LSU Center for French and Francophone Studies

The mission of the Center is to federate and encourage the development of French and Francophone culture, with an emphasis on literature and the arts

The Center for French and Francophone Studies was founded in 1983 and first funded by a grant for Excellence in Education from the Louisiana State Legislature in 1985. It has been designated a centre pluridisciplinaire (multidisciplinary center) and then a centre d'excellence by the French Embassy in New York. It collaborates closely with several international institutions: the Consulate General o

11/21/2019

Another small change in our schedule!

The Second Workshop will be on November 22 at 10:00 AM
Room: 436 Hodges

Poetry and Music Recital will be on November 22 at 02:00 PM

11/12/2019

Small changes in our schedule!

Join our Workshops on November 18 and 25 !!!

Poetry and Music Recital on November 22 !!!

04/03/2019

Join us next week on Tuesday and Thursday at the LSU Honors College!

A series of lecture organized by the Center for French and Francophones Studies and the Université des Antilles thanks to the Partner University Fund and the French Embassy (Washington).

All lectures are open to the public.

03/26/2019

Happening this Friday!!

03/19/2019

Event with French author Eva Doumbia this Thursday at 4:30pm! Join us in Hodges 424

Venue en mars 2018 présenter son texte « Philip Morris », la metteure en scène et dramaturge Eva Doumbia revient à LSU le 21 mars avec un nouveau projet : « Autophagies », dont le thème est la relation entre nos aliments les plus quotidiens (tomates, riz, cacao, arachides...) et l'Histoire coloniale. Depuis 2017, accompagnée du musicien Lionel Elian elle propose des ateliers et performances culinaires et littéraires. À Baton Rouge, ils proposeront une lecture performative et musicale où seront mis en partages différents textes littéraires francophones traitant de gastronomie.

02/21/2019

Come attend a great lecture by Emmanuel Bruno Jean-François, this Friday 2/22 at 1:30 in Hill Memorial Library on campus!

05/21/2018

Library of Glissant Studies

04/23/2018

Alexandre Leupin, Professeur au département d'études françaises à la Louisiana State University, directeur du "Center for French and Francophone Studies" et ami d'Edouard Glissant, revisite les concepts fondateurs des œuvres majeures de celui-ci.
Retrouvez sur Manioc toute une série de conférence sur « l'Être et l'Étant », « Le Tout-Monde », et « La Relation » proposées par A. Leupin.

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Center for French and Francophone Studies at LSU

04/13/2018

Check out the interviews, news reports, and pictures celebrating the international colloquium "Édouard Glissant, Radiance and Obscurity" organized by Louisiana State University and the Université des Antilles (Martinique, March 20-23, 2018) on our website!

Center for French and Francophone Studies at LSU The mission of the Center for French and Francophone Studies at LSU is to promote interdisciplinary research on the cultural practices, languages, and literatures of Louisiana and the Francophone world.

03/27/2018

The cultural services of the French Embassy of the United States have given another confirmation of their generosity and support by awarding $9500 to The Glissant Translation Project, in addition to the $9000 they bestowed to the Center for French and Francophone Studies last year. The Directors of the project are Prof. Valérie Loichot (Emory University) and Alexandre Leupin, with the participation of Profs. Michael Dash (NYU), Celia Britton (University College of London), Hugo Azerad (Cambridge, UK), and Charles Forsdick (University of Liverpool, UK).

The 2017 grant has already allowed for the rights acquisition, translation and publication of Introduction à une poétique du divers (1996, translator Celia Britton), Mémoires des esclavages (2007, translator Charles Forsdick), Les entretiens de Baton Rouge (2008, translator Kate M. Cooper), L'Imaginaire des langues (2010, translator Celia Britton). These four fundamental works will be published simultaneously by Liverpool University Press, a most distinguished academic publisher, in 2019.

Glissant’s work is a towering achievement of French and Francophone culture. Drawing from the European philosophical and poetic tradition, the oeuvre redraws the national borders of all cultural legacies and opens them to a dialogue with all civilization of the world across time and geographic boundaries. As such, it deserves to be much better known worldwide, especially in the Anglosphere. The dissemination in this latter space has been hampered by the lack of translations of Glissant’s most recent essays. Thanks to the cultural services of the French Embassy, this deficiency is beginning to be resolved.

Watch the website for further announcements.