• Department of French

    The Department of French offers an extensive range of courses in French and Francophone language, literature, and culture.

    Learn More

  • Upper Level Courses: Fall 2024

    Registration begins April 15th!

    Learn more here

  • La Maison Française Calendar

    View upcoming events at La Maison Française

    LEARN MORE

  • Phd Programs

    We recommend that applications be submitted by December 18. The final deadline for applications is January 4.

    Learn more

  • COVID-19 Update

    How to keep each other safe

    Learn more

  • L'ARC is here!

    The department's annual publication of news, features, and interviews is now available to read!

    Read here
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  

Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture

VISITING PROFESSORS

Edouard Louis - Spring 2024

Learn more
VISITING PROFESSORS

News from the Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture:

kaliane ung
Apr. 16, 2024

Graduate student alum Kaliane Ung awarded ACLS fellowship
book launch poster
Mar. 08, 2024

Professor Bottex-Ferragne to host Early Music concert-conference, From Book to Song (March 29th)
faculty promotions
Feb. 15, 2024

Phillip Usher publishes new book, Ex Terra - Vivre avec les sous-sols (2024)
thinking with bourdieu
Mar. 05, 2024

Upcoming Conference: Thinking with Bourdieu Today: Interdisciplinary and Transnational Approaches; April 25-27, 2024
maryse conde
Apr. 04, 2024

A Tribute to Maryse Condé (1934-2024) by Department Chair Emily Apter

yala image
Feb. 22, 2024

Introducing Incoming Faculty Member: Yala Kisukidi

News Archive

To visit our complete News archive and learn more about past events, please click here.

event poster for Vues et Visions

Vues et Visions: Theorizing the Trans/Queer Avant-Garde
event poster, ""Anarachist Simulacra: Responding AI"

Catherine Malabou Lecture: "Anarchist Simulacra: Responding AI"
program poster for event Transatlantic Reflections on Bourdieu’s Legacy

Transatlantic Reflections on Bourdieu’s Legacy

Faculty Bookshelf

Click here for recent publications by faculty members!

L'humanité des autres
Ali Benmakhlouf

L'humanité des autres (Albin Michel, April 2023)

Ex Terra : vivre avec les sous-sols (Presses Universaires de Vincennes; January 2024)
Phillip John Usher

Ex Terra : vivre avec les sous-sols (Presses Universaires de Vincennes; January 2024)

Essai de poétique hélinandienne Lire autour du Reclus de Molliens (xiiie-xve siècle)
Ariane Bottex-Ferragne

Essai de poétique hélinandienne Lire autour du Reclus de Molliens (xiiie-xve siècle) (Classiques Garnier Parution: 11/01/2023)

Modernism at the Beach: Queer Ecologies and the Coastal Commons
Hannah Freed-Thall

Modernism at the Beach Queer Ecologies and the Coastal Commons (Columbia University Press; Paperback; March 2023

View All