Tags: French


Watch & Discuss: Ethnic-based statistics in France, Why Not?

Amandine Gay's documentary Ouvrir la voix is a series of personal interviews of French and Belgian Black women. During this event, we will watch part of this documentary about the necessity for ethnic-based statistics in France. On the website of the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (Insee), we can read the following: In its decision of 15 November 2007, the Constitutional Council forbade the processing of data…


French Film Screening

Join us for a film series on the atomic age, presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Kei Ito: Staring at the Face of the Sun.” https://georgiamuseum.org/event/film-hiroshima-mon-amour/ “Hiroshima Mon Amour” (1959) was written by Marguerite Duras and directed by Alain Resnais. A co-production between France and Japan, it documents a series of intensely personal conversations between an unnamed French actress and a Japanese architect…


Ciné-Mardi: The Freshmen

The French language program is proud to present Ciné-Mardi, a free showing of a French-language film with subtitles in English on the third Tuesday of every month. Join movie-goers in April in the Balcony Theatre (Fine Arts Building 400) for some free popcorn and a showing of The Freshmen.


Ciné-Mardi: A Tale of Love and Desire

The French language program is proud to present Ciné-Mardi, a free showing of a French-language film with subtitles in English on the third Tuesday of every month. Join movie-goers in Februray in the Balcony Theatre (Fine Arts Building 400) for some free popcorn and a showing of A Tale of Love and Desire.


Ciné-Mardi: Ernest & Céléstine's Winter Tales

The French language program is proud to present Ciné-Mardi, a free showing of a French-language film with subtitles in English on the third Tuesday of every month. Join movie-goers in January in the Balcony Theatre (Fine Arts Building 400) for some free popcorn and a showing of Ernest & Céléstine's Winter Tales.


Romance Languages Trivia Night

Come test your knowledge about the languages, cultures, and people of Italian-speaking, French-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and Spanish-speaking countries. There will be tasty snacks and prizes!


Join us for a Match!

As part of National French Week, the Pétanque Club of Athens  will be hosting a Pétanque event on campus!  What: If you have never heard of this game and want to try something new, come out for an introduction to the French sport of Pétanque! Or if you’ve played before, this is a great chance to have fun and show off your skills!   Where: The brand new Pétanque Club of UGA court in front of the Lamar Dodd School of Art!…


Roundtable with Dr. Chantell Smith Limerick

Come learn about Dr. Smith Limerick's experience in graduate school and navigating the job market. She will be available for questions about preparing your application dossier, the ins and outs of campus visits, and what her experiences have been like on search committees. 


Dr. Luis González of Wake Forest U. visits UGA for talk and corpus workshop

People from all departments are welcome at this event. Please, feel free to share this info and the flyer with your students.  1. TALK on Wednesday, November 9, 4:00-5:00 pm, Gilbert Hall 113 "Rules that work: a verber/verbed fragment of a grammar of Spanish" This talk, meant for language students and instructors as well as linguists, will show that rules of language are easier to state, understand, retain, and apply if…


French + Portuguese Movie Night

On Wednesday, November 16th from 5-7pm, Fala Aí, the magazine of the Portuguese department at UGA,  will sponsor a French + Portuguese film night in Gilbert Hall room 118. The movie being shown is "La Cage Dorée" or "The Gilded Cage", which is a French-language comedy about the lives of Portuguese immigrants living in France. It will be subtitled in English. Light refreshments will be served, and there will be a discussion in English…
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