French and Francophone Studies

Gisèle Pineau to present her talk “Parcours d’écriture”. Gisele was born in Paris, Fance but her upbringing straddled with the island of Guadeloupe due to her father’s military service. She is a French novelist and a former psychiatric nurse. Pineau has written several books on the difficulties of growing up as a black person in France. In particular, she focuses on racism and the effects it can have on a young girl trying to discover her own cultural identity.
Talk will be in French.

William Poulin-Deltour, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies & Nicolas Roussellier, Sciences Po Paris & Middlebury College School in France, to present “What’s wrong/right with French laicité?”

Please email jynewton@middlebury.edu and/or atondu@middlebury.edu for zoom link and password.

Participants: Jim Bittermann(Senior International Correspondent CNN) & Nicolas Roussellier (Sciences Po Paris & Middlebury College School in France)

Visit: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/french for zoom link.

Nicolas Roussellier, Professor of Political History at Sciences Po Paris & Middlebury College School in France and Anne Simonin, Historian & Senior Researcher with the CNR

Please email jynewton@middlebury.edu or atondu@middlebury.edu for zoom link info.

Sponsored by Stephen A. Freeman Funds, the Department of French and Francophone Studies, the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, and the Middlebury School in France

Presented virtually, Dr. Kristen Stern, Ph.D. at University of Massachusetts Lowell will discuss in English, her current project in which she sketches a model of what she calls performative authorship, and explains why and how this is a necessary tool to understand the works of contemporary francophone writers from the African continent specifically.

Kristen Stern is a scholar of contemporary francophone African literature. She received her undergraduate degree from Nazareth College (NY), an M.A. from Boston College, and a Ph.D. in French literature from Boston University.

Join us for a lecture by Estelle Kouokam, visiting Winter Term Instructor. Her talk is titled, “The Encounter of Traditional Medicines in Cameroon”. Refreshments will be provided.

Come “visit the Wall”, a student-and-faculty-built replica of the Berlin Wall which went down 30 years ago! Reflect upon the historical and general meaning of the Wall, bring a pen and leave your thoughts in writing or drawing, engage with it in any productive way you like. And join us for a collective “Tearing down the Wall” event on Saturday, November 9th, in the evening. Once the Wall is gone, let’s celebrate inside of Atwater!!!

Come “visit the Wall”, a student-and-faculty-built replica of the Berlin Wall which went down 30 years ago! Reflect upon the historical and general meaning of the Wall, bring a pen and leave your thoughts in writing or drawing, engage with it in any productive way you like. And join us for a collective “Tearing down the Wall” event on Saturday, November 9th, in the evening. Once the Wall is gone, let’s celebrate inside of Atwater!!!

Come “visit the Wall”, a student-and-faculty-built replica of the Berlin Wall which went down 30 years ago! Reflect upon the historical and general meaning of the Wall, bring a pen and leave your thoughts in writing or drawing, engage with it in any productive way you like. And join us for a collective “Tearing down the Wall” event on Saturday, November 9th, in the evening. Once the Wall is gone, let’s celebrate inside of Atwater!!!

Come “visit the Wall”, a student-and-faculty-built replica of the Berlin Wall which went down 30 years ago! Reflect upon the historical and general meaning of the Wall, bring a pen and leave your thoughts in writing or drawing, engage with it in any productive way you like. And join us for a collective “Tearing down the Wall” event on Saturday, November 9th, in the evening. Once the Wall is gone, let’s celebrate inside of Atwater!!!