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May 8th, 2008
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Roberts
Join the Department for our end of year gala.
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May 1st, 2008
2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Roberts
Five senior majors will present their senior research projects from FR493: The Other French Empire, Then and Now.
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April 15th, 2008
4:30 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Maurice Samuels (Yale University) will speak on "The Invention of French Jewish Literature".
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April 11th - April 13th
Members of the Colby French Club and Professor
Curren are traveling to Quebec City to savor the
culture, arts, cuisine, and language of our
neighbors to the north. This year marks Quebec's
400th anniversary. C'est la fête!
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April 10th, 2008
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
AMS Basement
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March 19th, 2008
5:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Join faculty candidate Julie Nack Ngue for her talk, entitled "Disability in Globalized Africa: Grotesque Bodies, Circulation, and Haunting in Contemporary Senegalese Women's Writing".
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March 18th, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Faculty candidate Khadidiatou Guèye will speak on "Neither Black Nor White: Fusing the Infusable in Abdoulaye Sadji's Nini, Mulâtresse du Sénégal".
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March 7th, 2008
8:00 a.m. - noon
Mt. Merici School
Play games and talk with elementary school French classes about your travels in France. E-mail Kari (klrivers) if interested.
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March 6th, 2008
Evening trip (contact Megan for time details)
Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath, ME
Come see the Sicilian folk music band "The Second Grace" in concert with the Italian Club. Contact Club president Megan Browning for more information or visit the Chocolate Church's .
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
LoPo (in Pulver)
Come experience French culture and get to know the Colby in Dijon program with picture and music displays. Food and drinks will be served.
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February 27th, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Allison Cooper will speak on "Melancholic Models and Fractious Figurines: Artistic and Literary Allegories of the Self in Post World War I Italy".
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February 22nd, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Nathan Guss (Clemson University) will talk on "From the Cork-Lined Room to the Cobbled Streets: Walking and Proustian Aesthetics".
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February 15th, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Audrey Brunetaux (Michigan State University) will speak about "Conveying death through silence: Charlotte Delbo's Auschwitz and After".
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February 11th, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Aissata Sidikou (Princeton University) will give a talk on
“Space and Self-Acceptance in ‘Riwan ou le chemin de sable’.”
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February 9th, 2008
Refreshments at 10:00 a.m., tour to start at 10:30 a.m.
Colby Art Museum
Join a guided tour of the Art Museum, conducted in French by Veronique Plesch, and emphasizing the collection's French pieces of art.. |
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February 8th, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Karen Lindo (Bowdoin College) will speak on "Transcending Shame with Humor: Look Who’s Laughing Now! The dynamics of Shame and Humor in Maryse Condé’s Célanire cou-coupé.”
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December 10th, 2007
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Off-Campus Study Office
Come meet with Jon Weiss, director of Colby's Dijon program, to learn more about studying in France.
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Postponed until February.
Mount Merici School, Waterville
Join the French Club in a visit to elementary school students taking French to play games, show them pictures of France, and help create a bond between Colby students and the local community.
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November 6th, 2007
8:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Watch "Les Poupées Russes" with the French Club (the sequel to "L'Auberge Espanole")
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October 30th, 2007
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 215
Join Anaïs LeFevre-Berthelot (French), Marina Davies (French), and Cindy Parker (Career Services), for a panel discussion and info session on possible job options for French Studies majors.
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October 18th, 2007
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
AMS basement
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October 15th, 2007
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 307
Learn about the program.
Hear returning students' perspectives.
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October 8th, 2007
5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Lovejoy 307
Join the Italian Department and students returning from Padova and Bologna to learn more about study abroad options in Italy. Sophomores are strongly encouraged to attend.
