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Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture

News from NYU Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture

International colloquium: À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, Prix Goncourt 1919 (June 24-25, 201
Jun. 11, 2019

International colloquium: À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, Prix Goncourt 1919 (June 24-25, 2019)
L'ARC 2019, NYU French Programs Newsletter is now available online
Sep. 25, 2019

L'ARC 2019, NYU French Programs Newsletter is now available online
Rewiring Democracy: Beyond "Us" and "Them" (November 8-9, 2019)
Sep. 25, 2019

Rewiring Democracy: Beyond "Us" and "Them" (November 8-9, 2019)

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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Exterranean: Extraction in the Humanist Anthropocene
Phillip J. Usher

Exterranean: Extraction in the Humanist Anthropocene (Meaning Systems, 2019)

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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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