French & Francophone Studies at Penn State

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Congratulations to our 4️⃣ 2023–24 @penn_state #FacultyFriday #FulbrightScholars!👏Celebrate their remarkable achievements by liking, commenting, and retweeting.🎉bit.ly/psfs2324 @FulbrightPrgrm 💠 @GaryAdlerJr 💠 Jennifer Glick 💠@surlyBurleigh 💠 Kidane Mengisteab

Congratulations to Burleigh Hendrickson @surlyBurleigh (@FFSatPSU), winner of the @frenchcolonial 2023 Heggoy Prize for DECOLONIZING 1968, published with @CornellPress!

Congratulations to #CornellPress author Burleigh Hendrickson. DECOLONIZING 1968 won the 2023 Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize awarded by @frenchcolonial. @FFSatPSU @surlyBurleigh See this book: ow.ly/2Og150Opu2a ow.ly/ulfu50Opu29

Join us next Tuesday (3/28) for our annual grad student roundtable. Noon in 121 Borland. This year participants ask "What is Missing from the Early Modern World?" Organized by Holli Turner and Brooke Tybush + featuring Héctor Linares, Taylor O´Connor, Amy Orner, and Kyle Marini.

Liberal Arts Career Week begins TODAY! 🎉 Join us for events focusing on #GapYears and career paths for @PSUPsychology and Language majors! Visit our website for Zoom links and to explore #LACareerWeek events: bit.ly/lacareerweek @PSULiberalArts @FFSatPSU @PennStateSIP

Dr. Paget Henry, Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at Brown University, will be giving a talk on the Martinican author and philosopher titled “Réne Ménil’s Aesthetic Marxism” on Monday, November 14 from 2:30-3:30pm in 226 Burrowes Building. Reception to follow.

Get ready for our #PSUFirstGen events next week! 📅 🔹First-Gen Student Celebration: November 8, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. 🔹First-Gen Photos with the Dean: November 8, 10:30–11:00 a.m. 🔹Forging a First-Gen Future: November 10, 5:30 p.m. @DeanLangPSU @PSU_Success @PSU_Undergrad

Join us next Thursday (10/27) for our annual faculty roundtable. This year we'll be discussing "Early Modern Care." Borland 121 at noon. All welcome!

S a v e t h e d a t e || We are very excited to have FFS alumna Lindsay Andersen join us on Thursday, October 27th to talk about her experiences working for the French multinational corporation @Dior as an E-Merchandising Manager.

Today || 12:00 p.m. || 226 Burrowes

Join Dr. Cahill @PSUHistory and Dr. Hélène Quanquin (Université de Lille, France) for a @PennStateHonors World in View discussion of the women's rights conversations between the US, France, & the Francophone world (Nov 2 at noon EST)@FFSatPSU @univ_lille shc.psu.edu/events/item.cf…

Join us for Lunch with Honors on Wednesdays, 12:15-1:00 p.m. in W-013 Pattee Library. This week, Tracy Rutler, Assistant Professor of French and Women's Studies, presents "Careful Science in the Eighteenth Century." Lunch provided; no RSVP required!

Today || 2:30 p.m. || 226 Burrowes Welcome, @abdellalihajjat!

Many congrats to Jennifer Boittin on the publication of her new book with @UChicagoPress!!!

Félicitations to @FabienneKanor on the publication of her latest book with @EditionsRivages!!!