The University of Maine: Department of Franco American Studies



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Francofile Calendar for New England: A listing of French-language events

Most Recent News and Events (Click title to go to full article):

Inside and Outside Franco American Communities: Our first panel in this lecture series will be on April 24, 2008 in the Bumps Room in the Memorial Union.

Book Launch : February 14, 2008 we will celebrate the publication of Voyages: A Franco American Reader and French Connections: A Gathering of Franco-American Poets. Please join us: 12:15-1:30 at the Franco-American Centre

Public Invited to UMaine Franco American Centre Mardi Gras Celebration of Traditional Food, Culture – Mouth-watering aromas of North American French cuisine – including succulent tourtière (meat pie), chicken stew, salmon pie and desserts – will permeate the atmosphere in the UMaine Franco-American Centre...

UMaine Franco American Studies Lecture Series Set - The University of Maine Franco American Studies program will present a lecture series on campus, beginning on Friday, Jan. 9. The lectures, which are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities...

French diplomat speaks at UMaine, Differing opinions on Iraq discussed - Speaking at a reception at the Franco-American Centre at the University of Maine, Thierry Vankerk-Hoven, the Consul General of France in Boston, said that the period of differences soon would be history...

University Press to Re-Issue Classic Franco-American Novel - On Thursday, April 17, the University of Maine Press will officially launch the republication of the long-out-of-print Franco-American classic novel, Papa Martel, by Lewiston author Gérard Robichaud....

Faculty Reading Group - For spring semester 2003, the Franco American Studies interdisciplinary faculty reading group will be reading Ian McKay's The Quest of the Folk...

Remarks by Governor John E. Baldacci - Pour marquer cette occasion, je salue la communauté Franco-Américaine du Maine...

UMaine's Franco-American Centre to Distribute Thousands of French Language Books to Maine Communities - Thousands of books in French will be distributed to communities throughout Maine by the Franco-American Centre at the University of Maine...

At State House, the French are still strongly in fashion - The French are a people scorned in America these days, thanks to France's vocal opposition to a war against Iraq. But the mood was far different at the State House on Wednesday, where Maine's strong Franco-American heritage was celebrated...

NSF Grant Awarded to Dr. Jane Smith - When North American French scholar Jane Smith joined the University of Maine faculty in 1994, she was surprised to find that Maine's Franco-Americans had no corpus of their language...

Franco American Day très bon at State House - From the lively clogging, spoons-playing and singing on the third floor to the traditional French menu at the Cross Cafe, one didn’t have to look far to find signs that Wednesday was Franco-American Day in the Legislature...

Franco American Studies Focus of Open house at UMaine - Students in Susan Pinette's "Introduction to Franco American Studies" class have devoted a semester to discovering the Franco American community in Maine and on the University of Maine campus.