Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies

FSU Winthrop-King Institute presents ‘Global Africas’ symposium on history and culture of Senegal

Florida State University’s Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies will welcome French and Senegalese distinguished scholars and well-known artists for a two-day symposium examining the legacies and culture of Senegal. “Senegal: Past and/as Present [Sénégal passé/present]” takes place Thursday, Nov. 3, and Friday, Nov. 4, at the FSU Museum of Fine Arts. The […]

FSU Winthrop-King Institute presents ‘Global Africas: Gender, Representation and the Maghreb’

Florida State University’s Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies will welcome some of the 21st century’s most prominent voices for a two-day virtual symposium examining Africa’s past and present global interconnections, Thursday, Nov. 11, and Friday, Nov. 12. “Gender, Representation and the Maghreb” explores the relationship between gender and representation in the northwestern portion […]

FSU’s Winthrop-King Institute hosts symposium to explore connections between cognitive science and transcultural literature

Florida State University’s Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies and the FSU Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics will explore the connections between cognitive science and transcultural literature in the Francophone world through a one-day virtual symposium. “Cognitive Decoloniality: Two Cultures and the Transcultural, Exploring the Mental Experiences of Transcultural Literature from the Caribbean to the […]

FSU explores Congolese literature, music and art in the 21st century during first ‘Global Africas’ event

Florida State University will welcome some of the 21st century’s most prominent voices for a two-day virtual symposium exploring Africa’s past and present global interconnections, Thursday, Nov. 5, and Friday, Nov. 6. “Global Africas: Congolese Literature, Music, and Art in the 21st Century” examines the cultural, linguistic, political and historical realities of the Francophone regions […]

FSU to host first-ever national state of the field of 18th-century French history conference

Florida State University is set to convene dozens of top historians of long 18th-century and revolutionary France from throughout the United States for a landmark conference on French history in American academia — the first-ever national conference of its kind. The two-day meeting, to be presented by FSU’s Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution […]