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The Centre d'Etude de la Langue et de la Littérature Françaises des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles at the Université Paris-Sorbonne Paris IV has named Professor of French John C. O'Neal a research associate in its center for 17th- and 18th-century studies. While on leave from Hamilton, O'Neal is working out of this research center. This is the second time he has been associated with the center, having first worked as a research associate there in 2004.

Hamilton President Joan Hinde Stewart and Philip Stewart visited the Hamilton College Junior Year in France Program in Paris, France, on a mild spring evening on March 18. They shared their memories of study abroad in France with Resident Director Cheryl Morgan and students currently studying with the Hamilton program.

As a member of the board of directors of the American Society of the French Academic Palms, Professor of French John C. O'Neal was invited to attend the United Nations' celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first event recognizing the importance of the Francophone world. Some 400 people were on hand to listen to speeches, live or recorded, by the secretary general of the United Nations and a number of other dignitaries. The event was held on March 26 at the Manhattan Center in New York City.

Cecile Dolisane-Ebossé, a professor at Cameroon’s University of Yaoundé and currently a Fulbright Scholar at Emory University, will present a lecture titled “Cultural Identity and Political Violence in African Literature” on Tuesday, April 6, at 8 p.m. in the Red Pit. Presented by the French Department, the lecture is sponsored by the Dean of Faculty Office and is free and open to the public.

An interview with Associate Professor of French Joseph Mwantuali was recently published in Africultures, an online magazine for Francophone African Studies.

Five students and three French faculty members spent the weekend of March 5-7 exploring Ottawa, the Canadian capital. The group was led by Visiting Assistant Professor of French Julie Kruidenier Tolliver '02, a native of the Ottawa region. The students and faculty experienced the distinctive character of a bilingual city situated at the juncture of anglophone Ontario and francophone Quebec.

Roberta Krueger, the Burgess Professor of French, will discuss “Piety and Profanity in Medieval French Conduct Books,” on Thursday, March 11, at 4:10 p.m., in the Hamilton Science Center’s classroom 3024. The lecture was rescheduled from Feb. 25, when it was postponed due to inclement weather.  It is the sixth in the Hamilton College Humanities Forum and is free and open to the public.

Associate Professor of French Joseph Mwantuali gave an invited lecture at Mount Holyoke College on Feb. 18, titled “The Congo in the Colonial Imagination and the Response of the Congolese National Literature.” He discussed a range of topics including history and politics of colonization in the Congo and their relation to the present tragedy and the responses of the Congolese artists and writers.

The Hamilton College French Club Tournées Film Festival will screen Entre Les Murs (The Class) on Sunday, Feb. 21, at 2 p.m., in the KJ Auditorium. The screening is free and open to the public.

The Hamilton College French Club Tournées Film Festival will screen Paris Je T’aime on Sunday, Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. in the KJ Auditorium. The screening is free and open to the public.