Submitted by JessicaKamin on 28 July 2015 - 4:56pm
A new original theater piece entitled "Jeanne des Anges", elaborated by Ron Bashford and Carine Montbertrand, tells the story of the 17th century French nun suspected of being demonically possessed. The show was performed in Maine this month (see link below), and is anticipated to run at Amherst College in the spring, as well as other venues.
Bély (Lucien), Haan (Bertrand), Jettot (Stéphane). La Paix des Pyrénées (1659) ou le triomphe de la raison politique, Classiques Garnier, 2015. EAN13 : 9782812429521. 69.00 €
La réconciliation franco-espagnole conclue en 1659 est un moment clé pour l'Europe. Sa longue négociation, sa célébration et sa mémoire ont nourri d'immenses espoirs collectifs mais aussi une réflexion sur les équilibres diplomatiques, politiques et financiers, évalués au prisme de la raison.
Paule Fahmé-Thiéry (Traducteur), Bernard Heyberger (Traducteur), Jérôme Lentin (Traducteur). Actes Sud Collection : La bibliothèque arabe, juin 2015. ISBN : 978-2-330-03747-5 EAN : 9782330037475.
Submitted by farisallison3 on 16 July 2015 - 10:24am
CfP: Theory in Love (group session 17327)
International Comparative Literature Association
XXIst Congress: “The Many Languages of Comparative Literature” July 21 – July 27, 2016,
University of Vienna, Austria
http://icla2016.univie.ac.at
Organisers: Brendon Wocke (Université de Perpignan), Francesca Manzari (Université d’Aix-Marseille), Apostolos Lampropoulos (Université de Bordeaux III)
Submitted by farisallison3 on 10 July 2015 - 2:41pm
Newcastle University Humanities Research Institute (NUHRI) Research Fellowship
We are pleased to announce that the application process is now open for the Newcastle University Humanities Research Institute (NUHRI) Research Fellowship: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ATW802/nuhri-research-fellow/ Please broadcast this news and send the link to any potential humanities Early Career Researchers who are suitable candidates and may wish to apply.
The Department of French and Italian at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio offers graduate teaching associateships on a competitive basis to strong applicants to its PhD program in French and Francophone Studies. Applicants admitted to the PhD program teach one introductory French course per semester and receive tuition remission and a monthly stipend of roughly $1700 US for nine months. The assistantship is renewable for up to 4 or 5 years contingent upon success in the program.
French Language Assistant needed from September 2015
King Alfred's Academy ( Wantage, Oxfordshire) is looking for a French Language Assistant to work 12 hours a week with our Six formers from next academic year.
The MFL team is dynamic and very welcoming!
Do not hesitate to contact Sophie Loyer for more information at sloyer1@kaacademy.org
Open access to Jean Nicot's Thresor de la langue française (1606), Jean-François Féraud's Dictionaire critique de la langue française (1787-1788), Émile Littré's Dictionnaire de la langue française (1872-1877) and the Dictionnaire de L'Académie française 1st (1694), 4th (1762), 5th (1798), 6th (1835), and 8th (1932-5) editions.
In 1954 the Folger began collecting these pamphlets and has since amassed the largest Mazarinades collection on the North American continent, with 2,650 unique editions of the estimated 6,000 to 7,000 published. We plan to provide access to the Mazarinades collection online, with images, physical descriptions, and bibliographic fingerprints and details.
