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CURRENT NEWS
May 21, 2008
Congratulations Prof. Michael Lucey!
The French Department congratulates Professor Michael Lucey, who has been awarded this year's Divisional Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty Members.
There will be a celebration in the fall, 2008 semester
May 9, 2008
Congratulations David Divita!
The Department of French congratulates David Divita, Ph.D. candidate in Romance Languages and Literatures-French emphasis, who has been awarded the 2008 Teaching Effectiveness Award sponsored by the Graduate Divisions's GSI Teaching and Resource Center and the Graduate Council's Advisory Committee for GSI Affairs.
The Teaching Effectiveness Award, now in its 14th year, recognizes a small number of Outstanding Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) who have identified a specific problem in teaching and have designed, implemented, and assessed a project that addresses this particular teaching problem. Outstanding GSI Award recipients from the current and previous year are invited to submit essays for this competition. This year sixteen GSIs from across the campus will receive the award.
Essays written by the Teaching Effectiveness Award recipients will be posted soon on the GSI Teaching and Resource Center's Web site at http://gsi.berkeley.edu (click on "Awards").
May 8, 2008
Congratulations David Divita, Jennifer Gipson, and Christine Quinan!
The Department of French congratulates David Divita, Ph.D. candidate in Romance Languages and Literatures-French emphasis, Jennifer Gipson, Ph.D. candidate in French, and Christine Quinan, Ph.D. candidate in French with a designated emphasis in Women, Gender and Sexuality, for receiving the 2008 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, sponsored by the GSI Teaching and Resource Center. David and Jennifer were recognized for their excellent teaching in French and Christine was recognized for her excellent teaching in Women's Studies.
April 4, 2008
Congratulations Seda Chavdarian!
Seda Chavdarian, Senior Lecturer in French and First-Year Coordinator of the Lower Division Program, is the recipient of the 2008 Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs. This award is sponsored by the Graduate Council's Advisory Committee for GSI Affairs, the GSI Teaching and Resource Center, and the California Alumni Association.
Seda was nominated for this award by GSIs from the French Department and will be honored at the Outstanding GSI Award ceremony which will be held on Wednesday, May 7, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. in the Alumni House.
March 14, 2008
Congratulations to Prof. Karl Britto!
The French Department would like to congratulate Professor Karl Britto, who has been recognized with a Distinguished Teaching Award for 2008.
Prof. Britto and other honorees will be recognized at the Distinguished Teaching Award ceremony on April 23 at 5pm in the Zellerbach Playhouse. A reception will follow in the Toll Room of Alumni House.
For information, read the article in the Berkeleyan.
Everyone is welcome to attend the ceremony. Pleae join us in congratulating Prof. Britto.
November 16, 2006
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The French Department hosts a variety of events throughout the year. These include lectures given by well renowned scholars and visiting faculty, conferences, seminars, and presentations of works-in-progress. If you would like to be notified of upcoming events related to the French Department, send an email to clfa_aa@berkeley.edu CURRENT EVENTS
Pascale Casanova Seminar
Seminar in French to discuss her work
January 28, 2008, 11:00AM in 3401 Dwinelle Hall Pascale Casanova (Paris) is the author of the remarkable book The World Republic of Letters, and also of Samuel Beckett: Anatomy of a Literary Revolution. She will also be giving a lecture on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 5pm in 315 Wheeler Hall.
Pascale Casanova Lecture
"The Literary Greenwich Meridian: Some Thoughts on World-Literary Time.”
January 29, 2008, 5:00PM in the Maude Fife Room (315 Wheeler Hall) Pascale Casanova (Paris) is the author of the remarkable book The World Republic of Letters, and also of Samuel Beckett: Anatomy of a Literary Revolution. The points of departure for her lecture will be chapters 3 and 11 of The World Republic of Letters.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the departments of Comparative Literature, English, and French.
Jacques Rancière to Offer 6 Wednesday Seminars in Spring 2008
"Les métamorphoses de la fiction"
February 6, 2008 - March 12, 2008 in 3401 Dwinelle (Level C) Jacques Rancière will visit UC Berkeley's French Department as Pajus Distinguished Visitor in French Studies. He will visit for six weeks during the spring semester of 2008, and will offer a weekly Wednesday seminar beginning Wednesday, February 6 and ending Wednesday, March 12. The Wednesday seminars will be conducted in French and are open to everyone. He will also give one public lecture on March 11, 2008 at 4pm in 370 Dwinelle Hall (Level G).
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Poetry Talks by Julien Weber and Vesna Rodic
March 3, 2008, 5:00PM in the French Library (4229 Dwinelle) This event is a collaboration between UC Berkeley and UC Irvine.
Julien Weber, UC Irvine
“Poétique du type dans 'Spectacle interrompu' de Mallarmé: la griffe de l'ours”
Copies of the poem 'Spectacle interrompu' are available in the French Dept. main office (4125 Dwinelle).
Prof. Ann Smock, UC Berkeley
Response to Weber
Vesna Rodic, UC Berkeley
“Between the Contralto and the Alexandrine: Paul Valéry’s La Jeune Parque at the Threshold of Lyric Traditions.”
Copies of La Jeune Parque are available in the French Dept. main office (4125 Dwinelle)
Prof. Ellen Burt, UC Irvine
Response to Rodic
Lecture by Jacques Rancière, Pajus Distinguished Visiting Professor
“The Misadventures of Critical Thinking”
March 11, 2008, 4:00PM in 370 Dwinelle Hall (Level G) This lecture will be in English and open to the campus community.
Jacques Rancière is Professor Emeritus of Esthetics at the University of Paris, VIII.
