FRENCH & FRANCOPHONE STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND CULTURES • VOLUME 7 • FALL 2014 Co-éditeurs, Carol Murphy and Alioune Sow; Mise en page, Phoebe Wilson; Contact, [email protected]

GREETINGS FROM THE CO-EDITORS OF THE FFS NEWSLETTER

Drs. Carol Murphy and Alioune Sow

ear Alumni and friends of career plans. The -Flori- DFrench Studies, da Research Institute has been very active this year, welcom- We are pleased to bring you ing the new General the seventh edition of our an- from the in nual French and Francophone Miami, Philippe Létrilliart, to Studies Newsletter, the first UF in September, where he our majors, minors, faculty graduate and undergraduate to be produced exclusively in spoke to a packed room of and other interested students students who continue to lead an electronic format. This has at UF. In addition, the FFRI rich and productive lives after been an exciting year for our has supported numerous con- their studies with us at UF. Fac- students and faculty in FFS ferences and guest lecturers, ulty, too, have been very active who have been productive not some of which are featured in all of the various dimen- only in the classroom but also in this newsletter. Our recip- sions of their professional lives in publishing research, obtain- rocal exchange agreements as indicated by their entries. ing grants and pursuing other with the Université de Rennes We hope that you enjoy being activities of merit. In this is- and L’Institut de Sciences Poli- brought up to date with the sue we feature a special table tiques, “Sciences Po,” continue various facets of our program ronde discussion with some of to foster study abroad and re- in French and Francophone our many French and Franco- search opportunities for our Studies and encourage you to phone Studies majors who of- very best students. Current keep in touch with us for next fer a glimpse of what it means graduate students in FFS have year’s edition of the FFS News- to be an FFS major of the 21st been very active this past year letter so that we can include century, one who melds an as indicated in the profiles you in our yearly overview of interest in French language New Consul Général de France that they prepared for us. As our activities. and cultures with second (and Phillippe Létrilliart came to UF to always, we are delighted to third) majors that bolster their speak to students and faculty feature news from our former For updates on our activities throughout the year, visit our website: www.languages.ufl.edu/french IN THIS ISSUE

Greetings from the co-editors of the FFS newsletter...... 1 Alumni News...... 9 – 12 A “table ronde” with some of our majors...... 2 – 4 Emeritus News...... 12 News from the France Florida Research Institute...... 5 French in Contact...... 13 Study abroad. Hélène Blondeau...... 6 Faculty News...... 14 – 15 2014 French Music Symposium...... 6 Thank You for Your Support...... 16 Sciences Po Carol Murphy...... 7 Keep Your Classmates Up to Date...... 16 News from our students...... 8 – 9 A “TABLE RONDE” WITH SOME OF OUR MAJORS IN FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES by Dr. Carol Murphy I recently had the opportunity to talk with some of our many talented majors in French and Francophone Studies and would like to share with you their reflections on FFS studies at UF. The students par- ticipating in the “table ronde” discussion included Angélique Talmor, José Cotayo, Ann Manov, Lidia O’Shields and Nadj Pierre

Dr. Murphy: Please tell us something Nadj Pierre about your major(s), your academic interests, honors and other activities My name is Nadj Pierre, and I am double that you think may be of interest to majoring in French and Francophone our readers. studies and Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience. I am a Presidential and Angélique Talmor Southern Scholarship Recipient and I have been accepted to the Boston Uni- I am a third year student majoring in versity Paris Internship Spring 2015 pro- French and Francophone Studies and gram for students interested in the medi- FFS major Nadj Pierre Political Science with a concentration in cal NGO field. I plan to graduate in May International Affairs. My academic in- 2015. terests vary from 19th and 20th century with opposing sides presenting their to Geology. On campus, José Cotayo views on human trafficking and control my main involvements are as president of of arms proliferation and smuggling. It UF French Club (Le Cercle Français) and My major is French and Francophone was a great experience to learn firsthand as Vice-President of the UF chapter of Studies although astronomy and music how government works and doesn’t and Amnesty International. I have also con- pique my interest as well. I am a recipi- to hear all of the participants’s views. ducted research as a University of Florida ent of the Machen Florida Opportunity Political Science department Junior Fel- Scholarship, which means that I am for- Dr. M. Thank you for introducing your- low, using the philosophical works of Mi- tunate enough to be the first of my fam- selves to our readers. Please tell us why chel Foucault to explore the relationship ily to be given the opportunity to prove you decided to major in French and Fran- between punishment and state building my worth in a university setting. I am in cophone Studies at UF. in the international system. In addition the Honors Program at UF, and I plan to to being in the Honors Program at UF, graduate in the Spring of 2015. Despite Angélique I am also an Anderson Scholar, and Phi being thoroughly involved in reading Beta Kappa inductee. and completing classwork assignments, I I decided to major in French and Fran- am also strongly devoted to the Universi- cophone studies because of my grandfa- Ann Manov ty of Florida Symphony Orchestra, where ther, who has a Masters in French litera- I am an integral member of the viola sec- ture. He is one of the most cultured and I am in my penultimate semester of a tion, and an avid parkour practitioner brilliant people I have ever met. I spent Bachelor of Arts at the University of Flor- (also known as a traceur). a large part of my childhood with him in ida, with majors in English, French and Versailles, France, and he taught me nu- Francophone Studies, and Spanish, as Lidia O’Shields merous things about French history and well as a minor and a certificate in Lat- literature. This has given me an appre- in American Studies. My work has been I graduated from State College of Florida ciation for the many different aspects of funded by numerous scholarships; I am a in May 2013 as the Outstanding Gradu- the French culture and a desire to pursue National Merit Scholar, a Center for - ate, was president of the Phi Theta Kappa French and Francophone Studies in my pean Studies Foreign Language and Area chapter there and received several schol- higher education. Studies Fellow, a Ruth McQuown scholar, arships to finish my B.A. I transferred to a University Scholar, and an Anderson UF to study Russian in Summer A Term Ann Scholar. Otherwise, I have won the Amer- 2013. I was also selected as one of only ican Islamist Congress’s book prize for an ten students from the U.S. to attend le I decided to major in FFS at Professor essay on civil rights policy in Afghanistan des Jeunes Francophones des Murphy’s and Professor Zachmann’s en- and have been chosen by two American Amériques in Toronto in August 2014 couragement. I initially continued study- policy debate leagues as the best nation- where I interacted with students from ing French to improve my language skills al new debater of the year. Canada, the U.S., Mexico and South and out of high school and to pursue my in- Central America. We worked within the terest in French literature. framework of the Canadian Parliament continued on page 3

