Fall 2025 French Cultural Activities
Posted in: French, World Languages and Cultures
Conversation Hour
Wednesdays, 2:00-3:00pm. Schmitt Hall, second floor lounge (Schmitt 218). All levels welcome! With snacks and board games! Drop by for as much or as little time as you鈥檇 like.
Free French Tutoring
CAST tutoring with Ptissem.听Sign up here: :听Tuesdays: 12-4 pm; Thursdays: 10 am-2 pm ; Fridays: 10-1 pm
Virtual Drop-in Tutoring with 麻豆传媒在线 MA students, Mondays: 4:00pm to 7:00pm ().
Tutoring is available for conversation practice, to help explain difficult concepts, to read through assignments and to help understand errors in written work, but not to correct or rewrite the work itself.
Translation
Try your hand at translating a poem (from French into English, Spanish or Haitian Krey貌l) or recording a reading at our 鈥 repository!
Free French Books!
Check out the 鈥渓ittle library鈥 of free French books in the second floor atrium of Schmitt. Feel free to take books home, to share with friends, or to add your own materials.
Scholarships and Other Resources
Scholarship Universe: Check out this new program at the University and start planning to write applications during winter break!
. Available in NEST to help with financial literacy (prizes available)!
Center for Writing Excellence (CWE). Need help with writing term papers or other projects? Need help with English language projects? Make an appointment with the CWE!听 They provide one-on-one feedback for all students, faculty, staff, and alumni on all types of writing, in any stage of the writing process. In addition to face-to-face sessions, online appointments with the option to Zoom are available seven days per week. /center-for-writing-excellence/appointments/.
Cultural Activities
26 octobre, toute la journ茅e. Virtual Graduate School Open House at 麻豆传媒在线. are at 4pm (must sign up via link).
31 octobre. Registration for Spring classes. Take care of outstanding holds, see your advisor, and check out our course offerings.
1 novembre. Book Club. 2026.
3 novembre. TAPIF applications.听Les inscriptions commencent pour TAPIF (Teaching Assistant in France program). Spend seven months in France teaching English in K鈥12 or higher education classrooms while improving your French and gaining international experience. Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents ages 20鈥35 with at least three years of higher education and a minimum B1 level in French. Placements are available throughout France and in the DOM-TOMs.听础辫辫濒测听听产别迟飞别别苍听November 3, 2025 and听March 15, 2026.
14 novembre.听 Immersion day in New York City. Visit The Cloisters, literally 听transported to New York in the early twentieth century (!). In addition to more sedate monastery-type activities we can explore the special exhibition:听“” before exploring French-themed New York. .
20 mars. French Day: 鈥淐oupe/s du monde鈥
Concluded Events
23 septembre, 5-8 pm, New York University. “Art, History, and Cultural Politics in Africa Today” at New York University. Artists, curators, cultural entrepreneurs, and researchers explore the challenges and opportunities of promoting contemporary African Art 鈥 its circulation, audiences, and cultural policies on both continental and international levels. .
29 septembre, 2 pm. Double Majors! CHSS Success Center conference room (first floor of Dickson). It is open to any student interested in learning more about the benefits of double majoring, how to go about it, and degree/credit mapping. Here is the to RSVP.
3 octobre, 1pm.听Ha茂ti: La ran莽on de l’ind茅pendance/Haiti, The Ransom for Independence (2024; dir.听Wandrille Lanos, 63 minutes).听Film screening via Zoom with a Q&A with director. More info:听 and .
7 October, 2-3:30pm. Online conference with Thomas Alwood, 鈥 Prof. Thomas Alwood will touch upon the evolution of CAT tools and machine translation, show examples, and discuss the kinds of texts CAT tools work best on (and which ones don’t). What changes are happening now and which can we anticipate? And, obviously, how is the role of the human translator crucial in all of this? Q&A will follow. All are welcome.
7 October. 5:30 鈥 6:30pm. SBUS 327 “What are听Languages听Worth? Investigating the Use and听Value听of Multilingualism in the Labor Market,”听with Dr. Tobias Schroedler, University of Duisburg, Germany.
Mis 脿 jour le 17 octobre 2025