financial support for French Studies as well as enrich the cultural experience of our Board and the greater community of Francophiles.
Joan Cremin, Chair
Maggy
Bailly - Chair
Kathleen Brunner
Stephan Coonrod
Jack Cowan
Joan Cremin
Denyse Delcourt
Monica Howell
Françoise Martin - Chair Elect
Albert Sbragia
Geoffrey Turnovsky
Hubert Vesselle
Geir Watland
Sunday,
July 13, 2008
Bastille
Day Celebration at Seattle Center
To celebrate Bastille Day, the French dept advisory board
will be present
from 10am to 6pm in Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center, in association
with the Seattle French Consulate and the French Chamber of Commerce.
On our menu for the day will be "des nourritures terrestres et
spirituelles,"
delicious pastries, and an occasion to meet with our Resident Writer,
Denyse Delcourt, author of Gabrielle au bois dormant (trans.
as Gabrielle
and the Long Sleep into Mourning).
We invite you to come and support French Studies.
Profile of Denyse Delcourt
Denyse Delcourt is a writer and a medievalist. She is the author of two
books, L'Ethique du changement dans le roman français du Moyen
Age (Geneva: Droz, 1990) and Gabrielle au bois dormant (Montréal:
Trois, 2001), a novel. She is currently working on her second novel. She
has published articles on French medieval romances in Le Moyen Français,
The Romanic Review, Medieavalia & Humanistica, Medieovo Romanzo, and
MLN, among others. She has been teaching at the University of Washington
since 1990. Other teaching experiences include Queens (Canada), Emory,
Northwestern and Duke universities. Her teaching interests are Old French
language and literature, contemporary Québécois literature
and French fairy tales.
May 10-23, 2008
FAFFF
at the U.W. French and Francophone Film Festival (pdf format)
The French Graduate Association is proud to present the 1st annual French
and Francophone film festival here at the University of Washington. This
film series has been structured to explore several key issues surrounding
ethnicity, multiculturalism and identity in the postcolonial francophone
world. The diegesis of the films selected work through issues of generational
and cultural divide (Le Grand Voyage), national identity (10th
District Court), immigration and immigration policy in Europe (Hop),
suburban culture and the use of language in identity constructs (L'esquive),
ethnic and religious tolerance (La Petite Jerusalem) and institutionalized
racism in the workplace (The Glass Ceiling).
Contacts
Festival website: http://staff.washington.edu/stromj/festival/
Joel Strom stromj@u.washington.edu
February 26, 2008
Seattle Repertory Theatre presents Moliere's Le Malade Imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid)
On February
26, the UW French Studies Program will host a pre-performance reception
and brief lecture by French Literature Professor Geoffrey Turnovsky.
$50 per person ($30 for students). Includes reception and a ticket to
the play. Proceeds benefit the UW French Studies Program.
For tickets call 206-616-4943, or email jakel@u.washington.edu.
Space is limited.
October
19, 2007
The French Advisory Board for French Studies at the University of Washington
cordially invites you to an informal book discussion of Manon Lescaut
by the Abbé Prévost.
Discussion will be led by Professor Geoffrey Turnovsky and will take place on Friday, October 19, from 12:00 to 1:00 in the Simpson Center for the Humanities, Communications Building (CMU), Room 202, University of Washington.
For location
of Communications Building please see
http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/northcentral.html?CMU
or ask at any toll booth as you enter campus. Nearest parking is in the
Padelford garage (parking ticket necessary). For more information (206)
543-6241.
Published in 1731, Manon Lescaut is a tale of love, travel and
adventure as a young nobleman, the Chevalier Des Grieux incurs debt, hardship
and his fathers disapproval in the pursuit and maintenance of the beautiful
Manon. Controversial in its time and was banned in France upon publication.
Despite this it became very popular and pirated editions were widely distributed.
In a subsequent 1753 edition, the Abbé Prévost toned down
some scandalous details and injected more moralizing disclaimers.
Prof. Geoffrey Turnovsky joined the French Studies faculty at the University
of Washington in the fall of 2006. His specialty is the literature and
cultural history of 17th- and 18th-century France. Turnovsky's research
focuses on the evolving institutional contexts of intellectual careers
in this period. His publications include articles on Corneille, Diderot,
Rousseau, as well as on marginal writers and the literary market in the
late 18th century, which have appeared in SVEC, Studies in Eighteenth-Century
Culture, and Eighteenth-Century Studies.
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