French and Francophone Studies
The Department of French and Francophone Studies is a Department for the Francophone Humanities dedicated to thinking with literature, history and philosophy. Our students and faculty explore the life of texts and ideas in French-speaking traditions from Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Arab World.
French and Francophone Studies
The Department of French and Francophone Studies is a Department for the Francophone Humanities dedicated to thinking with literature, history and philosophy. Our students and faculty explore the life of texts and ideas in French-speaking traditions from Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Arab World.
Academics
Undergraduate
The undergraduate program in French and Francophone Studies offers a full range of rigorous and innovative language classes and a wide selection of advanced courses in literature and culture.
Graduate
The graduate program curriculum covers fields in French and Francophone literature from the Ancien RĂ©gime to the present and from a variety of theoretical perspectives.
Faculty at the Forefront
The French and Francophone Studies Department is comprised of leading scholars with specialties in periods from the 16th to the 21st centuries and with interests in anthropology, creative writing, cultural studies, the history of ideas, gender and sexuality studies, film, postcolonial studies, poststructuralist thought, second language acquisition and translation.
Events
Our department regularly sponsors lectures, mini-seminars and conferences, including Equinoxes, the annual Graduate Student Conference. We also organize the annual Providence French Film Festival.
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Contact Us
Address
Rochambeau House
84 Prospect Street
Box 1961
Providence, Rhode Island 02912
Phone
(401) 863-3517
Fax
(401) 863-1669