Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies at UW-Madison

Spring 2008

 

The Consul General of France in Chicago, Mr. Jean-Baptiste de Boissière awarded the prestigious Palmes Académiques to Professors Caitilyn Allen, Donald Waller, and Harvey Jacobs on March 27th. Following the ceremony, the Consul General delivered a talk on Franco-American relations to students and faculty at Ingraham Hall. The complete text of the Consul General's speech, along with photos from the event, may be found on our website. Click here for more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Information Session for the 2008-2009 Sciences Po undergraduate exchange was held on February 28th, 2008. The CIFS is no longer accepting applications for the coming school year. For more information, or if you would like to apply for 2009-2010, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

Fall 2007

The Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies was pleased to welcome French Cultural Counselor Kareen Rispal on October 24th-25th. Ms. Rispal, who overseas the French Cultural Services headquarted at the French Consulate in New York, met with students and faculty from numerous departments engaged in French Studies.

 

Spring 2007

 

Agro-M Montpellier Exchange informational meeting was Thursday, May 3rd

To join our electronic mailing list, please contact us at: CIFS@intl-institute.wisc.edu

 

Feburary 3-March 10

The Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies was proud to co-sponsor our Jacques Rivette series with partner Cinémathèque. For more information on current events please visit: http://cinema.wisc.edu/

April 16

We were pleased to announce our co-sponsorship with "Poetry Day with the Poets from; Italy and France"

Fall 2006

We are pleased to announce our second year running of the Montpellier Student Exchange Program. Please follow the link below to find out more about it and the application process:

 

http://www.uwcifs.org/montpellier.htm

Fall 2006

September 21, 22, 23

"Albert Camus, précurseur: Méditerranée d'hier et d'aujourd'hui"

http://www.international.wisc.edu/Camus/

Spring 2006

April 4

"Behind the French Strikes: Youth Protesters and Employment Reform." Panel discussion. The talk will include presentations by UW-Madison history professor Laird Boswell; Fehti Kerrouche, a Université de Provence graduate student currently doing research in Madison; Hunter Martin, a UW-Madison graduate student studying in Paris; and Jonathan Zeitlin, a UW-Madison professor of sociology and public affairs. 12:00pm, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.

Fall 2005

November 28

"Why is France burning?" Roundtable. Speakers included Florence Bernault (Dept. of History), Laird Boswell (History), Ivan Ermakoff (Sociology), Deborah Jenson (French & Italian), Richard Keller (History of Science/Medical History & Bioethics), and Aliko Songolo (French & Italian/African Languages & Literature). 206 Ingraham Hall, 3:00pm.

December 15

Alain-Philippe Durand, Associate Professor of French, Film Studies, and Comparative Literature at the University of Rhode Island. "Les représentations de la culture hip-hop dans le stade Vélodrome de Marseille." 336 Ingraham Hall, 3:30pm

Spring 2005

February 28

Robert Boyer, Economist at CEPREMAP and Senior Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) "European Integration and Institutional Reform: Reforming the Stability Pact?" 206 Ingraham, 12:00 pm,.

March 17

Paul Brey, Regional Coordinator, Institut Pasteur International Network for Asia-Pacific. "Institut Pasteur: Over a Century of Science for the Good of Humanity", 336 Ingraham Hall, 3:30pm

March 31-April 3

The CIFS was proud to co-sponsor the French movies shown at the Wisconsin Film Festival.

April 8-9

Symposium on Constructing the European Higher Education Area. Featured speakers include Eric Froment, head of the European University Assocation, David Ward, president of the American Council on Education, European university leaders, and scholars from both sides of the atlantic. Grainger Hall.

May 12

His Excellency Jean-David Levitte, Ambassador of France to the United States, "France and America: Common Challenges Ahead" Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, 4:30 p.m..

Fall 2004

October 19

Jean Baubérot, Directeur d'études et Président honoraire de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), Université de Paris III - Sorbonne. ”La France et les Etats-Unis: Deux Modèles de séparation Eglise-Etat." 336 Ingraham Hall, 4:00 pm.

 

October 28

Richard Trachsler, Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne. "The Geography of Courtly Romance". Bart Besamusca, University of Utrecht. "Verse or Prose? The Middle Dutch Translation of the French Prose Lancelot." French House, 3:30 - 6:00 pm

 

November 9

Informational meeting on the French Embassy Programs and French in Business Environments. Nicolas Gachon, Détaché aupres du ministere des affaires étrangeres & Directeur, France-Synergies. Chantal Glass, Executive Director of the Chicago Chapter of the French American Chamber of Commerce.104 Van Hise, 4:00 pm.