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"Two Days in Paris"
October 2nd, 2007
7:00 p.m. (meet at 6:45 in front of Pugh)
Railroad Square
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Terrorism, National Reconciliation, and the Politics of Amnesty in Contemporary Algeria
September 27th, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Diamond 122
Talk by James D. LeSueur, History Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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September 25th, 2007
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Lovejoy 307
For students planning to study abroad in a French speaking country, join Professor J. Mwantuali (Director of Hamilton in Paris program) and senior French majors for an information session.
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September 20th, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Miller 008
Join the French Club for a showing of "Après Vous".
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September 16th, 2007
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Johnson Pond Picnic Area
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Thursday, May 10
5-6:30 pm
Smith-Hurd-Robbins, Roberts
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Tuesday, May 8
LJ 100, 7:00 pm
Le Corbeau |
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Mark your calendar!
April 27-29, 2007
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Tuesday , April 24
LJ 100, 7:00 pm
Papy a fait de la Résistance |
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Thursday, April 19
LJ 215, 4:00 pm
Panel II: "Questionable Choices"
With Jon Weiss, Marina Davies and Jacques Ciosmak |
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Thursday, April 12
LJ 215, 4:00 pm
Panel I: "Moral Dilemmas"
With Jane Moss, Mary LaMarca and Meadow Dibble-Dieng |
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Thursday, April 5
Pugh Center, 4:00 pm
A talk by Dr. Samba Gadjigo (Mt. Holyoke College)
In this talk, Professor Samba Gadjigo will first present a brief history of African cinema before describing the various ways in which Ousmane Sembene, subverting the official discourse of his country, examines the central issue of women in Africa today through his films. Special attention will be given to the manner in which Sembene’s Marxist ideology has influenced his original portrayal of women.
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Wednesday, April 4
LJ 100, 7:00 pm
Le dernier métro |
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Tuesday, April 3
9:00 pm, LJ100
Following the screening of Sembène's Moolaade, stay for Samba Gadjigo's short documentary The Making of Moolaade. FR372 |
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Tuesday, April 3
7:00 pm, LJ100
In this latest film by Ousmane Sembène, "The Father of African Cinema," when a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital cutting, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart. FR372 |
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Camp de Thiaroye
Wednesday, March 21, 7-9pm
Lovejoy 215
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Faculty & Student Forum
Tuesday, March 20, 6-7 pm
Lovejoy 302
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Bon Voyage
Monday, 7-9 pm
Lovejoy 202
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Monsieur Batignole
Wednesday, March 7
7-9pm, Lovejoy 100 |
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Meadow Dibble-Dieng
Colby College
"Publish or Perish:
The Editorial Politics of Présence Africaine"
Monday, February 26 at 4pm
Lovejoy 301
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Questions about Study Abroad? Meeting with Professors Jon Weiss, Jane Moss and Adrianna Paliyenko on Thursday, February 15 at 7pm in Lovejoy 301.
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French Club Welcome Back Crepe Night
Thursday, February 15,
5-7 pm
Anthony 020 party space
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De battre mon cœur s’est arrêté
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Wednesday, December 6
7-9 pm, Lovejoy 100 |
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Theatrical Performance: “Les sacrés monologues”
By Grégoire Chabot and Kayt Tommasino ‘08
Monday, December 4 at 7pm,
Strider Theater
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Monday, December 4,
4PM, Lovejoy 100
Refreshments served at 3:45
Speakers:
Professor Raymond Pelletier, Associate Director of the Canadian-American Center, University of Maine-Orono, President of the American Council for Quebec Studies
Rhea Côté Robbins, author of Wednesday's Child, editor of Canuck and Other Stories, founder of the Franco-American Women’s Institute
Greg Chabot, Colby '66, author of numerous plays and monologues including, Un Jacques Cartier errant, founder of Du monde d’à côté theater troupe Event open to the public.
Sponsored by the Pugh Community Board and the Department of French and Italian
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Wednesday, November 29
8-9 pm, Roberts Union Pub
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A documentary produced by the French majors' senior seminar (2004) under the direction of Prof. Arthur Greenspan. The film traces the history of French-Canadian immigration to central Maine beginning in the 1830s and introduces us to a cross section of the local Franco-American community.
