MIT Global France Seminar

 

The MIT Global France Seminar aims to bring together MIT faculty, instructors, and graduate students from across disciplines interested in the study of French and francophone cultures around the world. The seminar series is free and open to the public.

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The MIT Global France Seminar was launched in 2013 (under the name "MIT Research Seminar in French and Francophone Studies"). Why “Global France”? The seminar seeks to expand notions of French Studies beyond the Hexagone and relationships of formal empire to include networks of social, cultural, and intellectual influence. Its events and participants seek to reconceptualize French and Francophone studies in a global context.  

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Founding chair: Professor Bruno Perreau

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Guest speakers. Spring 2025.

Jacqueline Ngo Mpii (Little Africa Paris). Paris through the lens of Little Africa. A contemporary perspective on cultures, economies and places.

March 31, 5:15pm. Location 14E.304 (MIT campus)

Professor Romuald Fonkoua (Sorbonne University/NYU). Title TBD.

April 23. 5:15pm. Location 14E.304 (MIT campus)

Professor Marlene Daut (Yale University). The first and last king of Haiti? The rise and fall of Henry Christophe.

April 30. 4pm. E51.095 (MIT campus)

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