French and Francophone Studies
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Sandrine Rajaonarivony won a CETLI Graduate Fellowship!
Sandrine Rajaonarivony (French and Francophone Studies) has been awarded a CETLI Graduate Fellowship for the next academic year. The CETLI's Graduate Fellowship for Teaching Excellence honors graduate students who are dedicated to excellent teaching and peer mentoring.
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Congratulations! Marie Bellec's Successful Dissertation Defense
We are delighted to share that Marie Bellec successfully defended her dissertation, titled “"Le désert progresse" : mirages postmodernes de l'Ouest américain dans les fictions françaises et québécoises,” on Friday, April 11. Congratulations, Marie!
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A Conversation with Award-Winning Patrick Chamoiseau
This Fall's Bowman Lecture was given - to a great turnout - by the award-winning Martinican author, playwright, scenarist, and philosopher Patrick Chamoiseau.
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Congratulations to our 2024 Prize Winners!
Congratulations to our 2024 French and Francophone Studies award winners: Amelie Warneryd (Cherpack Prize, Honors Thesis Prize), Arthur Wei (Cherpack Prize), and Xiaoyang (Sunny) Hua (French Forum Essay Prize)!
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Congratulations! Paule Carbonnel's Successful Dissertation Defense
We are delighted to share that Paule Carbonnel successfully defended her dissertation, titled “To the End(s) of the Earth with Jules Verne (and Beyond): Explorations of Limitedness in Nineteenth-Century France,” on Wednesday, May 15. Congratulations, Paule!
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Congratulations! Lauriane Guihard's Successful Dissertation Defense
We are delighted to share that Lauriane Guihard successfully defended her dissertation, titled "'Peut-on encore entendre de toi, troupe, quelque voix?' Le Chœur Tragique au XVIe siècle, ou la Renaissance d'un Medium Antique," on Saturday, January 27. Congratulations,&nbs
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Congratulations! Nicole Ferrari's Successful Dissertation Defense
We are delighted to share that Nicole Ferrari successfully defended her dissertation, titled "Skepticism, the Human, and Republics in Alessandro Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi and Victor Hugo's Les Misérables," on Thursday, November 30. Congratulations, Nicole!
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Congratulations! Marcus Dominick's Successful Dissertation Defense
We are delighted to share that Marcus Dominick successfully defended his dissertation, titled "Science, the Self, and Skepticism: Posthuman Fictions of Post-1960s France," on Friday, November 17. Congratulations, Marcus!
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French NSO Placement/Exemption Exams
Placement exams for incoming students will be administered during New Student Orientation in late August. For more info: https://www.figs.sas.upenn.edu/placement-exams/. The NSO website will also have these details.
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Congratulations! Tristan Zhang's Successful Dissertation Defense
We are delighted to share that Tristan Zhang successfully defended his dissertation titled, "From Fantaisie to Histoire: Applying an “Alsatian Lesson” to China" on Monday, October 9. Congratulations, Tristan!
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French and Francophone Studies offers a wide variety of courses including language, literature, linguistics, culture, business, and film. Undergraduate students may pursue a FIGS major with a concentration in French and Francophone Studies, a minor, or a French Language Certificate. The Graduate Program offers a five-year Ph.D. program with an overarching goal to train students both for productive scholarship and for effective college or university teaching.