February Newsletter, 2003

   

Departmental News:

Kandioura Dramé was invited by the Department of French at Rutgers to give a lecture on "Early African Writings in French", 7 February 2003.

The Société des Anciens Textes Français has announced the publication of the new critical edition of the fourteenth-century Crusade epic Baudouin de Sebourc, by Larry S. Crist and Robert F. Cook.

Alumni News:

Pascale Barthe (Ph.D. '02) has accepted a tenure-track position at UNC-Wilmington. She will be joining Alison (Tiki) Murray who also holds a Ph.D. from our Department.

P.S. We welcome news from/of other alumni for future French Department newsletters!

   

Up-coming Events & Announcements:

Oedipus's Conversation with the Sphinx:
Myths of Racial, Social and Cultural Ethnic Blending
LECTURE CANCELED

March 20, 4:00 pm (La Maison Française)

Mignon, Modeste Mignon and Mirah: Balzac and George Eliot read Goethe

A talk by Terence Cave, St. John's College, Oxford University. Reception to follow.

Reminders for Undergraduates:

The deadline for this year's Maas Prize competition is Friday, March 28. For more information, contact Professor Cook, or visit the following page on our web site:
http://www.virginia.edu/french/ugrads/major/ (under "Awards and Honors")

If you are interested in receiving tutoring from graduate students in our Department, please see the sign-up sheet for the Department's free tutoring service on the door of Cabell 301.

For more information on this service, visit the following link: http://www.virginia.edu/french/resource/students/admin/tutoring.htm/