His work focuses on the relation between politics and esthetics in modernity.
He is the author of numerous books, including The Nights of Labor, a study of workers who labored in factories by day and wrote poetry at night; The Ignorant Schoolmaster (1986), which tells the story of a radically egalitarian 19th-century teacher named Joseph Jacotot; On the Shores of Politics (1992); Disagreement (1995), Mallarmé (1996); and The Flesh of the Words (1998), which examines the ways in which modern writers from Wordsworth to Deleuze have linked writing to revolutionary projects.
A reception will follow the lecture.
Mireille Huchon Lecture
“Louise Labé lyonnaise, un collectif de poètes”
April 15, 2008, 4:00PM in the French Library (4229 Dwinelle) Mireille Huchon is a Professor at the Univeristé de Paris IV, Sorbonne. Prof. Huchon edited the 1994 edition of Rabelais for Gallimard's Bibliothèque de la Pléiade and is the author of Louise Labé. Une Créature de papier (Librarie Droz, 2006). She is also currently the director of the UFR de Langue française at Paris IV.
Mireille Huchon Seminar
“Narration fabuleuse et satirique moquerie chez Rabelais”
April 16, 2008, 2:00PM in 3401 Dwinelle (Level C) Mireille Huchon is a Professor at the Université de Paris IV, Sorbonne. Prof. Huchon edited the 1994 edition of Rabelais for Gallimard's Bibliothèque de la Pléiade and is the author of Louise Labé. Une Créature de papier (Librarie Droz, 2006). She is also currently the director of the UFR de Langue française at Paris IV.
Art of Translation Symposium
April 25, 2008, 9:00AM in the UC Berkeley Faculty Club, Heyns Room Sponsored in part by the French Department
The Symposium on the Art of Translation is a one-day event organized by the Literary Translation Working Group at Berkeley and featuring language and literature specialists from various UC Berkeley departments and beyond academia in conversation on the art of translation.
PARTICIPANTS:
Robert Alter (Hebrew), keynote speaker and roundtable moderator
Paula Varsano and Jeffrey Yang (classical Chinese)
Andrew Jones and Karen Kingsbury (modern Chinese)
Nicholas Paige and Donald Nicholson-Smith (French)
Jeroen Dewulf and Rudolf Mrazek (Indonesian, Dutch)
Alan Tansman and Dennis Washburn (Japanese)
Nguyen Nguyet Cam and Linh Dinh (Vietnamese)
Sponsors: Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies, Jewish Studies Program, Dutch Studies Program, Department of Comparative Literature, Department of French, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies.
This event is free and open to the public.
Larry Norman Talk
“Antiquity against Classicism: Historical sensibility, literature and the Querelle”
May 1, 2008, 5:00PM in the French Library (4229 Dwinelle) “Antiquity against Classicism: Historical sensibility, literature and the Querelle”
Larry Norman is an Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago. His interests include the literature of the French and European seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, theater history, book history, intellectual and cultural history, literary criticism and theory, and the relation between the visual arts and literature. He is the author of The Public Mirror: Molière and the Social Commerce of Depiction (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999).
Prof. Norman will also lead a seminar titled “The Paradox of the Classical Sublime” on Friday, May 2 from noon to 2pm in the French Conference Room (4226 Dwinelle).
Larry Norman Seminar
“The Paradox of the Classical Sublime”
May 2, 2008, 12:00PM in the French Conference Room (4226 Dwinelle) Larry Norman is an Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago. His interests include the literature of the French and European seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, theater history, book history, intellectual and cultural history, literary criticism and theory, and the relation between the visual arts and literature. He is the author of The Public Mirror: Molière and the Social Commerce of Depiction (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999).
Commencement 2008
May 19, 2008, 1:00PM in Zellerbach Hall Commencement Exercises for French and other Dwinelle Language Departments
Monday, MAY 19, 2008
Ceremony: 1-3PM, ZELLERBACH HALL (no tickets required)
Reception: 3PM, ISHI COURT (in Dwinelle Hall) (no tickets required)
Undergraduate and Graduate Students completing their degree between Fall 2007 and Summer 2008 are invited to participate in the annual joint commencement ceremony for French and other Dwinelle Language Departments.
FACULTY
12:15pm
Assemble in 106 Dwinelle Hall
B.A. RECIPIENTS
12:15pm
Assemble at Dwinelle Plaza (in front of Dwinelle)
Look for the "French" banner
M.A. and Ph.D. RECIPIENTS
12:15pm
Assemble at Zellerbach Hall for a dress rehearsal
12:45pm
Assemble at Dwinelle Plaza (in front of Dwinelle)
Look for the "French" banner
If you intend to participate in Commencement for French, please contact Carol Dolcini, Undergraduate Office, before Friday March 14, so that correct information can be included in the Commencement program.
Parking Information: http://pt.berkeley.edu/parking/special_events/commencement.html
Commencement Photography:
We are pleased to announce that Bob Knight Photo is the official photographer for this ceremony. Students participating in commencement are asked to pre-register with Bob Knight Photo at www.bobknightphoto.com/register so that they can be contacted after the ceremony. All students who have pre-registered with Bob Knight will receive their picture proofs via email within 24 hours. This email will contain the student's pin number that can be used to access that student's pictures on Bob Knight Photo's website, www.bobknightphoto.com. Students will also receive a picture proof in the mail 3-5 business days after the commencement ceremony. Students who would like their proof sent to any family members or friends, are welcome to visit www.bobknightphoto.com/register to register them.
There are three ways to order: online at www.bobknightphoto.com, by phone 1-800-261-2576, or by mail at Bob Knight Photo, PO Box 182829, Tallahassee, FL 32303.
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