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French Graduate Student Association Conferences

The French Graduate Student Association (FGSA) of the Department of French and Romance Philology holds an annual conference centered around a theme or a series of concepts. Participants include students and professors from Columbia Univerisity, as well as graduate students from across the nation and around the globe.

Paper abstracts are received and reviewed by the Selection Committee well in advance of the conference dates. Past conferences have been very successful so participants are encouraged to submit proposals as soon as possible. Please click on the upcoming conference link for details on how to submit a proposal.

This year's FGSA conference:

L'Ennemi: Difference and Antagonism in Literature
Seventeenth Annual Graduate Student Conference
Department of French and Romance Philology, Columbia University
February 29, 2008, 8:30 am to 6:00 pm (tentative), Maison Française

Conference web site

Past conferences:

« Car je est un autre » : Articulations du rapport entre identité et altérité
Sixteenth Annual Graduate Student Conference
Department of French and Romance Philology, Columbia University
April 6, 2007, 8:30 am to 6:00 pm (tentative), Maison Française
Conference site (conference program, call for papers and more)

MARKING LOSS: READING AND WRITING ERASURE IN FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE
Fifteenth Annual Graduate Student Conference
Department of French and Romance Philology, Columbia University
February 17th, 2006, 8:30 am to 6:00 pm, Maison Française
Conference site (conference program, abstracts, call for papers and more)

THE PEN AS SWORD: ACTIVISM IN LITERATURE
Eleventh Annual Graduate Student Conference in French, Francophone, and Comparative Literature
Columbia University
March 20, 2002
Conference site (conference program and abstracts)

FICTIONS OF THE MACHINE
Tenth Annual Graduate Student Conference in French, Francophone, and Comparative Literature
Columbia University
March 24, 2001
Conference site (conference program and abstracts)

BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS
Ninth Annual Graduate Student Conference in French, Francophone, and Comparative Literature
Columbia University
March 25, 2000
Proceedings (Text of conference proceedings)

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CARNIVAL: A HISTORY OF SUBVERSIVE REPRESENTATIONS
Eighth Annual Graduate Student Conference in French, Francophone, and Comparative Literature
Columbia University
March 27,1999
Proceedings (Text of conference proceedings)

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