2 French and Francophone Studies 2014 A “TABLE RONDE” CONTINUED

José losophy. And my background in French Angélique literature has permitted me to explore in Frankly, I decided to major in French and depth the impact of Francophone writ- I am still unsure of my post-graduation Francophone Studies after thinking very ers/philosophers on the field of Political plans. I will either attend graduate intently about my position in the Col- Science. The research project in which I school in France or the United States. If I lege of Engineering (after all, I was ini- was involved, which utilized the works attend graduate school in France, I plan tially enrolled as an Aerospace/Mechani- of Michel Foucault, is a prime example of to matriculate at Sciences Po and pur- cal Engineer dual-major with a minor in this. Finally, the level of French mastery sue a Master d’Affaires Publiques, with French). Engineering wasn’t really work- I have been able to obtain through my the long-term goal of attending l’Ecole ing out for me and that’s when I real- FFS major will permit me to study abroad Nationale d’Administration. If I attend ized that I could actually do something and take classes in French at Sciences Po graduate school in the United States I with the French language. With every Spring and Fall 2015. will first work a few years in the field of passing week, I started liking Engineer- international affairs, after which I will ing less and less, and, well, French was Ann apply to law school to pursue a career always there and was becoming more in international law. Whichever path I and more appealing. My education in French culture and lit- take, I hope to be able to pursue a career erature complements my education in which permits me to hone my interest in Nadj Anglophone and Hispanophone cultures International Affairs and make a positive and literatures. I am interested in com- impact on the world. Since I’ve been in the French system all parative literature and cultural studies. my life in Haiti, I felt like I had to keep Ann going in my studies in the field during Nadj college as well. I would like to study While I do not want to presumptuously medicine in France and being a French With degrees in French and Neurosci- declare what I’m doing, I am intending to major on a premed track really helps ence, I hope to be able to study medicine apply for teaching fellowships in France, when it comes to qualifying as adapt- in France. The background knowledge Spain, and Mauritius, as well as graduate able to learning in another language. that I have accumulated as a FFS major school in France – probably at Paris IV and This also helped me get the internship in would definitely come in handy in study- VII – and decide between these. Paris available to French majors where I ing in the sciences abroad. will study post-colonial France and poli- Nadj tics for six weeks followed by a six-week José internship in NGO medical practices. I wish to go to medical school right af- I would say that FFS connects not only ter graduation. My dream school is the Lidia to music, but to everything else I do as International Medicine program at the well. I find references to French culture, University of London. If not there, I As I had always had a love of and some French words or expressions, French gas- would like to attend medical school in proficiency in French I added FFS as a sec- tronomy (and I’m in heaven when I do), Clermont-Ferrand or Toulouse. ond major to my Russian first major in and countless others in my day-to-day fall 2013. It was one of the best decisions experiences. For example, parkour origi- José I’ve ever made. I’ve not only learned so nated in France and, if it comes to music, much, but I’ve made many dear friends, I enjoy playing all sorts of instruments Certainly the challenges that come with have so many new mentors from the and the modern transverse flute that’s this major is that everyone in my ex- French department faculty and saw the commonly used in orchestras is none tended family and the vast majority of fruition of one of my dreams, to study in other than a “French model” flute. my friends ask “what’s there to do with Paris, through Dr. Blondeau’s Summer in a French major?,” and I too find myself Paris program during summer 2014. Lidia partially inside that twilight zone of ig- norance. In all honesty, I have not con- Dr. M. How does your FFS major connect I originally decided to major in Languag- sidered very many options for life after to your other major(s) and or minor(s)? es at UF as my ultimate goal is to work my studies, and so it would be difficult Be specific. for the U.S. government in some capac- for me to pinpoint an answer at the cur- ity where my language skills are not only rent time. Angélique useful but a vital component of my job. Lidia My FFS major connects with my Political Dr. M. What are your plans after gradua- Science major in a number of ways. It has tion? Do you plan to continue your stud- I am looking forward to my last semes- instilled in me a more globalized per- ies or to engage right away in a career? ter as an undergraduate in FFS and even spective on the world – something that I realize that you may not have made up more so to next year where I will be is essential for those who aspire to work your mind at this point in time, but let us finishing my M.A. through the 4+1 pro- in International Affairs as I do. Also, know what you’ve been thinking about. gram. I entered the 4+1 at the end of French writers and philosophers have had a strong influence on Political Phi- continued on page 4

French and Francophone Studies 2014 3 A “TABLE RONDE” CONTINUED last semester and began taking gradu- Nadj new light and a different way of seeing ate level courses this year that will apply many passages that I have read over the toward my M.A. My hopes are to attend I was surprised at the interest I came to course of my study. UF’s one-year MBA program after I grad- have about sociolinguistics. I am now uate in French. Afterwards I’m planning writing an honors thesis on the attitudes Dr. M. What would you say to other to pursue a Ph.D. in International Rela- and representations surrounding the students interested in majoring in FFS? tion with a focus on Diplomacy. Thank contact of creole and French in Haiti, and goodness my husband places education I find it fascinating, something I did not Angélique only behind family! expect going into this major. Do it. And take advantage of the nu- Dr. M. What has been the most challeng- José merous opportunities to go abroad that ing or surprising aspect of your studies in your advanced knowledge of French will FFS at UF? Something about the French and Franco- qualify you for! phone Studies major that came as a wel- Angélique come surprise was approaching French Ann from a linguistic standpoint. Until recent- The most challenging aspect of my study ly, I imagined linguistics to be nothing I am glad to have majored in FFS. in FFS has been learning to analyze and more than the study of languages and comment texts, but it has also been one of sounds, but taking courses such as Cor- Nadj the most interesting and personally grat- rective Phonetics, A Structural Analysis of ifying aspects of my study. I have found the French Language, and Introduction Being a French major has opened doors that the skills I have learned in analyzing to Linguistics, I’ve discovered a kindled that I never knew were there and made and commenting French texts have en- interest in the field and realized that my me a well-rounded individual, more ready hanced my appreciation of French litera- preconceived notions of the study were to take on “real life” after graduation. ture by enlarging the lens through which far off from the truth. I am able to read and conceptualize the José material. Additionally, I have found that Lidia my critical thinking and writing abilities I would definitely recommend the FFS have benefitted tremendously from this The course load is sometimes daunting program to anybody with even the exercise – even those in English. and the many papers I have to write slightest interest in French. The depart- when I want to be out enjoying the ment is filled with very knowledgeable Ann beautiful Florida weather makes study of professors, and as a student you’ll learn French at UF difficult sometimes. How- so much about culture that you’ll broad- I had virtually no grounding in French ever, when I look back at how much I’ve en your horizons and perhaps even start culture and feel my education in French accomplished in a few short years I am to see the world differently. FFS is not history and contemporary attitudes has so thankful for this opportunity. Study- just about learning to speak French, but been excellent. I owe much of this to my ing French has been very helpful in other also about learning the history, culture, brief time spent on a FLAS fellowship at areas such as history courses, art and lit- and social aspects of France. I think it the Cours de la civilisation française de la erature. Being able to read in French and would be a wonderful opportunity for Sorbonne in Paris last summer. understand what was meant focuses a anybody and I would encourage them to not miss out on it.

Lidia

I would recommend to any UF student that they take French while here. The classes are tailored to the appropriate levels, the faculty is world class with many being native speakers and the opportunities for participation in extra- curricular events or study abroad are outstanding. If anyone has any question about my experiences in the FFS program at UF all I can say is it has been one of the most fantastic experiences of my life, educationally, culturally and socially. I highly recommend this program to any- one who is considering studying a for- eign language whether as a major or just to fulfill requirements or electives. From left to right: FFS Majors Ann Manov, Angélique Talmor, Lidia O’Shields and José Cotayo

4 French and Francophone Studies 2014 NEWS FROM THE FRANCE FLORIDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE by the director, Dr. Alioune Sow

This past year, the FFRI has fostered new ties with UF centers and units through annual collaborative research projects that enhance faculty and students mo- bility. The initiative “French in contact” launched in Fall 2013 and running un- til 2015, is an interdisciplinary project that involves collaboration between the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Linguistics, the Center for African Studies, the Center for Latin American Studies and, abroad, the Uni- versité Paris X, Université Rennes II and the University of Ottawa. The project fo- cuses on the implications of the concepts Haitian poet Rodney Saint Éloi on the left and of “intersection” and “contact” in French French novelist Sébastian Doubinsky on the right for cultural productions across multiple locations. It examines linguistic practices Laval), who gave a lecture on contem- gave a presentation to faculty and stu- and dynamics and investigates changes porary Congolese artist Sammy Baloji dents on “France and Florida: A Long and innovations in literature, cinema titled “Images qui s’entrechoquent: Standing Relationship”. and urban music in selected sites such promenades de Sammy Baloji entre les as Paris, Dakar, Bamako, Montreal, Port mémoires locales et l’imaginaire global”; Finally, the FFRI has contributed to the au Prince, New Orleans and Miami. In in October, Professor Françoise Vergès, organization of the 18th Music and Lit- Fall 2013, UF has hosted the colloquium (Collège d’Etudes Mondiales, Fondation erature symposium organized by Dr Sylvie “French in contact” and in Spring 2014, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris) Blum and Miriam Zach, to the Florida Ex- two members of the project Dr Blondeau gave a lecture titled “Decolonizing the perimental Film Video Festival organized and Dr Fiona McLaughlin participated French Republic”; in November, Hai- by Roger Beebe as well as sponsored the in the conference, “Les Métropoles en tian poet Rodney Saint Éloi and French visit of French pianist Denis Lavaillant temps de Globalisation”, which took novelist Sébastien Doubinsky engaged who participated at the University of Flor- place in Paris Nanterre in June 2014. in a public dialogue on the subject of ida International Saxophone Symposium. “Poétique et Primitivisme” for graduate For more information on the FFRI please A second project opens up collaboration students and faculty in French and read visit our website at http://franceflorida. with the Social Sciences on the theme poems for Poetry Night as well as gave clas.ufl.edu/ of “Development, Security and Climate a presentation to the creative writing Change in the Sahel” thus consolidating program at UF. the FFRI position and interdisciplinary agenda within the university. Launched In September 2014, the FFRI hosted in Fall 2014, the program promotes the visit of the new Consul Général de research collaboration between UF, Sci- France in Miami, Philippe Létrilliart, who ences Po (Paris, France), and Univer- sity Cheikh Anta Diop (Dakar, Senegal), with the hope of building a productive network and lasting collaboration on African development issues. The proj- ect launched with an international con- ference and a series of seminars with participants from Sciences PO and UCAD during the week of September 20-26, 2014. More than 50 faculty and gradu- ate students participated from Anthro- pology, African Studies, Climate Change Institute, Geography, Linguistics, MDP, New Consul Général de Political Science, Public Health, Veteri- France Phillippe Létrilliart nary Medicine.

