October Newsletter, 2004

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Departmental Profile - Philippe Roger

Professor Philippe Roger became a foreign correspondent this fall when he agreed to cover the American elections for the French newspaper Libération. In a series of eight Saturday chronicles, he gave French readers a view of the campaign from Charlottesville and the University of Virginia. He reported from the dorms on student reactions to the presidential debates, interviewed shoppers at the City Market, and profiled a candidate for Congress at a neighborhood meeting in a faculty member's garden. The paperback version of his book L'Ennemi américain: Généalogie de l'antiaméricanisme français was published by Seuil in October; the English translation is due from the University of Chicago Press in February 2005. Click here to see a comprehensive list of Professor Roger's publications and activities for 2004.

Departmental News:

On Saturday, October 2nd, we were delighted to host four alumni/ae of the UVA French graduate program for a panel discussion on the transition from graduate school to the professional world. The speakers were:

Wade Edwards (Ph.D., 2002; 19th-century), a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Longwood University.
Carolyn Fay (Ph.D., 2002; 19th-century), a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Penn State Altoona.
Jeff Persels (Ph.D., 1991; 16th-century), an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina.
Jennifer Waine (MA 2000) a teacher of all levels of French, including a thriving AP program, at Western Albemarle High School.

The speakers discussed the demands and joys of their jobs. They commented on the most helpful advice they heard as graduate students, and shared suggestions based on
experience.

Oct. 14 at U. Va., Elisabeth Ladenson chaired the first plenary session at the conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (U. S. division). The session was entitled "Feminist, lesbian/feminist, and queer music". Wynne Stuart gave the official welcome to the participants for the Provost prior to that session.

Mary McKinley's article, "Parrots and Poets: Writing Alterities in Scéve and Lemaire de Belges," has appeared in the volume Self and Other in Sixteenth-Century France, the Proceedings of the Cambridge French Renaissance Colloquium.

Elisabeth Ladenson gave a talk right here in Cabell Hall on October 15th, "Indecent Proust," jointly sponsored by the Queer Scholarship Series and the French Department. November 4-14 she will be in France to discuss Proust lesbien, the French translation of her book Proust's Lesbianism (Cornell UP, 1999) which will hit French bookstores in early November. On November 6 there will be a colloquium at the Maison de l'Europe in Paris devoted to the issues it raises. Among the speakers will be our own Anne F. Garréta. See links for book and colloquium information:

Book information:
http://www.ecole-lacanienne.net/publications.php3?edit=epel&coll=classiques

Colloquium information:
http://www.ecole-lacanienne.net/images/affiche/epel.pdf

John Lyons gave a lecture titled "Before Imagination: Embodied Thought from Montaigne to Rousseau" at the Center for French and Francophone Studies, Duke University, Friday,October 22.

Paula Sato's article "L'Orientalisme dans le roman Ecrit en dansant de Servero Sarduy" will be published in a special issue on Orientalism in the Caribbean novel by The Centre International de Documentation et d'Information Haïtienne, Caraïbéenne et Afro-Canadienne. The publication is scheduled to come out in December.

Congratulations to Jessica Wood who received an Arts & Sciences Outstanding Performance Award from the University of Virginia.

   

Undergraduate News:

Students returning from the summer study abroad program in Rabat, Morocco have started a fund-raising operation to help a Non-governmental Organization in Rabat. This Moroccan-French NGO called Reseau Maillage works in the poorest suburbs of Rabat and Casablanca. The goal is to purchase used computers for next summer. Donations of computers are welcome!

   

Up-coming Events & Announcements:

 Friday, November 5
7:30 p.m. ~ Garrett Hall Commons

A free concert with French singer/songwriter

ERIC VINCENT

"Eric Vincent began his career in Paris at the famous "Port du Salut" with Coluche. This amazing performer lives downtown Paris on a beautiful "péniche" and has a special passion for taking his music to every corner of the globe. His name has appeared on marquees in more than 130 countries, where he is often considered one of the best contemporary singers in the tradition of the chanson française."

For more information see http://www.eric-vincent.com

Sponsored by the Maison Française and the Department of French

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