Duke CFFS

The Center for French and Francophone Studies is the hub for a great variety of activities relating to the French language and its many diverse expressions.

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An article published in the Duke Chronicle regarding a visit from Nicolas Mathieu: https://t.co/dq1tXexhqw

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Join us April 6-8 for the 4th conference of the “Literature-Cinema Colloquium Series”, "Contemporary Epistemologies of Moving Images: Graphs, Diagrams and Topographies," that will take place online and in person at Duke University.

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This Saturday we are excited to be partnering with @FranceintheUS & @VillaAlbertine for the Night of Ideas in Atlanta. Hosted at @Ctr4CHR focusing on “More Justice! Defending Rights, Realizing Dreams.” @DukeRomanceSt Anne-Gaëlle Saliot and @FelwineSarr will participate.

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Tonight at 7pm!

Join the first screening in the 2023 French Film Series at the Ruby Theater.

Happening by @AudreyDiwan follows a bright young student who faces an unwanted pregnancy in 1960s France, when abortion was still illegal.

Introduced by @KimberlyLamm8

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Join us tomorrow, 11/1 for a talk on #DemocratizingMusic with Gilles Delebarre of the Philharmonie de Paris (@philharmonie) who directs a pioneering program providing children from marginalized communities across France the opportunity to experience orchestral music firsthand.

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This Saturday "Liberté: I Will Have Inhabited Your Dream" will be performed at Duke. Please note that the venue has changed to the von der Heyden Studio Theater at the Rubenstein Arts Center.

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The U.S. tour of @FelwineSarr's plays continue this week with "Liberté: I Will Have Inhabited Your Dream" – a multidisciplinary performance weaving together stories and song based on the works of three resistance writers. Learn more: https://t.co/vhWElkJgds

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.@DukeRomanceSt's Felwine Sarr is moving from the classroom to the stage. His distinguished work will soon become more familiar to the community with the production of two of his plays by @dukeperformance: https://t.co/AInXdRqpKh

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A tour of works by @FelwineSarr arrives at @DukePerformance, starting with "Traces: Address to African Nations" – a lyrical text that looks at the history of Africa through a new lens.➡️ https://t.co/1swHGSEm5e
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Two @DukeU students helped elect a winner of France’s most prestigious literary prize, which expanded its reach to the U.S. for the first time this year. #ChoixGoncourtUS

Learn about the @DukeRomanceSt course that created the opportunity: https://t.co/aEjarhcX7j

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Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, 2021 recipient of France's most prestigious literary award the Prix Goncourt, is the first sub-Saharan African author to win the honor. Learn more about his work in an interview co-produced by @fhi_duke @DukeCFFS w/ English subtitles. https://t.co/ilGwYQAbFX

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Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, recipient of the 2021 Prix Goncourt, discussed his award-winning work, "La plus secrète mémoire des hommes," with Duke faculty: Sarah Quesada, Anne-Gaëlle Saliot, and @FelwineSarr

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https://t.co/UrPhRgBdY3

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This weekend, @DukeU French literature students Ali Sadek & Grace Kurtz-Nelson will convene in New York City to deliberate with students from 4 other distinguished American universities and select a winner for the inaugural #ChoixGoncourtUS📚 Learn more: https://t.co/j6iEFvRHEj

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Louis-Philippe Dalembert will speak on Monday about how years of childhood are the foundation on which he creates his characters on while continuing his own wanderings through time.
April 18 (Monday), 5pm
Where: Pink Parlor (or Zoom https://t.co/rQ9scMiBfV)

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Tonight at 8pm join @DukeCFFS for an evening of music with Gabriel Richard and Jean-Frédéric Neuburger

They will perform pieces composed by Neuburger. As well as Debussy and Schumann.

Free Admission 8pm at the Nelson Music Room

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This Wed 3.30 at 8 pm join @DukeRomanceSt Prof Gabriel Richard and composer Jean-Frédéric Neuburger for an evening of music.

The program will include pieces by Neuburger, Debussy, and Schumann.

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Happening TOMORROW (3/18) at 3:30 p.m. in the Rubenstein Arts Center! Join Anne-Gaëlle Saliot and @AnnetteJosephG of @DukeRomanceSt for a screening of the documentary "Regard noir" and conversation with director @AissaMaiga.

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Please join us Friday, Oct 2, at 10AM EST for a symposium in honor of the late Bernard Stiegler...
https://t.co/Ntczs34N1Y

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Many thanks to Pap Ndiaye
for an exciting and informative talk on the #BlackLivesMatter movement in France last week!