News from French & French Studies

Dr. Poe’s latest review has just appeared in the Spring 2013 issue of “The Sewanee Review”

2013-05-07T16:46:43Z

George Poe has published "A Joyful Meeting of Playful Poets", which is a review of "The Bestiary, or Procession of Orpheus", by Guillaume Apollinaire, with accompanying woodcuts by Raoul Dufy, translated and presented by X. J. Kennedy. "The Sewanee Review" Spring 2013: xxxvii-xl.

Dr. Glacet’s Article included in “Cahiers Claude Simon”

2013-04-23T21:19:59Z

An article by Dr. Aymeric Glacet, "Entre Georges et Claude: Place des Géorgiques dans l'oeuvre de Claude Simon" appears in "Cahiers Claude Simon" edited by the Association des Lecteurs de Claude Simon was published by Presses Universitaire de Perpignan in 2013.

Poetry Book edited by Dr. Mills is Published

2013-04-22T14:17:58Z

The Selected Poems of Wilmer Mills is a collection of the very best poetry written by an exceptional poetic talent who died much too young. Carefully chosen and edited by his wife Kathryn Mills, Selected Poems is a celebration of Wil s thoughtful, deeply-felt, and powerful poetry.

Aymeric Glacet’s latest book released

2013-04-15T15:24:57Z

One hundred years from his birth, the life of Albert Camus is studied by André Benhaïm and Dr. Aymeric Glacet in their most recent book, "Albert Camus au Quotidien", published by Septentrion University Press in France.

Dr. George Poe published in the Sewanee Review

2013-02-06T23:08:36Z

Dr. Poe's latest review article has just appeared in the in the "Arts and Letters" section of the current Winter 2013 issue of The Sewanee Review entitled "Americans in Nazi-Occupied France" (vol. 121, no. 1, pp. 167-71). Professor Poe will also have a review appearing in the upcoming Spring 2013 issue of The Sewanee Review.

Opportunities to teach French for 2013-14 School Year

2013-04-15T21:31:54Z

Southern Teachers Agency has already received French vacancy listings from schools for the 2013-14 academic year, and we anticipate many more in the coming months! The types of French teaching jobs STA receives range from teaching French to elementary students through AP French Literature and Language courses. Occasionally, the jobs will call for an ability to teach an additional foreign language as well.

French Students Make New Contributions to French Blog

2012-12-13T11:55:26Z

Dr. Ramsey's students have been studying French music and art as well as current environmental issues. Visit "Actualités et opinions", a blog comprised entirely of student-created French language content to see their contributions. http://arthur.sewanee.edu/languagelab/french/

Hiring Season for French Teachers to begin soon

2012-12-05T18:37:16Z

The peak hiring season for private and independent schools is about to begin! This is a great opportunity for French majors or minors to share their love of French language and culture. Learn more about the Southern Teachers Agency

Dr. Poe Reviews “The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris”

2012-10-08T18:20:53Z

George Poe published a review in this summer's Sewanee Review (vol. 120, no. 3, pp. xli-xliv) of David McCullough's recent book "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris". Professor Poe will also have a review article appearing in the "Arts and Letters" section of the upcoming winter issue of The Sewanee Review.

Dr. Poe published in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism

2012-09-26T16:05:16Z

George Poe's earlier article entitled "The Post-Revolutionary France of Claudel's Trilogy," on French playwright Paul Claudel's three plays (L'Otage, Le Pain dur, and Le Père humilié), was selected for reprint as one of eight critical essays on Claudel for Gale/Cengage's Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism reference volume; May 2012. A copy of the volume is shelved at duPont Library (LC code: PN771.G27, vol. 268).

Visit French 313’s Blog!

2012-05-22T09:37:20Z

Dr. Ramsey's French 313 Contemporary Language and Usage students have been hard at work this past semester writing articles for a current events blog called, "Les Actualités at Sewanee". Their articles deal with food, politics, sports, the environment, and celebrities. You will be impressed with their mastery of the language and will hopefully find the topics interesting. You can find it at http://arthur.sewanee.edu/languagelab/french/.

Dr. Mills’ latest book published

2012-04-11T13:43:33Z

In Formal Revolution in the Work of Baudelaire and Flaubert, Kathryn Oliver Mills argues that despite the enduring celebrity of Baudelaire and Flaubert, their significance to modern art has been miscast and misunderstood. To date, literary criticism has paid insufficient attention to these authors' literary form and their socio-cultural context. To purchase from Barnes and Noble or Amazon, please read more.

Southern Teacher’s Agency has begun placing French teachers

2011-12-12T14:13:28Z

Southern Teachers Agency has begun to receive French vacancy listings from schools for the 2012-13 school year. These jobs range from teaching French to elementary students through AP French Literature and Language courses. Occasionally, the jobs will call for an ability to teach an additional foreign language as well. STA is the oldest teacher-placement service in America. We receive job listings from hundreds of PK-12 private schools around the South. Schools come to STA because they recognize the value of STA's help in recruiting & screening talented candidates. Certification is not required by private schools for many French jobs.

Dr. Mills awarded ACA fellowship

2011-12-07T09:02:41Z

Kathryn Mills will use the sabbatical year afforded by the Appalachian College Association grant to organize and archive the papers of her late husband, Wilmer Mills, in order to safeguard Wil's legacy to poetry. Only 41 when he passed away last summer after a short battle with liver cancer,Wilmer Mills, C’92, T’05, had already established himself as one of his generation's foremost poets. In addition to organization, Kathryn Mills’ work will involve sending out individual unpublished poems to journals, editing Wil’s third book, and writing on certain themes that evolved in his poetry.

Dr. Glacet invited to lecture at Princeton

2011-11-21T11:21:06Z

Dr. Aymeric Glacet has been invited to speak at Princeton University on November 17th, 2011 in 103 Scheide-Caldwell House at 4:30 p.m. The title of his lecture is "Ecrire au nom de l'insulte: Butor et autres noms d'oiseaux".