Moreover, we had the pleasure of orga- nizing several activities among which, in February 2014, the visit of Profes- sor Bogumil Jewsiewicki (University of Students gather for presentation by Phillippe Létrilliart

French and Francophone Studies 2014 5 STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS by Dr. Hélène Blondeau and Jordin Patten Report from Rennes

Jordin Patten, a Ph.D. student in French and Francophone Studies participated in the student exchange agreement between UF and Université de Rennes II. Dr. Hélène Blondeau is delighted to report about the student exchange agreement between UF and Université de Rennes II, France.

Last spring Jordin Patten, a Ph.D. Can- for students speaking French as a second didate in French and Francophone Stud- language (at all levels, varying from begin- ies and Linguistics with a Minor in Wom- ning to advance) were beneficial. These en’s Studies spent a semester in Rennes courses really helped me to reach a higher (France) in the context of our student level of written and academic French. I exchange agreement. Jordin’s research in- also really benefited from the research terests encompass Gender and Language, lab. In the lab I was able to meet other Conversation Analysis and Women’s/Gen- doctoral students with similar research in- der Studies. In Rennes, Jordin’s course terests. The city of Rennes is also open and work included a variety of courses in her friendly to international students, making general area of research and in French. it very easy to get around and meet other She took courses on Discourse Analysis, students. I also really liked that Rennes 2 Political Discourse Analysis, Anthropol- had dorms and housing options that were ogy and Communication, as well as French readily available, reasonably priced, com- Courses for International Students who fortable and within walking distance to speak French as a second language. Jor- the University. I really enjoyed and learned din’s course work in Rennes has been rec- a lot from this experience and I am very ognized for her UF programs in French happy that I had the opportunity to par- FFS Ph.D. doctoral student Jordin Patten and Francophone Studies. ticipate in this program.’ the graduate level to the program fees. Jordin is sharing with us her impres- Dr. Hélène Blondeau, in collaboration UF recognizes the invaluable study abroad sions about Rennes: with Ms. Andrea Kim from the University experience, and we look forward to wel- of Florida International Center, is respon- coming students from Rennes to UF in the ‘I enjoyed my study abroad and it was sible for selecting the students who will near future. a positive experience. I was able to de- represent UF at Université de Rennes II. velop my research by taking courses at the Students pay tuition to their home insti- If you want to know more about this University of Rennes 2, but I was also able tution and are able to apply scholarships, student exchange agreement between UF to take courses to improve my written and such as Bright Futures at the undergradu- and Université de Rennes II, please contact spoken French. The French courses, meant ate level, or other types of scholarships at Dr. Hélène Blondeau: [email protected].

2014 FRENCH MUSIC AND LITERATURE SYMPOSIUM by Dr. Sylvie Blum

In Spring 2014, Sylvie Blum and Mir- Memory in Marguerite Duras’s Indian iam Zach organized a French Music and Cycle.” All these events were housed in Literature symposium, in the footsteps the Music Building, the Friends of Music of their team-taught class, Correspon- Room and the Baughman center. Our as- dances. The event was scheduled around sistants Daniella Della Riva and Georgie Miriam’s international festival of Women Breville helped us immensely with the music composers. Cormac Newark (Uni- event and the reception. The symposium versity of Ulster, Ireland) delivered a key- was sponsored by the France-Florida Re- note address on “Opera in Proust”. He search Institute, UF International Centre was introduced by Rori Bloom; other pre- and the department of Languages, Lit- sentations included Carol Murphy’s paper eratures, and Cultures. In spring 2015, on “Julien Gracq’s Nocturnal Musings in Sylvie Blum will be teaching a class on Le Roi Cophétua” as well as Miriam Zach French music and literature “Mémoire on “Elysabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s can- Musicale” as well as a class on the Music tatas” and Sylvie Blum on “Music and of French Cinema.

6 French and Francophone Studies 2014 SCIENCES PO EXCHANGE PROGRAM: UF’S RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM WITH L’INSTITUT D’ETUDES POLITIQUES by Dr. Carol Murphy

UF’s partnership with the internationally renowned Institut d’études politiques in Paris was established in 2002 and continues to be a vibrant study abroad program for exceptional UF students interested in pursu- ing their studies in Political Science, International Relations and language and cultural studies relevant to their chosen areas of expertise. UF is one of only 61 American universities to have a reciprocal exchange agreement with Sciences Po and sends annually 8 to 10 qualified students to Paris or one of the other six Sciences Po centers in France offering specialized area studies in social sciences.

At Menton, for instance, students are equivalencies for our outgoing students. studying abroad was critical for my fu- taught Arabic as part of their advanced In addition, UF welcomes Sciences Po ture success. I was fortunate enough to studies of the Middle East, the Medi- students to Gainesville, under the direc- have had the opportunity of studying terranean and the Gulf. The campus at tion of Lyn Straka of UFIC. This past fall, abroad here in Paris at one of Europe’s Poitiers offers content courses in Spanish six Sciences Po students studied at UF. In premier universities in International Re- as well as in English on Latin American the Fall of 2014, three UF students stud- lations. The advantages Sciences Po has affairs, Spain and Portugal. Students at ied at Sciences Po in Paris: Laura Arango, for my studies, as well as its uniqueness, Dijon focus on Central and Eastern Eu- a dual degree major in Political Science stems from that which makes it differ- rope, at Le Havre they explore the links and Telecommunications with a minor in ent from UF. Approximately half of the students that attend any given semester are international students. This creates a challenging environment that facilitates the development of international per- spectives that could not be attained at other universities. Every day a new per- spective can be discovered, a different opinion from another part of the world can be deciphered and it allows for a deeper understanding on any given sub- ject. This sense of diversity is not the only beneficial distinction as an interesting difference can also be found in the pro- fessors themselves. My course on Public International Law is taught by an inter- national lawyer who currently works for the UN, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force lecture I attend is taught by a for- mer Peace Keeper and my Middle Eastern Conflict professor has spent several years UF students at Sciences Po this fall do the gator chomp in front of the Invalides in Paris. Left to in the area. These first hand experiences right: Laura Arango, Karla Mundim, Alejandro Vela. have helped me further determine what I would, and would not, like to do in my between Europe and Asia, and on the French and Francophone Studies, Karla future career. The experiences that can Nancy campus they examine Germany Mundim, a Political Science major and be lived here in Paris are extraordinary, and the German-speaking world. Reims, Alejandro Vela, a double major in French with thousand of cultural and education- the latest campus to be established, is a and Francophone Studies and Political al opportunities constantly present. I am pôle of study for trans-Atlantic relations Science. Alejandro wrote to us about his now unsure whether I will pursue gradu- (Europe and North America). Dr. Carol experience of studying abroad at Sciences ate studies in the United States or in a Murphy is the Academic Advisor for UF Po in fall 2014: European country. However, despite all students interested in studying in France, these advantages, I continue to miss UF and she works with Andrea Kim of the UF “Essentially every liberal arts major and more than anything the enormous International Center (UFIC) who ensures dreams about studying abroad. As an libraries we have at our disposal.” a smooth transition of credits and course international studies and French major

