Lecture Title: “How Does Enlightenment End? “
We understand that there are students who would like to change to a different section of the spring semester French course for which they have enrolled. If you are one of those students, please follow the directions below:
When the Drop/Add period begins on Wednesday, January 19 at 9 a.m., you should ”Request Instructor Permission” through Yale Course Search for the desired section. Submitting a permission request is the only way to be placed on the official waitlist for the course. Since you will not be attending the original section in which you enrolled, please remove your name from that section on your Registration Worksheet at that time, so that it may be offered to another student. You should NOT remain on the lists of two sections at the same time.
Starting on the first day of class (Tuesday, January 25), we encourage you to attend the section in which you hope to have a confirmed place. Please understand that, due to enrollment limits on the class, we cannot immediately guarantee or confirm your enrollment in that section. You should attend class for that section every day, even if you do not have confirmed enrollment.
During the first week of classes, the section instructor will let you know if and when there is, indeed, a place for you in your desired section. The instructor will then grant formal approval to those additional students who are being admitted for enrollment to the course. Once the instructor approves your Instructor Permission request on Yale Course Search, you can complete the registration by clicking “Confirm Changes” on your Registration Worksheet. The Drop/Add period ends on Monday, January 31, at 5 p.m.
Thank you for your understanding as we navigate this new enrollment process.
Lecture Title: Too plain to see: Narrative matter and the earth.
Founded in 2007, L’Amuse-Bouche: La revue française de Yale is Yale University’s undergraduate French-language journal. L’AB publishes student work — prose, poetry, and essays on French and francophone literature, history, and culture — as well as academic articles by prominent francophone writers, academics, and public figures from across the world. As of 2021, L’AB has received submissions from over 60 universities in 42 countries.
Ce jeudi, venez découvrir Portrait de la jeune fille en feu de Céline Sciamma. Dans la France du XVIIIe siècle, une peintre et son modèle tombent follement amoureuses. Une œuvre magnifique sur le regard et la naissance du désir, porté par deux actrices remarquables. Prix du scénario et Queer Palm du Festival de Cannes en 2019, ce film est déjà un classique !
Hannah Freed-Thall is an Associate Professor of French Literature, Thought, and Culture. She will be speaking about her current book project, The Beach Effect. This book examines the modernist seashore as a precarious commons, zone of ecological transience, and site of queer encounter. Professor Freed-Thall’s lecture will be followed by a response from Morgane Cadieu, Associate Professor of French at Yale University.
The event will take place in person, at HQ Room 136, up to 20 people. It will be simultaneously streamed on Zoom. HQ Room 134 is reserved for event over-flow, to watch the Zoom. The Zoom can be accessed from anywhere. Register to receive Zoom link here.
Updated November 2021
The French Placement Test is available to all students at Yale University who are not presently enrolled in a Yale French course and who have not taken the Placement Test in the last year.
The French placement exam will be available from Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 9 am until Wednesday November 3, 2021 at 5 pm.
Preference Selection is only for Yale College undergraduate students. GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL students cannot access Preference Selection. They should contact the Language Program Director, Candace Skorupa, with their course section request at: candace.skorupa@yale.edu
Please visit our Spring 2022 Online Placement Test and Preference Selection page:
3:00 - 5:00pm, Friday November 5, 2021 WLH #117
This exam is for graduate students who need to fulfill a language requirement. Exams consist of two passages to be translated from French to English. A print dictionary is permitted for use, but not provided; students must supply their own.
PLEASE USE THIS QUALTRICS SURVEY TO SIGN UP FOR THE EXAM.
Contact Lauren Pinzka, Exam Proctor, for questions concerning the exam.
Please email the French Registrar, Bethany Hayes, if you have questions on how to sign up for the exam.
