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CFP: In/Between 2014
THE SOUNDSCAPES OF CULTURE February 27-28, 2014 The School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics invites papers connected to this year’s overarching theme of sound, as well as papers based on all current…
Alumni Appreciation Day at the Field Museum in Chicago
On Saturday, August 24, thanks to the generous support of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of French and Francophone Studies held its first Alumni Appreciation Day at the Field…
Suzanne Oskouie Awarded a Fulbright Research Grant
Suzanne Oskouie, a 2013 Honors College graduate, has been awarded a Fulbright research grant to study neural progenitor cell migration and differentiation at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Her fellowship will last…
Yann Robert awarded 2013-14 Mellon Foundation Fellowship
Yann Robert, Assistant Professor in the Department of French and Francophone Studies, was awarded a 2013-2014 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship at the Newberry Library. Professor Robert will spend one year in residence…
Morgan-Short, Taboada, Weber receive teaching awards
Professors Kara Morgan-Short and Inma Taboada of the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies and Elizabeth Dolly Weber of the Department of French and Francophone Studies are among the recipients of the 2012-2013…
French majors/minors receive $18,250 in study abroad funding
Congratulations to the following French majors and minors! Annayeli Munoz will be going to study in Senegal in the Spring.  She won three awards totaling $9,250, including the Gilman International Scholarship.  She is…
French major (and Spanish minor) Gabriela Reno receives Gilman Scholarship
Gabriela Reno was one of four LAS undergraduate students to receive Gilman Scholarships for summer 2012. Read her story in the Winter 2012 edition of AtLAS. (Scroll down for Ms. Reno’s profile and…
Jennifer VanderWoude receives Marie-Odile Sweetser Prize
Jennifer VanderWoude was awarded the Marie-Odile Sweetser Prize, which is given to an outstanding graduating French Major.
Yann Robert discusses politics in Tribune article
Yann Robert, assistant professor of French and Francophone studies,  discusses the French Revolution-based origins of the political terms “left” and “right” in an article from the Chicago Tribune. You can read the article…
French major wins Iranian-American Scholarship
Suzanne Oskouie, a neuroscience and French major in the Honors College, won an Iranian-American Scholarship Fund award. She was also a Highly Commended entrant in the Undergraduate Awards program, an Ireland-based organization that…