March Newsletter, 2003

   

Departmental News:

Kandioura Dramé is pleased to announce that Cheryl Krueger has been promoted to the rank of Professor on the General Faculty. He hopes we will all join him in congratulating her.

Majida Bargach presented a paper titled "Celibataires sans frontieres: sur les traces du
poisson rouge de JMG Leclesio" at the thirty-fourth annual convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA) in Boston, Massachusetts, March 6-9.

Kandioura Dramé was invited to participate in a workshop on "Localizing Knowledge, Decolonizing Expertise" held at Duke University, March 3-4. From March 19-23, he attended the annual conference of the African Literature Association and its Executive Council meetings in Alexandria, Egypt.

Amy Ogden delivered a paper on "Twelfth-Century French Saints in Alexandria" at the African Literature Association conference in Alexandria, Egypt (19-22 March).

Mary McKinley attended the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America in Toronto, March 27-29. She presented a paper titled "Jean Calvin and Marguerite de Navarre: The Rhetoric of Nicodemism."

Elisabeth Ladenson gave the opening talk at a conference on Gay Shame at the University of Michigan on Friday March 28. Although her talk was a success, she is a bit nervous about becoming an expert on shame. Her talk was called "Shame on Me." On April 2 she attended the ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association) conference in San Diego, where she delivered a talk on high culture references in The Sopranos.

Kandioura Dramé has been awarded a TTI Fellowship for 2003-04 for his project on African cinema.

Kelly Digby attended the Carolina Conference on Romance Languages at UNC Chapel Hill on March 20-22 where she presented a paper on Ambroise Pare's treatise on monsters entitled "Des monstres et prodiges: A Case for Curiosity." Kelly was also able to hear alumna Pascale Barthe (Ph.D. 2002) present a paper on Bertrand de la Borderie.

Jacqueline Couti and Nadia Mamelouk have been invited to attend the 2003 SLLC Graduate Conference at the University of Maryland April 16-17.

   

Congratulations to...

…Nathalie Charron Marcus, recipient of this year's departmental Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.

…Paula Sato, who has been awarded a 2003-2004 Dissertation Year Fellowship from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

…This year's Maas Prize Competition winners:

The Department would like to thank every participant in this year's competition, and express our appreciation for the time and effort expended by all on this writing project.