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Prizes and Internships

The department awards seven prizes annually for excellence in French. 

     The Prix d’Excellence is the highest academic honor in the French department, awarded to the student with the highest level of achievement in French         literature or culture. 
     The Prix Bernard Garniez is awarded for excellence in the study of French literature or culture. 
     The Jindrich Zezula Prize is awarded to the best honors thesis in French.
     The Prix Germaine Brée is awarded to the student who made the most significant contribution to French cultural life at NYU. 
     The Prix France-Amérique is awarded to the student who displays a particular commitment to furthering and elucidating Franco-American relations. 
     The Prix Paris is awarded to the student who, in addition to academic excellence, has made a significant contribution to the NYU-in-Paris program
     The Prix Michele Lapautre is awarded to the most promising sophomore or junior majoring in French.

The department also houses a chapter of the Pi Delta Phi national honors society.

In addition to the basic requirements for the major, students also have the opportunity to participate in internships sponsored by the Department of French. Recent internships have been completed at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy office, the French Music office, the French Film Office and the French Government Tourist Office. Other opportunities exist overseas including internships through The French-American Chamber of Commerce and the Claude Monet Foundation at Giverny.  The UG administrative aide has a list of potential internships involving French.  Internships may carry two, four, or six points (8-10 hours a week for four points).  Students must obtain permission of the director of undergraduate studies and write both a mid-term and a final report on their internship.

La critique du fanatisme dans l’œuvre de Voltaire
Professeur Anne Deneys-Tunney
Professeur Eugène Nicole        

Julia Erdman  CAS – French (high honors)
Représenter l'indicible: les traces de la Shoah chez Georges Perec et Anselm Kiefer.
Professeur Emmanuelle Ertel
Professeur Emily Apter

Kiyomi Hayashida – CAS in the 5 year BA/MA Economics program. double major : French (honors) and Economics.
Les représentations littéraires du père dans les textes des Français d’origine maghrébine.
Professeur Stéphane Gerson
Professeur Nancy Regalado 

Jason McMann – GALLATIN (His concentration is French, high honors and recipient of the Jindrich Zezula award/International Relations).
L’Histoire du mercantilisme en France : l’influence mercantiliste sur la naissance et la transformation d’une politique protectionniste française
Professeur Herrick Chapman (IFS)
Professeur Denis Hollier

Ashley Skiles CAS – double major: French (honors)/International Relations (high honors)
Les Cuisiniers des rois, les rois des cuisiniers : une étude comparée de La Varenne, Carême et Escoffier.
Professeur Benoît Bolduc
Professor Evelyn Vitz

Lacey Sugarman  CAS – double major : French (high honors)/Spanish
L’écrivain francophone et l’ambivalence linguistique : le cas d’Assia Djebar.
Professeur J. Michael Dash
Professeur John Moran

Dominick Tribone CAS – Double major : French (high honors and recipient of the Jindrich Zezula award) and Economics.
Un regard à distance: une vue des manifestations françaises du printemps 2006 par la presse américaine.
Professeur Frédéric Viguier (IFS)
Professeur Thomas Bishop

Leigh Watts  CAS – Double Major : French (high honors)/Journalism, Minor : MARS
Analyse critique du style et du contenu d’un des périodiques les plus influents de la  langue française du dix-huitième siècle : La Quintessence des Nouvelles.
Professeur Henriette Goldwyn
Professeur Benoît Bolduc