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Undertaking a time-honored tradition in French bibliography known as the état présent, Professor of French John C. O'Neal reviewed the past 15 years of Rousseau scholarship at the invitation of the editors of French Studies, published by Oxford University Press.

Associate Professor of French Cheryl Morgan contributed a chapter in La Littérature en bas-bleus. Tome II - Romancières en France de 1848 à 1870 and several entries in Dictionnaire universel des femmes créatrices.

Step Up to the Plate, the final film in the Tournées Festival, will be shown on Sunday, March 2, at 4 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, Kirner-Johnson Building. The screening is free and open to everyone; suggested donations of $3. to the Kirkland Art Center are welcome.

The next film in the Tournées Festival is Berlin 1885: The Division of Africa on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 4 p.m., in the Kirner-Johnson Building’s Bradford Auditorium.

The Tournées Festival continues with Polisse on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 4 p.m., in the Kirner-Johnson Building’s Bradford Auditorium. The film series is presented by the Department of French in collaboration with the Kirkland Art Center. Film showings are free and open to everyone; suggested donations of $3. to the Kirkland Art Center are welcome.

The next film in the Tournées Festival is The Fairy on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 4 p.m., in Bradford Auditorium in the Kirner-Johnson Building.  The Tournées film series is presented by the Department of French in collaboration with the Kirkland Art Center. Film showings are free and open to everyone; suggested donations of $3. to the Kirkland Art Center are welcome.

The Department of French is once again collaborating with the Kirkland Art Center in this year’s presentation of new French films, the Tournées Festival, from Sunday, Feb. 2, through March 2. The first film in the five-film series is Rust and Bone on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 4 p.m. in Bradford Auditorium, KJ. Film screenings are free and open to everyone; suggested donations of $3. to the Kirkland Art Center are welcome.

Associate Professor of French Cheryl Morgan delivered a paper on Oct. 18 at the Université de Lille as part of “La Littérature en bas-bleus (III): Romancières françaises 1870-1914,” the third and final conference in a series devoted to nineteenth-century French women writers.

Associate Professor of French Cheryl Morgan prepared the English subtitles for the Franco-Lebanese film Sutra, selected for competition in the Middle Eastern documentary category at the 13th edition of the Beirut International Film Festival.

Professor of French John C. O'Neal presented a paper at the conference “Consuming Passions: Economies of Desire in French Literature and Arts, 1100-1815,” held at Washington University, Oct. 3-5.