Spring 2004

February 12

Dany Laferrière, Haitian author.“J’écris comme je vis.” French House, 4:00 pm.

 

March 1

Marc Abélès, Directeur du Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Institutions et des Organisations Sociales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris. "Identity and Borders: An Anthropological Approach to the European Union's Institutions.” 206 Ingraham Hall, 4:00 pm.

 

 

 

March 3

Rebecca Rogers, Maitre de Conférences in History, Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg). "Women's Voices From the Margins: The Colonial Civilizing Mission in Early 19th Century France." 206 Ingraham Hall, 4:00 pm.

 

 

 

March 25-27

Islam in Europe Conference: "East and West: The Experience of Islam in an Expanding Europe", featuring a keynote speech by Olivier Roy (research director of the "Iranian World" research unit, French National Center for Scientific Research [CNRS]). Other speakers included Catherine de Wenden (CNRS and Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris), Mamadou Gaye (SOS Racisme), and Jocelyne Cesari (CNRS and Harvard University). 206 Ingraham, times TBA.

 

Additional information.

 

 

April 1-4

Wisconsin Film Festival, New European Cinema.

 

Additional information and schedule.

 

 

April 5

Joshua Cole, University of Georgia. "Colonial Violence and the Borders of French History." 206 Ingraham Hall, 4:00 pm.

 

 

 

April 19

Frederico Casalegno, Research Affiliate, MIT Media Lab Smart Cities Group. “Inhabited Place of Knowledge: New Media, Information and Society.” 336 Ingraham Hall, 12:00 pm.

 

 

 

April 21

Françoise Lorcerie (CNRS), on French immigration policy. "L'école française au défi de l'ethnicité: Nouvelles approches de l'intégration à l'école des jeunes issus des immigrations." 4:00 pm, Location TBA

Fall 2003

 

Alain-Philippe Durand, "Black, blanc et beur: les rappeurs de la République"

Maurice Tubul (Préfecture de la région d’Aquitaine) “Requalifications urbaines et interventions communautaires en Aquitaine”

Jean Paré. Causerie sur le “fait français” au Québec et dans le R.O.C. (reste du Canada).

Information Session: France

Régis Michel, "Traumas: Fading Bodies in Western Video"

Christian Laurence, Eric Gravel et Guillaume Lacanal, KINO’00 (Montréal) et kinôparis (Paris). “KINO: réseaux anarchiques, microcinéma planétaire”

 

Spring 2003

 

Michel Maffesoli, "DU BON USAGE DU MAL"

Jean-Louis Guénet, Biomedical Research at the Institut Pasteur

Emmanuel Désveaux, "Le musée et l’anthropologie dans l’ère post-coloniale"

Philippe Massé, "Oxfam-Québec: L’être humain au coeur du développement" and "Oxfam-Québec: The human being at the heart of development"

Aline Tauzin, "La langue française à la frontière entre l’Afrique sub-saharienne et le Maghreb"

Janet Silbernagel, Landscape Architecture in the Loire Valley

François Rubio, "20 Years After: Médecins du Monde Fighting Against All Illness" and "Existe-t-il une exception des ONG françaises"

 

Fall 2002

 

Philippe Mioche, "The Europeanization of European Universities"

Department of History Curti Lectures: Lynn Hunt "The Eighteenth-Century Origins of Human Rights", "The Revolutionary Origins of Human Rights", "Suffering and Rights: New Conceptions of the Body", "The Psychology of Rights: New Conceptions of the Self"

Annick Michel, "Perspectives françaises sur la mondialisation"

Maurice Tubul, "Requalifacations urbaines et Interventions communicautaires en Aquitaine"

French Global Business Speakers Series: Pascale Salaün "La politique marketing de l'Alliance Française vis-à-vis des écoles publiques de la ville de Chicago"

The Varda Symposium (PDF Format

Alain Pessin

Professor Kwaterko, "Francophone Literature in Quebec and the Antilles"

French Global Business Speakers Series:

• Hervé Mary, "Le business international fait d'offres locales : EADS Matra Datavision et la culture du partenariat"

• Hervé Mary, "Le business international fait de cultures nationales : la confrontation des business models anglo-saxon et latin"

• Aline Bruno, "La Formation professionelle d'adultes en Europe : la communication face-à-face entre cultures"

Christian Laurence and Jéricho Jeudy, "KINO ou la practique du cinéma indépendant au Québec"

 

 

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