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Timely Events:

 The Department of French & Italian, The Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in Chicago
and
Haïti 2012: Pays rêvé, Pays réel
(Chicago-Milwaukee)
cordially invite you to a
 Symposium- Luncheon
With Special Guests 
 Lyonel Trouillot: “La condition littéraire haïtienne”
Yanick Lahens: “Haïti n’est ni un cauchemar ni une carte postale”
Monday, March 5th 2012, 12-2:30 PM
John Evans Alumni Center, 1800 Sheridan Road, Evanston

Lyonel Trouillot is a poet, novelist, journalist and professor of literature at L’Institut français d’Haïti and L’Université Caraïbe.  He has published extensively in both French and Creole and has been one of the most publicly active and engaged voices in the rebuilding of his country. His latest novel, La belle amour humaine, was shortlisted for the prestigious Prix Goncourt as one of four finalists.  

Yanick Lahens is a novelist, scholar, public figure and former professor of  École Normale Supérieure of Haïti.  Her diverse work ranges from politics to activism for literacy to hosting a cultural radio program to the publication of short stories, novels, and scholarly articles.  In 2002, she was awarded the New Writer’s Prize of the Initiative LiBeraturpreis at the Leipzig Book Fair.

Co-sponsored by: Northwestern University's Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, The French Interdisciplinary Group; Institut Français, Paris, France and Alliance Française of Chicago.
To RSVP and for questions please contact french-italian@northwestern.edu. 
Open and free to the public

Weekly Events:

Le Pause-Café-weekly coffee meeting for francophones.

Bonjour à tous!

Venez prendre un café et converser en français avec nous!  S'il vous plaît, répondez à Catie L'Heureux (catielheureux@u.northwestern.edu) pour qu'on sache combien de places réserver.  

Merci bien et à bientôt!

CINE-CLUB:
The Department will show French Language films this quarter at the Forum Room In the Library on the following dates from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.:
-Thursday January 19,

La Table Française
You are warmly invited to join us for lunch, while also practicing your French language skills, meeting other French speakers, and getting to know your fellow students and professors in a casual setting. Every Monday at 12:00 p.m. in the ISRC dining hall at 1835 Hinman.