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Fall 2009
November 5
Food: Challenges for the Future
An interactive round table discussion
Organized by the Wisconsin Alumni Association-France Chapter and taking place in Paris. Click here for the details.
October 23
"Redefining Identities: Going Beyond Assigned Spatial Identities." Public lecture featuring authors Mabrouck Rachedi and Yasser Abdel-Latif. In French, English and Arabic.
October 22
"From a Central Antique: Land-Layers of Identities." Arabic Poetry Reading by Yasser Abdel-Latif. Poems and excerpts from his novel read in Arabic and English.
Summer 2009
African Film Series 2009 organized by Professor Aliko Songolo in conjunction with Cinematheque:
Fall 2008
"From Conquest to Camembert: Exploring Connections between Normandy and Wisconsin" was held on October 2, 2008.
Spring 2008
French Filmmaker and Screenwriter Pierre Sauvage spoke at UW-Madison on Tuesday, April 15 2008 at the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium.
 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
October 24-25
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 headquartered 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
Feburary 3-March 1
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
September 21, 22, 23
"Albert Camus, précurseur: Méditerranée d'hier et d'aujourd'hui"
Spring 2006
April 4
"Behind the French Strikes: Youth Protesters and Employment Reform." Panel discussion. The talk included 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.
Fall 2005
November 28
"Why is France burning?" Roundtable. Speakers included Florence Bernault, Laird Boswell, Ivan Ermakoff, Deborah Jenson, Richard Keller, and Aliko Songolo.
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."
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?"
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.
May 12
His Excellency Jean-David Levitte, Ambassador of France to the United States, "France and America: Common Challenges Ahead."
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."
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."
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.
Spring 2004
February 12
Dany Laferrière, Haitian author.“J’écris comme je vis.”
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.”
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."
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).
April 1-4
Wisconsin Film Festival, New European Cinema.
April 5
Joshua Cole, University of Georgia. "Colonial Violence and the Borders of French History."
April 19
Frederico Casalegno, Research Affiliate, MIT Media Lab Smart Cities Group. “Inhabited Place of Knowledge: New Media, Information and Society.”
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."
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).
- 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"
- 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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