French and Francophone Studies 2014 7 NEWS FROM OUR STUDENTS

collect data for my MA thesis with the Current Grad Students support of J. Wayne Conner Memorial Fund offered by the department. Now I am preparing for the upcoming confer- by Dr. Brigitte Weltman-Aron, Director of Graduate Studies ence Acedle 2015: Interagir pour appren- dre les langues aujourd’hui to be held Our returning Graduate Students in Linguistics and Literature have in January 2015 in Lyon, France with my been extremely active in the past academic year. They have traveled paper “L’Acquisition des Variants Gram- to conferences to present their work in progress, and they have bene- maticaux Français chez les Etudiants fited from fellowships or exchanges thanks to which they were able to Chinois à Paris: A Travers une Approche conduct research and study abroad. In addition, we have welcomed in Sociolinguistique”. Meanwhile, I will also August new Graduate students who are also very accomplished (Cara be presenting a paper entitled “Does Time Really Matter?: The Acquisition of Bailey, Alexandra Cherry, Jacqueline Lopez, and Farrah Mahroug). Discourse Markers by French L3 speak- Thomas Glenn and Deborah Parrales anticipate graduating with an ers in France” at Georgetown University M.A. in French and Francophone Studies in the Spring of 2015. Graduate Student Conference to be held in February 2015. Finally, another paper Natalie Amgott in UF’s French program as I prepare to “Acquisition of Discourse Marker quoi write my Master’s thesis and continue as by Chinese students in French Immersion When I chose UF for undergraduate a French teaching assistant. Environment” for the conference AAAL studies, I knew that the French program 2015 in March 2015 in Toronto, Canada is was outstanding, but I had no idea how Michelle Brown also in preparation. many opportunities would be provided to me by the Languages, Literatures, and My second year as a graduate student in Richard Hendrie Cultures Department. As a French and the MA program has already proven to Chinese double major, my interest in lin- be a period of tremendous growth for During the spring 2014 semester I took guistics grew throughout my time in un- me. Between an anticipated teaching Twentieth, Twenty-First- Century French dergraduate studies. During sophomore load increase, a conference presentation Novel with Dr. Murphy ( FRW6288 ). This year, Dr. Murphy asked me to consider at UNM’s High Desert Linguistics Society course investigated the work of several the French 4+1 program, which would in Albuquerque, New Mexico, prepara- contemporary French female authors allow me to get my B.A. and M.A. in 5 tion for the comprehensive exams that such as Natalie Sarraute, Amélie Noth- years. The 4+1 program has allowed me will take place in the spring, and design- omb and Marie Nimier among others. I to take incredible courses, work as a re- ing a thesis topic in Second Language wrote a final paper entitled << Un regard search assistant and a French teaching Acquisition with the help of my super- sur les stratégies narratives de Margue- assistant, and specify in the Linguistics visor Theresa Antes, I’ve found myself rite Duras: Une approche analytique >> track of the French Master’s program. more challenged than I could have ever that identified the narrative strategies Last year, as a UF senior and first year imagined. However, the faculty and that the author employed in two of her Master’s in French student, I took half staff of the department have been un- novels and that are, in general, indicative undergraduate classes and half graduate wavering in their accessibility, help and of her works. The first, Un barrage con- classes. While working as a French lin- encouragement; I’m very grateful to tre le Pacific (The Sea Wall ) is a power- guistics research assistant for the project be among such supportive friends, col- ful denunciation of the colonialism and Le français à la mesure d’un continent, I leagues and mentors. the capitalism employed by the French realized that my love of language lay not government, civil servants and business only in learning the individual languages Delin Deng interests between the two World Wars in themselves, but in the study of Language French Indochina to exploit the natural in general – Linguistics. This autumn, I In the past year, I worked as research as- resources of Vietnam, to enslave Viet- was presented with the opportunity to sistant for Dr. Blondeau on the project namese people and to deceive the aver- present research with Dr. Blondeau at “Français à la Mesure d’un Continent”. age French citizen recruited to work in the American Council of Québec Studies In March 2014, I presented my work the colony that fame and fortune could Conference in Montréal. Presenting the “Challenges in French Pronunciation Ac- be found in the Pearl of the Orient. The work in French made me see how far my quisition for Chinese Students” at 14th second novel, L’Amant, relates the story French has come since I started studying Annual Graduate Symposium at Purdue of a romantic relationship between a 15 it in 2005. As I approach my 10th year of University with the support of Ernest G. year old poor French girl and a wealthy language studies, I’m applying to Ph.D. Atkin Memorial Fund from the depart- Chinese man en 1930 that was a trans- programs in Linguistics and hoping to ment. In March 2014, I was awarded gression of the code of colonial society at continue to research Language in Con- Certificate of Outstanding of Academic the time. In the two novels, Duras used tact in immigrant communities. UF’s 4+1 Achievement by University of Florida numerous narrative strategies such as program has well prepared me for such a International Center. In July 2014, I trav- step. I look forward to my final chapter elled to Paris, France and Nice, France to continued on page 9

8 French and Francophone Studies 2014 the long paragraph, the stylistic figure Kelly Wiechman Elizabeth Ziffer called the blank, repetition, the concept of a story within a story and many el- The academic year 2013/14 was a busy Elizabeth Ziffer attended the annual lipses among many others in order to tell one for Kelly. During the fall semes- French and Francophone Studies confer- the two stories. This summer, I read two ter she continued to serve as Dr. Calin’s ence at UCLA, October 9-10. This year’s books: Panorama du film américain by Research Assistant, became the French theme “Touch” attracted talks from 30 Raymond Borde and Etienne Chaumeton Department’s Representative on the grad students from Canada, France, the and La guerre d’Indochine by Jacques Graduate Student Council and both me- U.K. and the U.S.A. and vibrant keynote Dalloz. Fall semester, under the guidance diated a panel and presented a paper speaker Carla Freccero (UCSC). Elizabeth’s of Dr. Sylvie Blum and Dr. Alessia Co- entitled “The French Huguenot Influ- paper on “L’érotisme du toucher chez larossi, I am in the process of translating ence in South Carolina” at the Pop Cul- Leïla Marouane” was part of a panel on the first seven chapters of the book Le ture and American Culture Association Superficial Touch (the surface as signifi- Avventure di Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi of the South’s annual meeting in Savan- cant). Other panels focused on Speaking from Italian into the English language in nah, Georgia, and won a CLAS travel through touch (Verbal silence), Narrative order to progress in my third language grant to attend the conference. During touch, Instigating touch (literature and acquisition. In September I gave a one- the spring 2014 semester she was chosen political agitation), The Other’s touch hour talk in Dr. Blum’s Francophone as a peer reviewer for both the Humani- (harmful or healing), Sensory touch and cinema class about Vietnam and pre- ties and Social Sciences categories for Engaging touch (AIDS, the body and the sented the students with a personal and the University of Florida’s Journal of Un- public). She was thrilled to learn of on- researched account of the conflict in that dergraduate Research and was elected going research in our field and to make region during the 1960s. Social Chair to the Graduate Student friends with outstanding students and Council. Academically, she fulfilled the researchers. On November 3 Elizabeth Jordin Patten course work requirement that will en- successfully defended her thesis entitled able her to add a minor in Linguistics Voix “affranchies” ou “égarées”: La Vie This past year was very exciting and to her Ph.D. and is currently preparing sexuelle d’un islamiste à Paris. The the- beneficial for me. As I was the winner for the Qualifying Exams. Her research sis contextualizes this fifth novel in Ma- of the FLAS fellowship, I was able to interests are centered around historical rouane’s family of novels, the first to go to Rennes, France, during the spring linguistics, especially Francophone ono- have a male protagonist. It explains how semester. While I was in Rennes, I was mastics in South Carolina, Francophone the hero’s erotic quest is also his quest able to take University courses and pre- immigration to South Carolina including for self, how the depiction of his family pare for my qualifying exams, as well French, Acadian, and Haitian migrations, constitutes “a fascinating microcosm” of as collect data for my dissertation. My and the effect of these populations on French-Algerian immigrants living in Par- experience in Rennes was positive and the variation of English (British and is today, and it studies the representation allowed me to improve my French and American) language spoken in Charles- of the female novelist. Elizabeth is grate- add a more French/European perspec- ton, South Carolina. ful to her advisor, Dr. Brigitte Weltman- tive to my research. Aron, and committee members Dr. Carol Murphy and Dr. Alioune Sow.