Wednesday, November 29 at 7 pm,
Lovejoy 100
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Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien
Directed by Dominik Moll
Thursday, November 16
7-9 pm, Lovejoy 203
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Screening of the documentary “My Voyage to Italy” (In English and Italian with English subtitles). "Director Martin Scorcese acquired his love for film as the son of Italian immigrants who watched movie after movie as a child in New York City. As host of this special documentary, Scorsese provides a glimpse into his personal affection for Italian films, with favorite clips and thoughts on the careers of many Italian stars" (Netflix.com). Refreshments provided. Co-sponsored by the Italian Club.
Thursday, November 16th, 6-10 pm
Olin 1
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So you want to know where a major in French Studies may lead? Join us for "Career and Job Opportunities in French" with our own Meadow Dibble-Dieng '95, former major Cassie Cote '04, and Cindy Parker from Career Services
Tuesday, November 14
7-8 pm, Lovejoy 303
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PROGRAM
-VILLANELLE and TARANTELLE, MUSICA DI NAPOLI performed by "I CHIARIVARI":
Julie GOELL, guitar
Meegan DEELEY, violin
Eric BRAUNSTEIN, bass
-ROVING ARLECCHINO in the style of the COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE performed by Maris SKUJEVSKIS
-Buffet Dinner
-Screening of videos from IT 126 classes
-Bilingual Poetry Reading, Lucy HITZ '07
-Poetry Slam (Students of IT 127)
November 8, 6-8PM,
Pugh Center
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Sunday, November 5
2:45-4:45pm
Roberts-Hurd Room |
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Please join the Italian Club as we make tortelloni di zucca. A dish typical of the Emilia-Romagna region, the tortelloni are stuffed with squash and parmesan cheese filling and served with a butter and sage sauce. Bring your appetite!
Thursday, November 2 at 6 pm, Treworgy 103
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Manon des sources (Berri)
Tuesday, October 31 at
7pm, Lovejoy 344 |
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Dana Renga (Assistant Professor of Italian Studies, Colorado College)
“Cinematic Representations of Homosexuality and Internal Exile in Mussolini’s Italy”
Thursday, October 26 at 4:30 pm
Smith Lounge (Runnals)
more...
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Sur mes lèvres
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Wednesday, October 25
7-9 pm, Lovejoy 215 |
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Linda Docherty, Professor of Art at Bowdoin, will be at Colby on Tuesday, October 24th to deliver this year's James M. Carpenter Lecture. Specifically, she will be discussing the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, showing how literary and visual sources informed Gardner's public presentation of her art collections and how her idea of the museum evolved in relation to a private spiritual journey. The Gardner Museum has a particularly strong collection of pieces from the Italian Renaissance.
Tuesday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m., Keyes 105
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Film screening of A Special Day (in Italian, Una giornata particolare)
Thursday, October 19 at 7 pm, Olin 1
more...
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Manon des sources (Pagnol)
Tuesday, October 10 at
7pm, Lovejoy 344 |
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Thinking about studying abroad next year? Join Cheryl Morgan (Hamilton College) and French Studies majors who studied abroad last year to learn about Hamilton's Junior Year in France program.
Monday, October 9
5-6 pm, Lovejoy 301
light refreshments
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Le thé au harem d’Archimède
Tuesday, October 3 at
7pm, Lovejoy 344 |
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Chaos (Coline Serreau)
Tuesday, Sept. 26
7-9 pm
Lovejoy 215
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| Information Session: Thursday, September 21 at 7:00 pm, Lovejoy 213 |
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Information Session: Thursday, September 21 at 7:00 pm, Lovejoy 213
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Sunday 9/17, 12-3 PM
Johnson Pond Picnic Area |
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Monday, September 4 at
10:45 am |
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