The Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies was pleased to host Professor Sylvie Daviet who is currently a professor of Geography at Aix-Marseille Université. She is an economic and social geographer with a strong interest in …
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Consul Général Yannick Tagand and Cultural Attaché Nicolas Douay Visit UW-Madison
The Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies had the honor of hosting the Consul Général Yannick Tagand accompanied by Cultural Attaché Nicolas Douay, on Thursday March 10th, 2022. Consul Général Tagand and Attaché Douay spent the …
Higher Education Attaché Professor Vincent Michelot Visits Madison
The Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies was pleased to host the Higher Education Attaché, Vincent Michelot, in Madison the weekend of September 30th-October 2nd. This particular weekend, the campus was buzzing with many Badger fans …
French Immersion Program: A New Initiative
Discussions on French Immersion Programs in Madison The Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies was pleased to host Consul Général Guillaume Lacroix and the Science Attaché James Dat on their second visit to Madison. During his …
Dr. Subha Xavier: “Wretched of the Sea”
Subha Xavier is Associate Professor of French at the Institute of African Studies at Emory University. Author of The Migrant Text: Making and Marketing a Global French Literature (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2016), Dr. Xavier presented a …
French Delegation visits Madison
In early March 2019, the CIFS welcomed a delegation of graduate students and faculty from IAE in Aix-en-Provence for a study tour focusing on business in the US context. The students had a busy week …
Visit from French Consul Guillaume Lacroix
The CIFS was thrilled to welcome French Consul, Guillaume Lacroix to the French House on February 14th to share a meal and our recent projects. This meal was the culmination of a two-day visit that …
Andrew Irving honored by French Consul
On October 19, Professor Andrew Irving was awarded a distinct honor at the French House Centennial Gala. In recognition of his outstanding service and dedication to French language education, Professor Irving received L’Ordre des Palmes …
French House Centennial
The French House just turned 100! With more than 2000 undergraduate residents over the years, scores of conferences and lectures hosted, and who knows how many baguettes and boeuf bourguignons enjoyed, what was once just …
UW-Madison French Alumni Publish New Textbook
Elizabeth Berglund Hall, Anne Theobald, and Mark Hall, all UW-Madison French Ph.D. alumni, are co-authors (with James Pfrehm, German) of TEXTURES, a new textbook from Yale University Press supporting the transition from language to literature …