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The Colby Department of French and Italian offers a major in French Studies  and a minor in Italian. Course schedules and links to online course materials are on the current course listings page. Resources contains links to recommended Colby-based and external websites. The major in French, which emphasizes language skills, offers interdisciplinary studies in the areas of specialization of the faculty: French literature and civilization; the evolution of Western thought in France; the cultures and literatures of Francophone Canada and the U.S. and of Francophone countries in northern and sub-saharan Africa and the Caribbean; stylistics and translation.  More...

 
Jane M. Moss
 
Robert E. Diamond Professor of French and Women's Studies
 

Jane Moss is a specialist on francophone theater in North America. She has published over one hundred journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, and dictionary entries and edited one collection of essays and three special issues of scholarly journals. Having been the Managing Editor of Quebec Studies since 1994, she will take over as Editor in Chief during the summer of 2008.  She also serves on the editorial boards of the American Review of Canadian Studies, the International Journal of Canadian Studies, L'Annuaire théâtral, and GLOBE.  She received the Quebec Government's Prix du Québec in 2002 and was selected as an Honorary Member of the Société québécoise d'études théâtrales in 2005.  After spending a semester as Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies at Duke University in 2005, she returned to Duke as Professor and Director of Canadian Studies in January 2008. She will return to Maine for the fall semester of 2008 before retiring after thirty years at Colby.  She will then continue on at Duke.

 
 
Weekly French and Italian Tables
Bon appétit! Enjoy good food and conversation in a foreign language.

French

FRENCH
Monday Dinner 5:30-7:00 Private Dining Hall, Foss
Wednesday Lunch 12:00-1:00 Private Dining Hall, Roberts
with Prof. Erin Curren and Language Assistant Nina Poulier

ITALIAN:

Monday Dinner 6:00-7:00 Camp Room, Dana with Prof Petra Wirth and Language Assistant Veronica Ferrari


 
French Club Activities
For questions or general information, contact Katie Wight (krwight)or Carly Griffith (ccgriffi).
News & Upcoming Events
 
 
CBB French Faculty Dinner
 

October 30, 2008
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Marchetti Room, Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center

 
Career Night for French Studies Majors
 

November 6, 2008
7:00 pm- 8:30 pm

Lovejoy 205

"Why French is a Practical Language"
Panel on Career Opportunities in French