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Upcoming Events

The French House offers a wide range of exciting events, from academic conferences to dinners and community building activities. We offer regular meetings where UW students and fellow francophiles in the area can come together to practice their language skills and discuss cultural topics. We also host special events like gala dinners, film screenings, and workshops.  All levels are welcome! Join us today! 

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  • Cinémathèque : New French Restorations: Drôles de Guerres, Jean-Luc Godard
    Cinémathèque : New French Restorations: Drôles de Guerres, Jean-Luc Godard
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, Mar 30
    Madison
    Mar 30, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Madison, Vilas Communication Hall, 821 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Mar 30, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Madison, Vilas Communication Hall, 821 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    From January through April, the Cinematheque will present six French feature films, all shown in new digital restorations, that cover nearly sixty years of French cinema history, from the 1930s to the 1990s.
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  • Conversation
    Conversation
    Multiple Dates
    Mon, Apr 01
    Madison
    Apr 01, 2024, 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM
    Madison, 633 N Frances St, Madison, WI 53703, USA
    Apr 01, 2024, 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM
    Madison, 633 N Frances St, Madison, WI 53703, USA
    A friendly and inclusive space where you can confidently ask questions and enhance your language skills !
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  • Tentative de façonner le récit africain à l’aide du matériel cinématographique colonial: Katy Lèna Ndiaye
    Tentative de façonner le récit africain à l’aide du matériel cinématographique colonial: Katy Lèna Ndiaye
    Wed, Apr 03
    Madison
    Apr 03, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    Madison, 1155 Observatory Dr, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Apr 03, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    Madison, 1155 Observatory Dr, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Katy Lèna Ndiaye pour "Africa at Noon": a weekly lecture bringing diverse African research from scholars around the world to a campus and community audience every Wednesday at noon — since 1973!
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  • Dîner à la Maison Française (Wednesday dinner)
    Dîner à la Maison Française (Wednesday dinner)
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Apr 03
    Madison
    Apr 03, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
    Madison, 633 N Frances St, Madison, WI 53703, USA
    Apr 03, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
    Madison, 633 N Frances St, Madison, WI 53703, USA
    Wednesdays at 6pm: Dîner à la Maison Française (during the academic year). Reservations necessary.
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  • Games & Play: 37th Annual GAFIS Symposium
    Games & Play: 37th Annual GAFIS Symposium
    Fri, Apr 05
    Madison
    Apr 05, 2024, 8:00 AM – Apr 06, 2024, 6:00 PM
    Madison, 702 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Apr 05, 2024, 8:00 AM – Apr 06, 2024, 6:00 PM
    Madison, 702 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    The 2024 GAFIS Symposium intends to bring together graduate student scholars from the humanities and sciences to display and reflect on the diversity of approaches to and applications of “Games and Play” across disciplines
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  • Déjeuner à la Maison Française (Friday lunch)
    Déjeuner à la Maison Française (Friday lunch)
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, Apr 05
    Madison
    Apr 05, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
    Madison, 633 N Frances St, Madison, WI 53703, USA
    Apr 05, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
    Madison, 633 N Frances St, Madison, WI 53703, USA
    Fridays at noon: Déjeuner à la Maison Française (during the academic year). Reservations necessary.
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  • Quebec was born in my country!: Stories of Encounters, from Ani Kuni to Kiuna.
    Quebec was born in my country!: Stories of Encounters, from Ani Kuni to Kiuna.
    Fri, Apr 12
    Memorial Union
    Apr 12, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
    Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53703, USA
    Apr 12, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
    Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53703, USA
    Emanuelle Dufour presents on the theme of the graphic memoir in Indigenous education in Québec.
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  • Paris Chansons at the North Street Cabaret
    Paris Chansons at the North Street Cabaret
    Sun, Apr 14
    Madison
    Apr 14, 2024, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Madison, 610 North St, Madison, WI 53704, USA
    Apr 14, 2024, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Madison, 610 North St, Madison, WI 53704, USA
    Paris Chansons is an exciting French band with an Eastern European gypsy twist! Recently featured on the French news, they are known for their original renditions of French favorites from Aznavour, Dassin, Piaf, Macias, Adamo, Dalida, all the way to contemporary artists like Zaz.
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  • Michelle Bumatay: Black Bandes Dessinées: Papa Mfumu’eto’s Making Waves, Taking Names, and Throwing Stones
    Michelle Bumatay: Black Bandes Dessinées: Papa Mfumu’eto’s Making Waves, Taking Names, and Throwing Stones
    Wed, Apr 17
    Memorial Library
    Apr 17, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Memorial Library, 728 State St, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Apr 17, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Memorial Library, 728 State St, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Public Lecture by Michelle Bumatay on Black Bandes Dessinées in the context of the exhibit Francophone Comics: Evolving Understandings of the Global French-Language Bande Dessinée in the Memorial Library
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  • Enacting Inclusive Pedagogy in Teaching Second Language Writing
    Enacting Inclusive Pedagogy in Teaching Second Language Writing
    Sat, Jun 01
    Madison
    Jun 01, 2024, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Madison, 800 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53703, USA
    Jun 01, 2024, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Madison, 800 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53703, USA
    Dr. Heather Willis Allen is Associate Professor of French in the Department of French and Italian, a core faculty member of the Second Language Acquisition Doctoral Program, and a faculty affiliate of the Center for Teaching and Research on Writing.
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Cinémathèque : New French Restorations: Drôles de Guerres, Jean-Luc Godard
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Tentative de façonner le récit africain à l’aide du matériel cinématographique colonial: Katy Lèna Ndiaye
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