Department News

French Student Council member Ben Ansbacher ’26 and Professor of Physics Arjendu Pattanayak published their paper  “Geometrical representation of dynamical symmetries in ordinal pattern analysis of time series” in the Physical Review with collaborator…

Senior Lecturer and graphic artist Stephanie Cox opened an exhibit titled, Lulu White: Queen of Diamonds at the Northfield Arts Guild with Canadian collaborator Nathalie Rech, with a talk on…

The Department of French and Francophone Studies congratulates major, French T.A., Student Department Advisor, and French Student Council member Sarah Raman ’25 on becoming the latest recipient of The Global Seal of…

French Minors Ella Wiegman ’25 and Jimmy Carlson ’25 have been accepted to teach on the TAPIF program in 2025-26. Ella will be teaching in the Poitiers area, Jimmy in Nantes. TAPIF,…

The Department of French and Francophone Studies congratulates French and Francophone Studies minor Anoushka Mallik ’25 on becoming the latest recipient of The Global Seal of Biliteracy. What is the Global Seal…

Congratulations on your awards at the 2025 Honors Convocation! Descriptions of the awards HERE.

Lecturer in French Sarah Anthony and Senior Lecturer in Spanish Vera Coleman received a 2025 Curricular Innovation Grant. Thanks to this grant, they will apply for a CRLA (College Reading and Learning…

The inaugural number of In Other Words published three pieces in French (and their translations) by: – Daniel McGovern ’26, French & Francophone Studies Major, “Le miel” / “Honey” – Parker Johnson…

The 7th annual Poetry Without Borders college-wide event brought together poetry-loving people with various backgrounds and passions, different majors and research fields. It featured 36 performances in 16 different languages, including…

What do punk zines have in common with French pamphlets? Students from Assistant Professor Katharine Hargrave’s French 310 class (“The Art of Scandal”) presented their research and translation of once-clandestine…