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to the beauty of the French culture that towards my Master’s in Education while Undergraduate Majors will stay with me forever. My most fa- integrating French into the elementary vorite part of the trip was learning from classroom. This year, I have taught sev- Kelsey Campbell (B.A., French and my Parisian host mom who showed me eral French lessons to students in first Francophone Studies, 2014) that friendship goes beyond language and second grade. It is such a joy to see and culture. We still keep in touch to- the children light up with excitement Bonjour! My name is Kelsey Campbell day! Having the opportunity to study and curiosity as they learn French. They and studying French at the University of French at the University of Florida and love hearing the smooth sounds of the Florida was one of the most rewarding in Paris have made it possible to connect language, learning new words and of experiences of my life. Amazing profes- my passion for French along with my course trying French food! They were sors and friends surrounded me, and I passion for Education. Upon graduating tickled when I told them about the time I even had the chance to study abroad in with my Bachelor of Arts in French and Paris. My time in Paris opened my eyes Francophone Studies, I am now working continued on page 10

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ate a whole baguette for lunch in Paris… Corps Cameroon, I have been applying Friedrich Schiller and the influence of his (oui, c’est la vérité)! Honestly, seeing the to graduate programs in public admin- aesthetic theories, his social studies, his children’s eagerness to learn French is so istration both at home and abroad and writings and most importantly his plays, revitalizing. I aspire to educate my stu- looking for jobs in the non-profit sector. that have long been canonized. dents to be compassionate and curious towards other cultures and the French Jenna Nichols (B.A., French and Aase Thompson. (B.A., French,1986) department at UF has helped make this Francophone Studies, 2011) possible. Merci mille fois! Aase writes to tells us that she is enjoying As of this fall, I’m in my fourth year of being a grandmother and an enthusias- Valerie Lugo (B.S. in Psychology the doctoral program in French Linguis- tic world traveler. and B.A. in French and Francophone tics at the University of Texas at Austin. Studies, 2013) After earning my MA in the Spring of 2013, I completed a final year of gradu- Graduate Students Upon graduation, Valerie took on a cre- ate coursework and am now in process ative role at a product solutions design of completing the Comprehensive Exams firm, Design Interactive, Inc., located in for admission to PhD candidacy. These Christian Ahihou (Ph.D. 2012) Orlando, FL. After working for a year and years at UT have given me the opportu- gaining invaluable applied experience nity to conduct research in my primary Christian Ahihou continued his studies at and knowledge, she moved to Silicon interest areas of sociolinguistics and pho- the Levin Law School at UF and celebrat- Valley and enrolled in San Jose State Uni- netics, and I’ve also gotten valuable ex- ed with his wife Carolle the birth of their versity’s Human Factors and Ergonomics perience teaching French and linguistics son Ryan. He also continued his research graduate program in San Jose, CA. She courses. Next summer, I plan on moving on the literary works of Ken Bugul and is currently in her first semester of the to Montreal for a year to collect data for the concept of glissement in literature. Masters program and will begin an in- my dissertation, which will focus on the He has a book-length manuscript and ternship with Tesla Motors beginning in indexicality of sociophonetic variables by article-length papers in hand, ready to spring of 2015. She hopes to complete French-English bilingual speakers. As al- be sent for publication. He also worked her coursework and thesis by spring of ways, I’m proud to be a graduate of the on some potential courses to teach and 2016, and then go on to attain a Ph.D. in University of Florida. Go Gators! elaborated several syllabi. Vivement Cognitive Psychology through Stanford’s 2015… Design Program. She also hopes to pur- Lane Nieset (B.A. French, B.S. Journalism 2010) Kathleen Kervin Diamond (B.A., sue a career with Tesla Motors beyond th an internship and to contribute to the 1968; M.A., 1969, 16 Century expansion of this extremely promising After spending seven months teaching French Literature) company by supporting the growth of English in Nice, France as part of the international satellite offices, such as last Teaching Assistant Program in France Having sold her language services com- year’s establishment of a new headquar- during the 2011-2012 school year, I fell pany, Language Learning Enterprises, in ters in Amsterdam. in love with the region and wanted to 2009, Kathleen has devoted her time to find a way to return and work in France. consulting with small companies in the Beth McGovern (B.A., French, 2011) I worked for a few years at a travel mag- language industry. In addition, she is very azine in Miami before securing a long- active as an advocate for the premise After graduating at UF with a major in stay visa allowing me to be based in Nice, that “language matters” and that certi- French and Francophone studies and a France, working as a freelance writer for fication of linguists is critical. As Commis- minor in Sustainability, I participated in a variety of American publications. While sioner on the Certification Commission the Teaching Assistant Program in France my home is in Nice, I spend my days writ- for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI), Kath- (TAPIF). I lived in Metz in Lorraine and ing and traveling on assignment for leen is proud to announce that 1,600 taught at three elementary schools. It magazines exploring hotels and destina- interpreters have been awarded the was a good program, because as we all tions in Europe and the Middle East. CoreCHI™ or CHI™ certifications. The know immersion is everything. Now I feel first group of over 200 certified inter- confident in my ability to communicate Anna Rutz (B.A., French and preters is approaching the certification in French in every aspect of my life. Af- Political Science, 2007; M.A., Ger- renewal. Over 110 continuing educa- ter TAPIF, I returned to the States before man, 2009) tion training courses and programs for leaving for the Peace Corps in Camer- healthcare interpreters have been ac- oon. I taught English at a technical high After completing her studies at the Uni- credited through CEAP (Continuing school in my town and in my free time versity of Florida, Anna taught for a Education Accreditation Program), with led a girls’ club, where the girls learned year at the University of Pittsburgh and almost 40 programs available online. how to protect themselves from STIs, is now teaching at Rollins College. Her www.cchicertification.org. such as HIV/AIDS and also learned how academic interests are centered around to act with self confidence in all areas of the 18th century. She is especially inter- their lives. Since returning from Peace ested in the playwright and intellectual continued on page 11

10 French and Francophone Studies 2014 Kate Hunter Fredericks (Ph.D., 2012) ing, which is taking place in Gainesville Paul Selçuk Merter (M.A.,1992) in Spring 2015 and is being hosted by Kate has been Visiting Assistant Profes- the department’s Rori Bloom. Joe gave Après avoir terminé ma maîtrise en 1992 sor of French at SUNY Geneseo since two conference talks in 2014: “On the à l’Université de Floride, je suis rentré August 2012. At SUNY Geneseo, Kate Friendship of Children: Mme Thiroux en France où j’enseigne l’anglais dans teaches courses in French language, lit- d’Arconville’s De l’amitié (1761),” at une institution catholique à Angers. erature, and culture, as well as courses the annual conference of the Canadian Depuis deux ans, je pilote un programme in Western Humanities. In addition, she Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies d’échange avec le lycée privé De la Sal- serves as Program Director for the Sum- in Montréal, on October 18, 2014 and le Institute de Chicago. Mes élèves de mer Study Abroad Program in Paris. “Mme Thiroux d’Arconville: Defining 4ème et de 3ème passent deux semaines Recent scholarly activity includes two Friendship in the 18th Century,” at the aux USA, reçoivent leurs correspondants article submissions - “Visual and Philo- 40th Southeastern American Society for américains en France et ils en sont ravis. sophical Spaces in l’Encyclopédie” and Eighteenth-Century Studies, Knoxville, En dehors de l’enseignement, depuis “Geography in ’s Les Questions TN on February 28, 2014. Thus far in quelques années je pratique la poterie sur l’Encyclopédie” - and two conference 2014, he has published sixteen transla- dans un atelier sous la direction d’un presentations -”The Production of Space tions of French and Belgian bédé, with maître-céramiste. J’ai présenté mon tra- in Voltaire’s Candide” at the American another eight translations scheduled to vail en céramique dans trois expositions Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies appear before year’s end. He’s other- collectives à Istanbul en 2012, 2013 et (ASECS) Annual Meeting (Williamsburg, wise continuing his work on a classroom 2014. VA, March 2014) and “‘Social Space’ edition of the novel Paul et Virginie, the in l’Encyclopédie and les Questions sur translation of the contemporary novel Barbara Petrosky (Ph.D., 2006) l’Encyclopédie“ at the Canadian Society Chercher Proust, and the co-editing of for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS) a festschrift in memory of Annibel Jen- J’enseigne toujours en Pennsylvanie à Annual Meeting (Montréal, Québec, Oc- kins, a long-time stalwart of eighteenth- Johnstown, dans une des branches de tober 2014). century studies in the South. l’université de Pittsbugh. Je continue de faire des recherches sur Pierre Loti et la Ryan Gallant (B.A., 2010; M.A., 2014) Cynthia Lees (Ph.D. 2006) photographie. Je viens de publier deux articles à Paris dans la revue littéraire qui Since graduating in May, I have moved Cynthia teaches French literature, Busi- lui est consacrée. J’organise un festival de to California where I am pursuing a PhD ness French, and Foreign Language film le mois prochain grace aux Tournées in French Linguistics at the University pedagogy courses at the University of Festival. Je suis la co-directrice (avec Da- of California, Davis. I am currently em- Delaware in Newark. Drawing upon her vid) d’un programme d’études à Paris qui ployed as an Associate Instructor teach- 25+ years as a French teacher in K-12 aura lieu pour la première fois en mai, ing Beginning French 3. classrooms from Maine to Florida, she et qui continuera tous les ans si tout va is currently administering the Electronic bien. Ce semestre j’enseigne des cours de Ann Healy (M.A., 2014) Portfolio project for Foreign Language langues (en espagnol et en français), et Education majors, a reflective project for un cours de littérature générale. Olivier Following my graduation in August with prospective teachers for which she re- vient d’avoir dix ans et a commencé le a M.A. in French Linguistics, I moved ceived a grant from UD’s College of Arts collège, et Olga aura trois ans en février. back to my hometown of Louisville, Ken- and Sciences. She continues her role as Tout va bien. tucky. I am currently teaching at St. Fran- Academic Advisor for Foreign Language cis High School, which is an independent, Education majors in five languages, and David Petrosky (Ph.D., 2009) progressive school located in Louisville. I serves on the editorial board of Quebec teach French 1-AP, as well as an elective Studies, academic journal of the Ameri- Je suis toujours adjunct à l’université de in Gender Studies. can Council for Quebec Studies. Over Pittbsurgh à Johnstown. Cette année the summer she published two articles, j’enseigne des cours de français et deux E. Joe Johnson (Ph.D., French, 1999) one on contemporary Franco-American cours de littérature sur les chansons de poetry of New England, and another on geste,et sur Rabelais et Montaigne. Avec Joe is slated to step down as the chair of the trope of invisibility in modern Fran- Barbara, je suis le co-directeur de notre the Department of Humanities at Clay- co-American prose. Her current research nouveau programme à Paris. Là-bas, ton State University in metro-Atlanta at interests include the writing of Franco- j’enseignerai un cours sur les écrivains de the conclusion of June 2015 and looks American memoir from Jacques Du- la génération perdue. forward to returning to full-time faculty charme to David Plante and the queer- status after 6 years as an administra- ing of the iconic figure of the coureur de tor. He is also rotating off the board of bois in recent Franco-American novels, the Southeastern American Society for memoirs, and poetry. Cynthia and her Eighteenth-Century Studies, once his husband Daniel divide their time be- term as the past president of the soci- tween Delaware and Titusville, Florida. ety ends with the society’s annual meet- continued on page 12

