Columbia Department of French

Warm congratulations go out to Nadrah Mohammed on the successful defense of her doctoral dissertation, Narrative Bonds: Female Friendship, Affect, and Politics in Novels by 20th-century Francophone Women Writers.

Welcome to the Department of French: Jihad Azahrai, Marley Fortin, Lana Gaige, Ariel Joslain, Camille Matuszyk, Adele Ottenwaelter, Samantha Raup, Mai Thuong, and Jianna Walker!

We warmly congratulate André Pettman on the successful defense of his doctoral dissertation, All Things Commune: The Communal Imaginary in 21st-Century French Fiction & Poetry.

On May 6, 2024, Brooke Habit, Sara Rani Reddy and Max Salata presented their research in a panel of graduate students in French whose work has been generously sponsored by the Paul Leclerc Fund in honor of Otis Fellows and Jean Sareil in 2023-2024.

Congratulations to Soraya LImare who is the recipient of the 2023-2024 Contemporary Civilization Preceptor Teaching Award. Soraya was nominated by several of her students, and selected by the student representatives of the Committee on the Core. We are delighted by this great news.

We mourn the passing of Maryse Condé (1934-2024), Professor Emerita of French and a celebrated novelist.

Congratulations to Benjamin Olivennes on the successful defense of his doctoral dissertation, A modern antimodern: Yves Bonnefoy's critique of 20th century art!

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