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International Karaoke

Sponsored by:
Arabic, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, French and Francophone Studies, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Luso-Hispanic Studies
Join us in singing songs in a foreign language! You won’t be able to sing in English but there is still a variety to choose from: Russian, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, French, Japanese, Spanish, Arabic, and others. The details will follow up in the Language House Instagrams: @russianhousemidd @midd_chinese_house @deutschhaus_middlbry @casadeespanol @arabichouse2 @jhouse_diary @casaitalianamidd @lamaisonfrancaisemidd @casadeportuguesemidd

McCullough Wilson Cafe

Closed to the Public

Word and Image: Putting Proust’s Pictures in Perspective

Sponsored by:
Studio Art, French and Francophone Studies, History of Arts and Architecture, Literary Studies, Theatre, and Axinn Center for the Humanities
Marcel Proust’s A la Recherche du Temps Perdu, one of the most profoundly visual works in Western literature, houses a vast repository of paintings. How does the novelist, in his frequent reference to both famous and obscure works of art, manage to evoke emotion, character, history? How do the verbal and the visual interact and illuminate one another?

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public
Flyer for Julie Auger's guest lecture

LES FRANÇAIS·ES À MONTRÉAL : FAK DU COUP COMMENT QU’ILS PARLENT ?

Sponsored by:
French and Francophone Studies
La communauté francophone de Montréal
est de plus en plus diversifiée. On peut
donc penser que le français qui y est
traditionnellement parlé change, mais aussi
que les francophones issus d’une
immigration récente en adoptent certains
traits. Qu’en est-il? Cette conférence
présente des résultats préliminaires de nos
analyses sur des Montréalais·es d’origine
française.

Talk will be in French. 

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Kitchen Table Conversations #1: BIPOC-Themed Research and Teaching in Middlebury

Sponsored by:
French and Francophone Studies, Black Studies, and Luso-Hispanic Studies
In this new series, Middlebury professors Linsey Sainte-Claire (French) and Enrique García (Luso-Hispanic Studies) will discuss their BIPOC Research and Teaching in Middlebury College. Their focus will be their scholar and pedagogical approaches to Henri Christophe, one of the most important nationalist figures in Haiti’s history.  

Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221)

Open to the Public

Kitchen Table Conversations #2: BIPOC-Themed Research and Teaching in Middlebury

Sponsored by:
French and Francophone Studies, Black Studies, and Luso-Hispanic Studies
Viola Huang (Black Studies and German) and Matthew Schrader (Studio Art) will discuss their BIPOC Research and Teaching in Middlebury College. Their focus will be their scholar and pedagogical approaches to the history of monuments and their spaces and how they are connected to both the history of racism and the fight against white supremacy.

Davis Family Library 105A

Open to the Public

The Myth of French Republican Universalism

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, French and Francophone Studies, Political Science, Center for Comparative Study of Race & Ethnicity, and European Studies
Officially, France does not recognize ethnic, religious, or linguistic minorities. Yet, France is the European country with the most varied origins among its population. How can we explain the disjuncture between a political discourse that claims to be difference-blind and the reality of day-to-day life of French citizens? What is the future for minority citizens in France?

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Closed to the Public