Kennesaw State University
YEAR OF FRANCE
FALL SEMESTER 2004
Public Lectures: All lectures
will be held at 6:30 pm in the Leadership Room of
the University Center unless indicated otherwise.
All events unless otherwise noted are free and open
to the public.
| Thurs., 9 September |
Drifting Apart or a New
Deal: France, Germany and the US
Speaker: André Teissier-duCros,
Former President of the U.S. Southeast Chapter
of the French Foreign Trade Advisors (C.C.E.F.),
and an Adjunct Professor at Georgia Institute
of Technology’s School of Management. |
| Thurs., 16 September |
From Natural Light to Natural Right:
Three Early French Thinkers (Castellio, Bayle,
Voltaire) and Freedom of Conscience
Speaker: Gerrit Voogt, KSU Associate
Professor of History. |
| Thurs., 23 September |
The Transexperience Imagery of Chen
Zhen: A Chinese Artist in France.
Speaker: Ming Chen, Associate
Professor of Theater, KSU |
| Thurs., 30 September |
Day of France (12:30 - 2:00
pm at the Gazebo)
Featuring: A taste of French
cuisine and contemporary Francophone world music. |
| Thurs., 7 October |
The French Exception
Speaker: Claude Imbert. Mr. Imbert
has been recognized as an Officier dans l'Ordre
du Mérite(1991), Officier dans l'Ordre
des Arts et des Lettres (1993), and most recently
as a Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
(2001).
Location: Nursing 109 |
| Thurs., 14 October |
Africa, Francophonie and the Future
of France
Speaker: Lovett Elango, KSU Professor
of History |
| Thurs., 21 October |
Gender Portrayal in Contemporary Francophone
Literature
Speaker: Letizia Guglielmo, Instructor
of English, KSU
Location: University Rooms C,D
& E |
| Thurs., 28 October |
Unraveling the Riddles of France
Speakers: Jean-Benoît Nadeau
& Julie Barlow, authors of Sixty Million Frenchmen
can’t be Wrong.
Location: Nursing 109 |
| Thurs., 4 November |
French Creole Immigration to Louisiana
after the Haitian Slave Revolt
Speaker: David Cheramie, Executive
Director of the Council for the Development of
French in Louisiana. |
| Thurs., 11 November |
Nuclear France and Energy Relations
Speaker: John Pratte, Associate
Professor of Physics, KSU |
| Thurs., 2 December |
Salt: Science and Culture
Speaker: Pierre Laszlo, Recipient
of the 1999 Maurice Pérouse Prize for his
life’s works as a science writer.
Location: University Rooms C,
D & E |
Film Series: All shows begin at 6:30
pm in Wilson Building Room 103.
Wed.,
25 August |
La Belle et la
Bête. Dir. Jean Cocteau. 1946. |
Wed., 1 September |
La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc. Dir. Carl Theodor
Dreyer. 1928. |
Wed., 8 September |
Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie. Dir. Luis
Buñuel. 1972. |
Wed., 15 September |
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain.
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet. 2001. |
Wed., 22 September |
La Grande Illusion. Dir. Jean Renoir. 1937. |
Wed., 29 September
|
Camille Claudel. Dir. Bruno Nuytten. 1988. |
Wed., 6 October |
Les Enfants du paradis. Dir. Marcel Carné.1945. |
Wed., 13 October |
À bout de souffle. Dir. Jean-Luc Godard.
1960. |
Wed., 20 October |
Paths of Glory. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. 1957. |
Wed., 27 October |
Jules et Jim. Dir. François Truffaut.
1962. |
Wed., 3 November |
La Reine Margot. Dir. Patrice Chéreau.
1994. |
Wed., 10 November |
Jean de Florette. Dir. Claude Berri. 1986. |
Wed., 17 November |
Les Triplettes de Belleville. Dir. Sylvain Chomet.
2003. |
Wed., 1 December |
La Cité des enfants perdus. Dir. Marc
Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet. 1995. |
Wed., 8 December |
Wed., 8 December La Femme Nikita. Dir. Luc Besson.
1990. |
Fall 2004 Courses
FREN 4490 Louis XIV
to Napoléan III: Culture, Literature and Civilization
of France from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries.
T/TH 6:30-7:45 PM., Dr. June Laval, 770-423-6456,
jlaval@kennesaw.edu.
ARH 4490 Baroque to Art Nouveau,
French Art from the 17 th to the 19 th Century. T/TH
6:30-8:00 PM., Dr. Daniel Sachs, 770-499-3591, dsachs@kennesaw.edu.
HIST 4490 French Enlightenment. T/TH
6:30-7:45 PM., Dr. Gerrit Voogt, 770-423-6645, gvoogt@kennesaw.edu.
FILM 3220 Studies in French Film.
W 6:30-9:15 PM., Dr. Robert Hill, Professor of English,
770-423-6346, rhill@kennesaw.edu.
ENGL 2110 World Literature (with
a focus on French and French Colonial literature)
MW 5:00-6:15 PM., Letizia Guglielmo, 770-423-6764,
lgugliel@kennesaw.edu
Spring Semester
The Spring series will include exhibits
of antique French textiles and contemporary art, a
performance of Le Chanson de Roland (Roland's Song),
music by Trio Chausson, and lectures on topics such
as America’s imperial temptation and its consequences
for Europe, Film at a Crossroads, and France and the
Middle East.
General Education Modules
The following KSU faculty members were
awarded summer grants to produce France related modules
for General Education courses:
Ming Chen, Associate Professor of Theater
Letizia Guglielmo, Instructor of English
John Pratte, Associate Professor of Physics.
KSU French Club
The KSU French Club would like to invite
you to join us for our Soirées de Poésie
(Nights of Poetry) on selected Monday nights at 8pm
throughout the Fall Semester. The poems of well-known
French poets will be recited and interpreted by students
and afterwards we will enjoy some conversation and
refreshments. Everyone is welcome. To learn more about
these events, please contact the KSU French Club at
ksufrenchclub@yahoo.com
or call Sarah Terry at 770-433-1483.
Community Trip
Join us for a tour of castles and country
sides on the Year of France's Community Trip to France.
Approximate dates: May 14-27, 2005. Approximate Cost:
$3000 double occupancy. Call the KSU Office of International
Services & Programs at 770-423-6336 for details.
Click here for itinerary
The Year of France Organizing
Committee
Coordinator, Dan Paracka, Director,
International Services and Programs;
Chair, June Laval, Associate Professor of French and
Spanish;
Roberta Griffin, Suzanne Talbott, Melanie Dobbins,
Mike Meads, and John Gentile, College of the Arts.
Thierry Léger, William Griffin, Rosa Bobia,
Gerritt Voogt, Howard Shealy, Elsa Nystrom, Tom Keene,
Robert Hill, Todd Harper, Harold Trendell, and Tom
Doleys, College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Philippe Laval and Martha Myers, College of Science
and Mathematics.
Dewi Wilson, Library; Dr. Mary Lou Frank, Dean of
Undergraduate and University Studies; Christi M. Jones,
Program Coordinator of Special Events.
Robin Crawford, Residence Life and Student Success
and Enrollment Services; and the KSU French Club.
Co-Sponsors and Off-campus
Committee Members
Cécile Peyronnet and Aurélien
Lépine-Kouas, Consulate General of France;
Claude Wegsheider and Karine James-Larcher, Alliance
Française;
Greg Ewing and Greg Barfield, Cobb County Public Schools.
Visit our website at: www.kennesaw.edu/globalinstitute
