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-chairs: Claire Conceison, Malick Ghachem, Aliko Songolo.

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Guest speakers. Fall 2025.

• Mohamed Amer Meziane (Brown University). How the Fall of Heaven Overturned the Earth. Wednesday, September 24, 5:15pm. Nexus. 14S-130. Hayden Library.

• Julien Gelas (Théâtre du Chêne Noir, Avignon, France). Live Performance in France 2025. CANCELED. 

• Subha Xavier (Emory University). From Opium to Fentanyl Wars. China in the Western Imaginary. Monday, October 27. 5:15pm. 14E-304.

• Tamara Chaplin (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). Becoming Lesbian. Wednesday, November 19. 5:15pm. 14E-112

• Keith Baker (Stanford University). Jean-Paul Marat. Prophet of Terror. Tuesday, December 2. 5pm. Location TBD. 

• Judith Miller (New York University). Francophone African Theater.  Wednesday, December 3. 5:15pm. 14E-304