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Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture

News from NYU Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture

Our department Graduate Aide recognized by the Salon du Bilinguisme
Dec. 03, 2019

Our department Graduate Aide recognized by the Salon du Bilinguisme
Phillip John Usher in dialogue with NYU Comp Lit PhD Katharina Piechocki about her book Cartographic
Dec. 06, 2019

Phillip John Usher in dialogue with NYU Comp Lit PhD Katharina Piechocki about her book Cartographic Humanism
Phillip John Usher co-edits new book from Amsterdam University Press, Early Modern Écologies
Apr. 06, 2020

Phillip John Usher co-edits new book from Amsterdam University Press, Early Modern Écologies

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Past Event: Translation Slam at the Nuyorican Poets Café

Featuring Arthur Brügger, Gabriel Marcoux-Chabot, Fabienne Kanor, and Madeleine Monette (writers); Andrew Nsirim (translator, PhD, French), Janet Lee (translator, French Alumni); Claire Reising (Moderator, PhD, French)

Faculty Bookshelf

Click here for recent publications by faculty members!

Penser la famille au XIXe siècle (1789-1870)
Claudie Bernard

Penser la famille au XIXe siècle (1789-1870) (Publications de l'Université de Saint-Etienne, 2019)

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Early Modern Écologies
Phillip J. Usher

Early Modern Écologies (Amsterdam University Press, 2020)

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France in the World: A New Global History
Stéphane Gerson

France in the World: A New Global History (Other Press, 2019)

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Richard Sieburth

A Certain Plume (NYRB Poets, 2018)

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