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Ellen McClure to co-edit MLA's Options for Teaching French Neoclassical Tragedy
Ellen McClure will be co-editing, along with Hélène Bilis (Wellesley College), the MLA’s Options for Teaching French Neoclassical Tragedy.
Kelsey Bramble admitted to Tulane
Kelsey Bramble (MA student in French) has been admitted, with funding, to Tulane University’s PhD program in French Studies.
Jennifer Solheim to speak at the Honors College Convocation
Jennifer Solheim (VAP French and Freshman Experience Initiative) has been invited to be an alumni speaker at the Honors College Convocation on May 4, 2016.
Dolly Weber receives RMMRA Delno C. West award
Professor Dolly Weber’s essay “Romance of Reynard,” presented in Cedar City at this year’s Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association annual meeting, has been designated as the Delno C. West Award winner! The winner…
French MA alumnae receive faculty positions
The French & Francophone Department is excited to announce two faculty appointments for our alumnae. Valentine Balguerie (MA ’09), who recently completed a PhD from Brown University, has been appointed as a Visiting…
John Ireland profiled in UIC News
John Ireland, Silver Circle Award winning Professor of French, is the subject of a recent UIC News article. Read the full article here.
Jane Battisson and Janée Allsman accepted to PhD programs in French
Jane will be attending Emory University in the fall, and Janée has been awarded a prestigious Devaney fellowship at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Two students awarded Marie-Odile Sweetser Prizes for Excellence in French
Clare Gorman and Satoy Nakanishi awarded the Spring 2015 Marie-Odile Sweetser Prizes for Excellence in French The prize, named for our former colleague and eminent seventeenth-century specialist Marie-Odile Sweetser, who passed away last…
French majors Alice Chang and Clare Gorman elected to Phi Beta Kappa
French majors Alice Chang and Clare Gorman elected to Phi Beta Kappa Membership selection is based on a number of factors, including (but not limited to: A minimum GPA of 3.7 (on a…
John Ireland receives Silver Circle Award for Excellence in Teaching
Congratulations to John Ireland, Professor of French and Francophone studies, who has been selected as one of the fourteen recipients of the Silver Circle Award for Excellence in Teaching!