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Will Sheard (M.A.,2011) French Studies, Romance Studies). Je gree from UF Linguistics Department in me spécialise aussi sur Anatole France 2010. After teaching French and Chinese Will is currently a PhD student in UF’s (French Review, Décembre 2015). Depuis for several years, I joined Intel Corpora- Department of Linguistics. He expects to 2012, j’organise des stages de forma- tion as a linguistic engineer in 2013. At graduate in August 2015 following the tion pour les professeurs de français aux Intel, I work on software linguistic devel- defense of a dissertation on environ- Etats-Unis (français des affaires), en col- opment that plays a vital role in cutting mental discourse in British media. Will laboration avec l’Ambassade de France à edge technology innovation. The work intends to begin thereafter a career in Washington et la Chambre de Commerce has been quite interesting for me as I can French instruction in a middle school or et d’Industrie de Parie-Ile-de-France. apply my analytical skills and linguistic high school in the US. L’objectif pour cette année 2015 est knowledge in building smart products, d’offrir une formation en français scien- and learns new technical and computa- Audrey Viguier (Ph.D. 2012) tifique et technique. tional linguistic skills everyday. I live in Boston and attended the Linguistic Re- Je suis lectrice à Michigan Technologi- Jingya Zhong (M.A., 2009) sources and Evaluation Conference in cal University. J’ai quelques publications Iceland in May this year. sur la littérature radicale de la révolu- I graduated from the French M.A. pro- tion française et notamment Olympe gram in 2009 and my advisor was Dr. Hé- de Gouges (French Review, Nottingham lène Blondeau. I also received a M.A. de-

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Bernadette Cailler Perse, Aimé Césaire, Édouard Glissant: chronological presentation of several regards croisés”, a conference spon- hundred items by and on Albert Ca- In 2013-2014, Bernadette Cailler pub- sored by the UNESCO and Institut du mus that I collected over more than lished the following: “Terre natale, Tout-Monde, Paris, September 2012 fifty years. They range from unpub- terre d’accueil, terres vécues: créativi- (Invitation). See www.edouardglissant. lished correspondences, a 1939 and té poétique et pensée complexe chez fr. She is currently completing an ar- a 1941 original typescript of the play Hédi Bouraoui ”, in Pluri-Culture et ticle on Le barbare enchanté (2003), Caligula with unpublished handwrit- Écrits Migratoires, Pluri-Cultures and a novel by Martinican writer Raphaël ten corrections by the author, to first Migrant Writings. Sous la direction de Confiant (for a special issue of Fran- editions, rare audio items, and the / Edited by Elizabeth Sabiston & Rob- cofonia, Bologna, Italy). In early June, voluminous source material I used for ert Drummond. The Canada-Mediter- she will deliver a paper at the 41st the preparation of the Pléiade edi- ranean Centre, York University, Ontar- Meeting of the African Literature As- tion of Albert Camus’s Œuvres com- io, Canada, 2014, pp. 141-155. (http:// sociation at the University of Bayreuth, plètes. Special care was given to offer bookstore.yorku.ca) and a scholarly Germany. Her paper is titled: “Entre a truly user friendly catalog to both review of Aimé Césaire. Du fond d’un culture et barbarie, enchantement the general user and the serious re- pays de silence… Une édition critique et désenchantement: Les boucs (Driss searcher. During the spring of 2014, at de Ferrements par Lilyan Kesteloot, Chraïbi, 1955)”, and is dedicated to the request of the author’s daughter, René Hénane et M. Souley Ba. Paris: Nedra Lejri Nabli’s respected memory. Catherine Camus, the executrix of her Orizons, “Profil d’un classique”, 2012. father’s literary legacy, I prepared an ISBN: 978-2-296-08841-2. 329 p., in Raymond Gay-Crosier expert file to help her in a complex ap- Nouvelles Études Francophones. 2013, peal of a negative copy right decision pp. 264-268. The publication of several Most of my work during the past year by a French court. It concerns 88 un- collective projects, in which Cailler has was devoted to fine tuning the exten- published letters of which an auction articles poised to appear, has been de- sive catalog that will be at the core of house had placed, without permission, layed. Meanwhile, the oral version of a forthcoming dedicated webpage. copies on the internet. Most recently, her article: “Schœlcher, Briand, Man- I consider it the bouquet final of my and as many times before, I filed a se- dela, ou la force de regarder demain, scholarly career. Featured perma- ries of minor corrections for a reprint par les voix de Césaire, Perse et Glis- nently by the University library’s spe- of a part of the Pléiade edition. This sant” has been included in the videos cial collections division, this webpage time it is the third reprint of volume III of the conference titled “Saint-John will be dedicated to the thematic and that will be published in 2015.

