The Department of French and Francophone Studies at The Pennsylvania State University is recruiting outstanding candidates for advanced study leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. Since our program is selective, we are able to provide all of our full-time students with generous financial support and full tuition grants. We welcome applicants from historically underrepresented minorities, for whom additional internal fellowships are often available. *The deadline for receipt of applications is 15 January 2015.
Penn State’s French and Francophone Studies graduate program is unique for its long-established Ph.D. specializations in Civilization and Literature with an interdisciplinary orientation that fosters innovative approaches to a broad variety of objects of study. Digital scholarship also figures among our areas of strength. Faculty expertise spans gender studies and women’s history, colonial history and Francophone studies, linguistics, early modern studies, theatre and film studies, material culture and aesthetics, cultural theory, anthropology, popular and media cultures, and Jewish studies. We offer a distinctive dual degree in French and Francophone Studies and Women’s Studies (a top-ranked department nationally) as well, while a second dual degree, in French and Francophone Studies and African Studies, will be launched soon.
Our students receive extensive pedagogical training and teach courses in language, literature, culture, and linguistics at all undergraduate levels. Grants to support our students’ conference travel and dissertation research are available through a variety of internal sources, including Penn State’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities. In addition, the Department offers the opportunity to participate in year-long exchange programs with the Université de Strasbourg and the Université Lumière Lyon 2. Finally, students in FFS benefit from numerous initiatives, academic programs, and centers within Penn State’s College of the Liberal Arts, including Humanities in a Digital Age, Rock Ethics Institute, Committee on Early Modern Studies, Centers for Global Studies and for Democratic Deliberation, and a graduate minor in Social Thought.
For further information on the Department of French and Francophone Studies, its graduate program, and the application procedure, please visit our **new** website at http://www.french.psu.edu or contact Willa Z. Silverman, Director of Graduate Studies and Malvin E. and Lea P. Bank Professor of French and Jewish Studies, at wzs1@psu.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!
Malvin E. and Lea P. Bank Professor of French and Jewish Studies Director of Graduate Studies, Department of French and Francophone Studies Dept. of French and Francophone Studies - 315 Burrowes Penn State University University Park, PA 16802 Tel: 814-883-6673 (mobile) Website: willazsilverman.com Department home page: http://www.french.psu.edu/