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Bon appétit...
May 16, 2013At the invitation of the French Studies department, graduating Wheaton seniors Shane Nichols, Heather Gordon, Emily Conklin, Libby Fifer, and Madeline Bailis enjoyed a prix fixe dinner at Chez Pascal in Providence to celebrate their induction into the French honor society, Pi Delta Phi. Professors Gallagher, Walsh, and Anderson were on hand to administer the [...] More » -
Félicitations!
May 16, 2013Congratulations are due Rachel Anne Lafortune, this year's recipient of the Littlefield-Mandell Prize in French. Rachel also received Honors for her thesis, "Text and Context: Gender and National Identity in Mayy Ziyādah’s Fleurs de Rȇve.” More » -
Ed Gallagher's new translation of Bédier's Tristan et Iseut
April 15, 2013In much the same way that Viollet-le Duc, the celebrated restorative nineteenth-century architect, sought to repair the devastation worked by the ravages of time and saved for the world the royal necropolis at Saint Denis and those Gothic jewels in the very heart of Paris: the Sainte Chapelle and the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Joseph [...] More » -
Paris bound!
February 19, 2013Heather Hanson ’12 wins a French Government Teaching Assistantship More » -
Bon appétit!
February 19, 2013Vanessa Fuchs, a native French speaker, will be hosting a French conversation table each Wednesday and Friday in Emerson dining hall, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Anyone wanting to practice listening and speaking in French is welcome. More » -
Jonathan Walsh travels to Senegal to study francophone literature of West Africa
February 19, 2013Over the centuries, France has produced some of the world’s greatest writers. Today, many of the most exciting authors writing in French come from other parts of the world—notably, the French Antilles and the former French colonies of West Africa. “There is a renaissance of sorts going on there, especially in sub-Saharan countries like Senegal, [...] More » -
Graduates off to France!
February 1, 2013Class of 2012 French majors Heather Hanson, Sophie Bergelson, and Christine Sobieck have all three been awarded French Government teaching assistantships for 2012-2013. More » -
French Studies Honors Society 2012
January 21, 2013On May 15, 2012, the Wheaton College chapter of the French honors society, Pi Delta Phi, inducted 10 Seniors and one honorary faculty member in a ceremony which included champagne, Mme Danehy's delicious quiche and her famous key lime pie (pas très français mais si bon). Front row, left to right: Daniel Han, Dana Polanichka [...] More »
