MIT Global France Seminar

 

The MIT Global France Seminar aims to bring together MIT faculty, instructors, and graduate students from across disciplines interested in the study of French and francophone cultures around the world. The seminar series is free and open to the public.

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The MIT Global France Seminar was launched in 2013 (under the name "MIT Research Seminar in French and Francophone Studies"). Why “Global France”? The seminar seeks to expand notions of French Studies beyond the Hexagone and relationships of formal empire to include networks of social, cultural, and intellectual influence. Its events and participants seek to reconceptualize French and Francophone studies in a global context.  

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Founding chair: Professor Bruno Perreau
Co-chair: Professor Catherine Clark

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Guest speakers in Fall2023. 

Professor Geoffroy de Lagasnerie (École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts, Cergy) and Édouard Louis, writer. September 14, 5pm. Room TBD.

Professor Jennifer Boittin (Penn State). September 19, 5pm. Room TBD.

Professor Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Columbia University). October 11, 5pm. Room TBD.

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