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Professor John Klein’s research is on European art of the first half of the twentieth century. He is an internationally known specialist in the art of Henri Matisse.
In addition to his first book, Matisse Portraits (Yale 2001), he has published many articles and book chapters on the artist. His recent book, Matisse and Decoration, published by Yale in 2018, is a comprehensive analysis of the concept of decoration in Matisse’s art, with a particular focus on his commissions for ceramic tile, stained glass, tapestry and other fabrics, and decorative objects and paintings during the last twenty years of his career.
2024 Rava Memorial Lecture Series
"Between Venice and the World: Gentile Bellini's Portrait of Sultan Mehmet II and Matters of Italianità"
Experimental Cinema of Germaine Dulac and Maya Deren
Learn about avant-garde films by women in this screening of Germaine Dulac’s The Seashell and the Clergyman.
An anecdotic topography of chance: Una topografía anecdótica del azar
Note: This workshop will be held in Spanish and conversational Spanish is required for participation. Please arrive early so that we can start on time. Doors will open 15 minutes before the workshop begins.
Book Making Workshop: Abstract Comics
Verónica Gerber Bicecci
Join us for an evening of prose in translation with genre-defying author Verónica Gerber Bicecci. Bicecci will be joined in conversation by Paco Tijerina, PhD Candidate in Hispanic Studies.
Accessibility Tips and Tools: Helping All Students Read, Write, and Engage with Your Courses
RLL DEI Speaker Series
Insurgent Literacy on the Aymara Altiplano: Following the Paper Trails
Talk by Prof. Brooke Larson (Stony Brook University), a leading history scholar focusing on racial formations in postcolonial Latin American history, particularly in Bolivia.
Francophone Week
Celebrated yearly in March, the International Francophonie Day (Journée Internationale de la Francophonie) is a worldwide celebration that reunites francophones to celebrate French language and francophone cultures. This year, we reflect on the role of time in shaping the francophonie ; the French language has changed and continues to change to reflect the enormous diversity of francophone communities in all continents around the globe using the language for everything from everyday communication to writing scientific reports and groundbreaking literature.
"The Zombie in Contemporary French Caribbean Culture" : A Conversation with Lucy Swanson
Our own Nathan Dize, assistant professor of Caribbean literature at Washington University in St. Louis, will exchange with Lucy Swanson, assistant professor of French Studies at the University of Arizona.
French Historian Pierre Savy - Seminar Discussion of Jewish History in the Italian Renaissance
Pierre Savy is a Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée.
A New Media in the French Editorial Landscape: Conversation with Didier Pourquery
Moderated by Dr. Lionel Cuillé, director of the French Connexions center of excellence.
The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series - Lecture
The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series - Workshop
French Students Immersed in Everyday Life of Franco-Québecois Settlers
Chef Pierre Santer Joins WashU's Spring French Cuisine and Culture Class
Dissertation Defense: Salvador Lopez Rivera
The France No One Cares About: Affect and Marginality in Narratives of la France Périphérique, 2010-2022
Assistant Professor of French Nathan H. Dize's Translation of Makenzy Orcel's The Emperor
The Catholic Enlightenment in Europe, the Americas and Australia (1700– 1840)
Balancing Loyalties between State, Nationality, Citizenship, and the Global Church - conference
French Connexions: Nurturing Careers at WashU
Banned Books Week: Carmen Maria Machado Reading
The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series
The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series - Workshop
Realistic Hope: American Democracy and the 2024 Election
A Danforth Dialogues event with John Dickerson, Jamelle Bouie, Adam Kinzinger, Joy Harjo, and Valeria Luiselli
Copied Singularities: Tracking Animals in Early Modern Print
This lecture is sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, the departments of Romance Languages and Literatures, History, and Art History and Archeology, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, the Early Modern Reading Group, and the Latin American Studies Program at WashU; and is undertaken in collaboration with the Center for Iberian Historical Studies at St. Louis University.
French Novelist and Diplomat Nicolas Idier Visits French Connexions center of excellence
"Matignon la nuit" - Lecture by Dr. Nicolas Idier
Popular Cosmopolitanism: Cinematic Genre and The Mediation of Modernity in 20th-Century Mexico
French Military Theater in the Era of Revolution
The Reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris : Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Join us on Tuesday, November 12th, 2024, for a thought-provoking Interdisciplinary Colloquium at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) celebrating the historic reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris!
Fulbright Creative and Performing Arts Grant Info Session
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