News

June 27, 2022
Dear Colleagues and Students: We are proud to let you know that two of our PhD students are recipients of the prestigious Chateaubriand fellowship, granted by the Embassy of...
June 27, 2022
The Departments of French and African American Studies are excited to welcome for a joint appointment, Professor Marlene Daut, who works at the intersection of various fields...
May 27, 2022
Note from Chair Pierre Saint-Amand: It is with great sadness that I write of the death of our colleague John Merriman that occurred on May 22, 2022. An imposing French...
May 26, 2022
Message from Pierre Saint-Amand, Chair: Maurice Samuels has been recently recognized by the French Government. He has been inducted as Chevalier (Knight) dans l’Ordre...
Photo of 2022 French Major and recipient of the James T. King Prize, Phoebe Campbell
May 24, 2022
For the first time in three years the faculty, students, staff, and family of the Yale Department of French had the opportunity to celebrate the recipients of the French...
May 23, 2022
Soon to be Emerita Sr Lector Ruth Koizim carrying the (heavy!) FAS Mace and newly minted PhD Doyle Calhoun  holding the FAS Flag, with chair Pierre Saint-Amand, in the ...
Photo of 2022 French Ph.D. Graduates from left: Tadas Bugnevicius, Chandler Abshire Calderon, Doyle Calhoun, Richard Riddick (missing from photo: Jason Hong)
May 23, 2022
On Monday, May 23, 2022, the Yale Department of French Co-Directors of Graduate Studies: Pierre Saint-Amand & Jill Jarvis were proud to introduce the five new Ph.D....