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Program Information
Undergraduate Adviser
Prof. Madeleine Dobie
510 Philosophy
854-9874
mld2027@columbia.edu
Program Office
521 Philosophy
854-2500
854-3208
Interdepartmental Committee on French and Francophone Studies
| Gil Anidjar (Middle East and Asian
Languages and Cultures)
Hilary Ballon (Art History)
Taoufik Ben-Amor (Middle East and
Asian Languages and Cultures)
Barry Bergdoll (Art History)
Susan Boynton (Music)
Jean Cohen (Political Science)
Matthew Connelly (History)
Peter Connor (French, Barnard)
Victoria de Grazia (History)
Madeleine Dobie (French) (chair)
Priscilla Ferguson (Sociology)
Karen Hansen (Music)
Irène Final-Honigan (Institute for the
Study of Europe)
Pierre Force (French)
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Serge Gavronsky (French, Barnard)
Kaiama Glover (French, Barnard)
Danielle Haase-Dubosc (Reid Hall)
Martha Howell (History)
John Huber (Political Science)
Annette Insdorf (Film Studies)
Matthew Jones (History)
Mark Kesselman (Political Science)
Gregory Mann (History)
Samuel Moyn (History)
Glenda Rosenthal (Institute on
Western Europe)
Allan Silver (Sociology)
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (English
and Comparative Literature)
Lisa Tiersten (History, Barnard)
Isser Woloch (History)
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The major in French and Francophone studies provides an interdisciplinary framework
for the study of the history, literature, and culture of France and the Francophone
world. Students explore history and contemporary application of concepts such as
human rights, citizenship, and national unity, and explore important dichotomies
including universalism/relativism, tradition/modernity, and church/state as they
developed in 18th- and 19th-century France, and in the context of contemporary
French-speaking Africa, Canada, Asia, and the Caribbean. Students take a series
of required courses that include two semesters of Introduction to French and Francophone studies and two semesters of French grammar and composition,
which is essential to achieve proficiency in French language. Having completed
these courses they select remaining credits from a list of courses approved by
the interdepartmental committee on French and Francophone Studies. To ensure methodological
focus they must take three of these courses within a single field (e.g. history,
music, anthropology, or political science).
Maison Française
Students interested in French and in the Francophone world should acquaint themselves
early with the Maison Française, which has libraries of books and videos
and which sponsors lectures and discussions by distinguished French visitors
to New York City. It is also the social center of the French Department, and
students may count on a friendly welcome. With its theater workshop, French film
series, book club, café-conversation and other events, the Maison Française
offers an excellent opportunity for students to perfect their language skills
and enhance their knowledge of French and Francophone culture in a variety of
extracurricular activities that take place in a pleasant, informal environment.
Study Abroad
French and Francophone studies majors are encouraged to spend a semester or year
abroad, either in Paris at Columbia’s Reid Hall program or at a university
in the Francophone world, e.g. Senegal or Morocco.
Reid Hall in Paris
Reid Hall, located at 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, is administered by Columbia
University. It offers semester and year-long programs of study, as well as summer
courses. Advanced students enrolled at Reid Hall have the opportunity to take courses
in the French university system. Some Reid Hall and French university courses
may be counted towards a major in other departments (e.g. History or Art History).
For additional information about the Columbia University in Paris Program at
Reid Hall, including summer session courses consult the Columbia University
in Paris Bulletin (available in 203 Lewisohn Hall), call (212) 854-9666, or send
an e-mail to: reidhall@columbia.edu.
It is also available on-line at the Overseas
Program Web site.
For information about the applicability of Reid Hall courses to the major or
concentration, consult the director of undergraduate studies.
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