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Founded in 1913, the Maison Française of Columbia University was the first French cultural center established on an American campus. Its mission is to promote interest in French and Francophone culture, history, literature, politics and society, to foster innovative scholarship, to enable exchange across disciplines and schools at Columbia and beyond, and to contribute to international and intercultural understanding. (Continued.)
Special Announcement
PAUL LECLERC ELECTED AS CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S MAISON FRANCAISE AND DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH
Revitalized Maison Française Advisory Board has Added Nine New Members in Six Months
NEW YORK, April 22, 2010 — Columbia University’s Maison Francaise and Department of French and Romance Philology are honored to announce the election of Paul LeClerc as the new Chair of their joint Advisory Board.
Paul LeClerc has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of The New York Public Library since 1993. He earned his Ph.D. with distinction in French literature from Columbia University in 1969, writing his dissertation on Voltaire, and has maintained strong ties to his alma mater as a long-standing member of the Maison Française Advisory Board and now its new Chair.
Dr. LeClerc is joining Shanny Peer, who was appointed Director of the Maison Française in September 2009, in leading a distinguished Advisory Board that has been revitalized by the addition of nine new members over the past six months. The new members are: Philippe Lalliot, Robert O. Paxton, Charles E.M. Kolb, Christine Ourmières, Thierry Simon, Pierre-Jean de Filippis, Renaud Dutreil, Edouard Tétreau, and Adam Gopnik.
For the full press release, click here.
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