21st Annual Syracuse University French Colloquium
Please join us for the 21st Annual Syracuse University French Colloquium on Friday, April 13 from 9:30 AM to 6 PM in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library. Benjamin Peak, a Ph.D. student in French at John Hopkins University will give the keynote address and special tribute to Professor Hope Glidden at 1:30 PM. The French Colloquium provides the opportunity for graduate and undergraduate to share their recent research.
SCHEDULE:
9:30-10 AM Breakfast
10-10:15 AM Opening Words and Stefano Giannini’s remarks
10:15-10:40 AM Barbara Opar “Lost in history: a brief introduction to Guillaume Bouchet
10:40-11:05 AM Ninon Bartz “Existe-t-il un regard féminin dans l’ouevre d’Agnès Varda?”
11:05-11:15 AM Coffee Break
11:15-11:40 AM Meggan Girardin “Politique et esthétique: la guerre d’Indochine dans le cinema français de la Nouvelle Vague”
11:40-noon Grace Hildreth “L’Importance du roman épistolaire pour les femmes écrivains pendant les 17ème et 18ème siècles”
Noon-12:30 PM Nicole Wallenbrock “Post-traumatic atomic horror: Gerboise Bleue in Djinns (Sandra and Hughes Martin, 2010)”
12:30-1:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30-2 PM Benjamin Peak “Literary Wanderings: In Search of a Topos of Rêverie”
2:10-3:20 PM The Round Table
3:20-3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:30-4 PM Pi Delta Phi Honor Society Induction Ceremony
4:05-5:45 PM Film Screening “Les Stances á Sophie”
This event is sponsored and organized by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics with the assistance of the Syracuse University Libraries.