2012 HONORS & AWARDS
PRIX MICHÉLE LAPAUTRE – Matthew Ross
awarded to the most promising sophomore or junior majoring in French.
PRIX PARIS – Kate Meltzer
awarded to the student who, in addition to academic excellence, has made a significant contribution to the NYU-in-Paris program.
PRIX FRANCE-AMÉRIQUE – Laura Skove
awarded to the student who displays a particular commitment to furthering and elucidating Franco-American relations.
PRIX GERMAINE BRÉE - Celia Garay
awarded to the student who made a significant contribution to French cultural life at NYU.
PRIX BERNARD GARNIEZ – Margaret Goldberg
awarded for excellence in the study of French literature or culture.
PRIX D’EXCELLENCE – Ian Hartman
awarded to the student with the highest level of achievement in French literature or culture.
PRIX SPÉCIAL DU DÉPARTEMENT - Jillian Patton
awarded to a student who has made an exceptional contribution to the department's intellectual and social life.
JINDRICH ZEZULA PRIZE – Bethany Schiffman
awarded to the best honors thesis in French.
SPRING 2012 HONORS THESES
Program Director : Benoit Bolduc
Devika Balaram: "Le sujet postcolonial: fragmentation et hybridité à travers L'Amour, la fantasia d'Assia Djebar"
Director: Judith Miller
2nd reader: Henriette Goldwyn
Grade: High Honors
Margaret Goldberg: "Le Langage des banlieues française: Intérpretations médiatiques et scolaires des émutes d'october à novembre 2005"
Director: Stéphane Gerson
2nd reader: Frederic Viguier
Grade: Honors
Ian Hartman: "L'image-mouvement, l'image-temps, et l'image du philsophe; une analyse deleuzienne de L'Abécédaire de Gilles Deleuze"
Director: Ludovic Cortade
2nd reader: Dana Polan
Grade: Highest Honors
Kate Meltzer: "L'évolution du lecteur dans À la recherche du temps perdu de Marcel Proust"
Director: Eugène Nicole
2nd reader: Benoit Bolduc
Grade: Honors
Jillian Patton: "De Beauvoir à DSK: Une Analyse de la réaction féministe suscitée par l'affaire DSK"
Director: Judith Miller
2nd reader: Frederic Viguier
Grade: Honors
Bethany Schiffman: "À la Quête du sens dans «La Belle et la bête»: Une comparaison des versions orales de la France, de Haïti, et du Québec"
Director: Evelyn Vitz
2nd reader: Judith Miller
Grade: Highest Honors
Clea Shapiro: "L'usage de l'anglais dans le film québécois contemporain"
Director: John Moran
2nd reader: Ludovic Cortade
Grade: Honors
Laura Skove: "La meilleure façon d'honorer de nois ainés: La S.F.I.O. et le souvenir de 1871"
Director: Stéphane Gerson
2nd reader: Denis Hollier
Grade: Highest Honors