12 French and Francophone Studies 2014 FRENCH IN CONTACT FALL WORKSHOP FERTILIZES FIELDS OF LLC (LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES!) by Elizabeth Ziffer, French and Francophone Studies, M.A. 2014

Experts from language realms as diverse as Ecrire l’urgence, réinventer le roman- ban folklore, the politicized issue of Mus- French youth dialect in the suburbs of Par- esque haïtien, Parisot raised the issues of lim women’s religious head coverings and is, literary Haitian in contemporary novels, writing from the inside or outside – the a clothing symbol of French secularism. religious Arabic terms in rap music and a island or from the diaspora? She evoked This talk pointed to the Dictionnaire de la new pidgin in Senegal all converged at Haitian novelists’ competition with a me- Zone as a resource for deciphering many the “French in Contact” workshop hosted dia explosion in their culture; and too, she Franco-Arabic terms, and suggested that November 15 and 16, 2013 by the France- questioned the role of the Haitian writer, rap is a forum for cross-cultural reflection Florida Research Institute of the University by necessity one who is educated and cos- beyond France’s borders. of Florida. In addition to individual pre- mopolitan, but who feels called to write Dakar’s Centenaire Pidgin: an emer- sentations, researchers from the University on behalf of disenfranchised compatriots. gent trade language in a West African Chi- of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from the Parisot demonstrated anthological knowl- nese market by Fiona McLaughlin was a Université de Rennes 2 and from UF had edge of Franco-Haitian writing from the fascinating introduction to the diversions the chance to learn from each other in in- 19th century on, and most recently, the of urban and rural dialects within Wolof, formal discussion groups about their spe- 2010 earthquake spawned a new cor- Pular (also used in Senegal’s national as- cialties. Students got to see field work re- pus of writing. “Ecrit-on pour se consol- sembly), use of some English, French and sults, to hear the stories of how they were er?” she cited Dany Laferrière (quoting Spanish, and the recent influence (late obtained and to witness theories being Baudelaire). One of several novels she 1990s) of Mandarin Chinese in that region. developed as well as be challenged. It was recommended was Bicentenaire by Lyo- The latest addition to the language mix a stimulating two days for undergraduate nel Trouillot (Actes Sud, 2004) and used developed with the rising commercial ac- and graduate students alike. What follows Danticat, Dominique, as well as the works tivity of merchants bringing inexpensive/ is a brief description of each talk. of Moura, Soulet, Lahens, Dalembert and highly affordable Made-in-China wares to In Pathways to integration: gender- others. Parisot answered audience ques- popular markets in Saint Louis and Dakar. split and variable phonology in multi-eth- tions about the treatment of voodoo in The ideal circumstances for development nic youth vernaculars in Paris, Zsuzsanna European literature. Moderator Abdou- of a pidgin have formed, McLaughlin said, Fagyal-Le Mentec spoke eloquently of laye Kane broadened the conversation where the opportunity for comparative her forays into speech patterns in Cour- with the concept of being a world writer linguistic study abounds. neuve, a disadvantaged suburban area of rather than a writer under a specific coun- Finally, the organizer of the work- Paris where new ethnic minorities have try’s or culture’s label. shop, Hélène Blondeau, spoke about resisted linguistically over the decades to Alioune Sow, FFRI Director, presented research titled French in Contact on the monocentric French language and culture. Migration et pratiques théâtrales à Bama- Island: Cultural Diversity and Individual She examined how different waves of im- ko, a talk examining the way contempo- Trajectories in Montréal. Can Québecois migrants in this area have used French rary performances and local popular the- French-speaking judges distinguish native in unique ways. She referenced similar atrical forms in Bamako respond to critical spoken Québecois from “neo-Québecois” phenomena in other urban centers of discourses on migration while questioning – the variety of non-native French speak- France as well as multi-ethnic influences the representations of the migrant in the ers that move to Québec for economic on English in the United Kingdom, on national imaginary. Focusing on Nord Sud reasons and whose language habits adapt German and on Scandinavian languages. produced by the company Blonba, the pa- to the norm. The year-long project with In particular she studied the influence of per looked at how the play relies on new colleagues Mireille Tremblay and France Portuguese in transforming [d] to [dj] as technologies to provide aesthetic oppor- Martineau is focusing on speech patterns with the word dix becoming [djis]. Also tunities for a topic that has been dominat- of youth in two Montreal neighborhoods. she recorded evidence of a stronger pen- ing the local scene. Blondeau’s delight with the success of the ultimate word / sentence stress pattern Rap and Islam in France: Arabic Reli- workshop was obvious, “This is what true among young men as opposed to young gious Language Contact with French is a professional collaboration is like. We listen women. The latter, as well as community project of Benjamin Hebblethwaite. This to each other, and cross-fertilization hap- leaders, conscious of their use of French presentation advanced the theory that pens.” Certainly this close attention to hu- for their own or their children’s social rap lyrics are an accelerant in the dissemi- man communication helps in pondering mobility, seem to maintain the standard nation and acculturation of Arabic reli- international dynamics. when needed. gious lexical borrowings. Study of several This FFRI workshop was free and open Yolaine Parisot of UR2 presented a song samples revealed social commentary to the public. A reception followed the talk on the Haitian novel, a body of lit- on perception as well as introspection of opening session on Friday evening. It was erature that for the past 200 years has Muslims in France. For example, a line served graciously by volunteer students of come not only from Port au Prince, but from rap singer Médine mentions les the linguistics department. also from the international cities of Mi- djinns (ghosts), hijabs et les jeans, hence ami, New York, and Paris. With her title bringing to a mental intersection Maghre-

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Theresa Antes awarded a grant from the Quebec Stud- Syvie Blum ies Program for a project on the emer- I have been busy with research in 2014. gence of new francophone language I gave an invited paper on “Rithy Panh: In July, I published an article entitled practices in Montreal. For the project I ‘I remember’ (Je me souviens) on his last “Audio Glossing during Information-Gap traveled to Quebec to collaborate with film “L’Image manquante” at the 31st Activities: The effect on learner output” specialists in my field. During the past Annual conference on Psychology and in the journal System, and in October year I also visited Aston University in the the Arts, in Madrid (summer 2014) and I submitted another article entitled UK as a distinguished research profes- earlier delivered a paper on “White “Audio Glosses as a Mediational Device sor and presented six papers related at Elephant: Revisiting the colonial plot: for Acquisition of Second Language Vo- conferences in the US, Canada and Marguerite Duras and Rithy Panh” about cabulary: A Case-Study” to L2 Journal. France. I have also published two articles “Barrage contre le Pacifique” at the Aus- These articles represent the culmination in a special issue of the Canadian Journal tralian Association of French Studies, of lengthy data collection and analysis of Linguistic focusing on sociolinguistics University of Queensland, Brisbane, in of the language produced by learners issues in Montreal. While the first one, December 2013. Locally, in celebration of both French as a foreign language in collaboration with Michael Friesner, of Women’s Day, I presented on Coco and English as a second language. They ‘Manifestations phonétiques de la Chanel with “Filming Chanel”, for the strive to show how we can integrate dynamique des attributions ethnolin- Alliance Française in March 2014. I also technology more effectively into current guistiques à Montréal’ deals with ethnic- gave an invited talk on Francophone classroom instructional practices. A third ity, the second one, in collaboration with film productions for the International article is in preparation based on data Mireille Tremblay, ‘Hybridité et varia- Business students organization at U.F. in collected during these studies. Since our tion dans les SMS : le corpus Texto4Sci- October 2014. I am engaged with prepa- last newsletter was published, I present- ence et l’oralité en français montréalais’ rations for two news classes in Spring ed at the ACTFL annual conference in provides a sociolinguistic analysis of text 2015 1) The music of cinema and 2) Orlando in November 2013, at the AATF messages. In addition I also contributed Mémoire musicale on French Music and annual conference in New Orleans in July a book chapter on the French of Anglo- literature. An Honors class on Edmonde 2014. I will present again at the ACTFL Montrealers in collaboration with my Charles-Roux’s biography of Coco Chanel conference in San Antonio in November former mentors and I have another book – part of the uncommon reading Honors 2014. My presentation topics have var- chapter in press ‘La nature métropolit- program, will be offered in spring 2015 ied, but involve a theoretical question aine de Montréal et le français d’ici’. as well. Just recently, I organized a film of interest for language teaching pro- screening for the Mois du documentaire fessionals, combined with practical sug- Rori Bloom in France and the world; Hernan Rivera gestions for application in the classroom Mejia’s film “Autour d’un été” was or in multi-section language programs. I In 2014-2015, I am on sabbatical in Paris selected for this event and thus pre- continue to actively supervise MA theses, working at the Bibliothèque Nationale miered in the US (October). The film in- and am proud to report that two of my de France on my new book project on terviews the participants of Chronique students successfully defended their the- literature and the decorative arts in the d’un été, (1961) ranging from Edgar Mo- ses and received their Master’s degrees Ancien Regime. Not only am I enjoying rin to some of the ‘actants’ and techni- this past year. Congratulations to Ryan the rich resources of the library, but I cians. It covers politics and early cinéma Gallant and Ann Healy for their excellent am also taking time to explore museum direct in 1960-61 France. This event was work in French Applied Linguistics. collections and attend performances supported by the Institut Français/Imag- that resonate with my work. As well, I es bibliothèques, the Services Culturels Hélène Blondeau am assembling and developing materi- Français de Miami, and FFRI. als for my new undergraduate course As undergraduate coordinator for French on the cultural history of Versailles to William Calin and Francophone Studies I am delighted be offered in Fall 2015 as FRT 3004. The to advise our students regarding their course will focus on Versailles in the 17th I have been ill and on medical leave in progress toward their Minor, Major and and 18th centuries as an entry point into the spring and fall of 2014. My most im- their many study abroad options. Last French history, politics, art, and literature portant recent publication is The Lily and summer I had the pleasure to travel to but will also include screenings of several the Thistle: the French Tradition and the France with a group of UF students for contemporary films that show the con- Older Literature of Scotland (417 pag- our program UF in Paris: Culture and tinuing symbolic importance of Versailles es), University of Toronto Press, plus the Language in Context. On the research in French culture. In addition to my re- usual articles, chapters, and conference front I am pleased to report the renewal search and teaching endeavors, I am also papers. of the collaborative project on French in contributing to two academic databases: North America Le français à la mesure Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism Benjamin Hebblethwaite d’un continent funded by the Social Sci- (with an annotated bibliography of Mme ences and Humanities Research Council. de Duras’s novel Ourika) and the Literary I published the following articles in 2013- In this context I co-organized a colloqui- Encyclopaedia (with an article on Manon 14: (1) Hebblethwaite, Benjamin and um in Paris last June Métropoles franco- Lescaut). Finally, I am organizing the an- Mariana Past. (2014). “Fire in the House” phones en temps de globalisation and I nual meeting of the Southeastern Ameri- (a translated excerpt from Michel-Rolphe am currently pursuing a sociolinguistic can Society for Eighteenth-Century fieldwork in Montreal. I have also been continued on page 15 14 French and Francophone Studies 2014 Trouillot’s, Ti difé boulé sou istoua Ayiti sionisms,” opening in [Burning Issues in Haitian History]) in February 2015. My ad- World Literature Today. (2) Past, Mariana vanced undergraduate and Benjamin Hebblethwaite. (2014). “Ti and graduate course in difé boulé sou istoua Ayiti: Considering spring 2015, “From Im- the Stakes of Trouillot’s Earliest Work” pressionism to Surreal- in Cultural Dynamics. (3) Hebblethwaite, ism: Artists and Writers Benjamin. (2014). “The Scapegoating of in Twentieth-Century Haitian Vodou Religion: David Brooks’ France,” will take ad- (2010) claim that ‘voodoo’ is a ‘prog- vantage of the Harn Hélène Blondeau and Benjamin Hebblethwaite ress-resistant’ cultural influence” in the show. In February, I will at the “French in Contact” workshop Journal of Black Studies. I presented on present a paper at LSU “Historical linguistic approaches to Hai- entitled “Chutes and Ladders: Camusian her work in the eighteenth century, and tian Creole Vodou rites, spirit names Intertexts in Amélie Nothomb’s Stupeur teaches a course on eighteenth-century and songs: the founders’ contributions et Tremblements,” a study that devel- French plays and theater this semester. to Asogwe Vodou,” at the Workshop on oped from my course on women novel- Linguistics in Haiti and the Dominican ists last spring. Finally, I was honored Gayle Zachmann Republic held at the UF on April 2, 2014, by my undergraduate alma mater, The through the support of the Bavarian College of New Rochelle, in June with a I am delighted to share news of my re- Funding Programme for the Initiation Woman of Achievement Award. cent activities, and send my best to all. In of International Projects. On October 28, 2014, I was named North American Edi- 2014, I presented my project, “Cycles of Alioune Sow tor of the international journal Romance Salutation in the Rada Rite: Fundamen- Studies. With the support of the Florence tals and Particulars in the Greetings of While continuing working on my book Gould Foundation, I also re-launched the the Haitian Vodou Rada Spirits” at Duke project on memoirs in African literatures, annual workshop Cultural Production in University. I received a generous Roth- I co-edited with Cécile Canut (Paris-Des- Nineteenth-Century France at the Uni- man Fellowship from the Center for the cartes) a special double issue of the jour- versité Paris Diderot-Paris 7. I have been Humanities and the Public Sphere that nal Cahiers d’Etudes Africaines (LIV (1-2), awarded 5 grants and delivered 4 papers supported 4 weeks of fieldwork in Paris 213-214), part of a series of publications and 2 keynote lectures: “Humoring the in June, 2014, on rap and Islam in France. concluding three years of collabora- Secular Republic: Marcel Schwob’s La Ter- Currently I am enrolled in beginning Ara- tive research on migration in Africa. For reur Future,” in Richmond, “The Silent bic courses at UF as I prepare myself for this issue, we co-wrote an article com- Enemy of the Republic. Jews? …Or An- in-depth research on Arabic-French lan- bining literary and linguistic analysis to tisemitism?,” at Randolph College, “The guage contact in France. In the spring theatre, titled « Nous nous appelons les Jewish Question in Post- of 2015, I will teach La linguistique de voyageurs : Mise en scène des parcours France,” at the University of Wisconsin, la chanson française at UF, a course in migratoires dans le théâtre des réfugiés Green Bay, “Hatching the Republic in French that weds linguistic analysis and d’Afrique centrale à Bamako ». My work Marcel Schwob’s Conte des oeufs: Concil- ethnomusicology. on new theatre practices and migration iatory Caricature and the Cultural Politics includes a book chapter titled « Migra- of Food” at Paris 7, “Engaging Exoticisms Carol Murphy tion et comédie de réaction : Le Visa de and Adventures in Cultural Activism: Kanute », which appeared in La Migra- Eugénie Foa and Marcel Schwob,” at 2014-2015 was an exciting year for my tion prise aux mots, (2014) and a special the University of Puerto Rico, and lo- research and teaching. The centennial issue of the journal Etudes Litteraires Af- cally, as outreach for the Center for Eu- of Marguerite Duras’s birth occasioned ricaines coedited with Catherine Mazau- ropean Studies, “Belle Époque Paris and numerous invitations to participate in ric (No 36, March 2014) dedicated to mi- its Avant-Gardes.” I wrote “Framing conferences and publications on her gration and African literatures. I delivered Impressionisms: Mirrors of Dissonance work. In March, I organized a panel at one paper at UF titled “Migration et pra- and Realism in Literature and the Visual the 20th-21st Centuries conference in tiques théârales à Bamako” and one in Arts,” to appear in Monet and American French and Francophone Studies in New Paris « Le visa de Kanute : reconsidérer Impressionism, as well as a review on the York whose theme was “Money.” My l’aventure ». I was also invited to Stanford neglected cultural activist Gustave Kahn paper, “Going with the flow: Duras’s to give a paper titled “Memoirs, religion for Nineteenth-Century French Studies. changing economies of desire,” will be and morality in Mali’s national memory”. I continue to revise my book project on published in Contemporary French and I am still directing the FFRI and still teach- writer, photographer, journalist and re- Francophone Studies in 2015. In August, ing for the Center for African Studies and sistant, Claude Cahun, have begun an- I was invited to participate in the week- Languages, literatures and Cultures. other on Marcel Schwob, and am work- long Duras colloquium held at Cerisy-la- ing on a film that takes post-war France Salle, a 17th century château and con- Brigitte Weltman-Aron as its background, moving from WWII ference center in . My paper, to the Entebbe hijacking. On campus, I “Ecrire à l’infinitif: des territorialités du- In 2014-15, Brigitte Weltman-Aron’s book am active in the Center for Jewish Stud- rassiennes,” will be published as a book on Assia Djebar and Hélène Cixous, two ies and the Center for European Studies, chapter by the Presses universitaires de contemporary writers who were born and thoroughly enjoyed creating 3 new Rennes. I also contributed four entries to and grew up in Algeria, was accepted courses, one on Belle Époque France, an- the forthcoming Dictionnaire Duras. My and will be published in 2015 by Colum- other entitled “Children of the Revolu- essay, “ Seeing nature, poetically: Proust bia University Press. She also went to sev- tion: Citizenship, Social Engagement and and Impressionism,” was solicited by the eral conferences, including in Williams- the French Avant-Gardes,” and “’The Harn Museum of Art at UF for publica- burg, VA, where she saw La Fayette come Jewish Question’ in Post-Revolutionary tion in their catalogue accompanying the on horseback to rescue the Insurgents in France,” a study of France and the Jews exhibit “Monet and American Impres- a spirited reconstitution. She continues from 1789 to the present.

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