Stories about "French"
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Rice-DeFosse co-authors history of Twin Cities’ Franco-Americans
Thursday, April 16, 2015 2:42 pm
While researching "The Franco-Americans of Lewiston-Auburn," historian James Myall and Bates French professor Mary Rice-DeFosse encountered a few shocks.
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What we owe genocide survivors
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:22 am
Alexandre Dauge-Roth, recipient of the 2015 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching, delivers the Kroepsch lecture.
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Alexandre Dauge-Roth wins 2015 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 3:22 pm
One thing Bates College professor Alexandre Dauge-Roth wants his students to take away from his teaching is a better understanding of how their worldview is shaped by their own position.
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Lyes Salem, award-winning Algerian filmmaker, to present work
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 11:06 am
Franco-Algerian filmmaker Lyes Salem will show and discuss two of his films in separate events at Bates in March.
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Language Arts Lives presents author of ‘Happiest People in the World’
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 3:59 pm
As part of Bates College's Language Arts Live series, Portland author Brock Clarke reads from his novel "The Happiest People in the World" on Jan. 29.
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Rice-DeFosse honored for bringing Bates closer to Lewiston-Auburn’s French-speaking community
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 2:43 pm
Professor Mary Rice-DeFosse's academic work connects to a community once defined by its French Canadian origins and now influenced by French-speakers from such African nations as Djibouti, Chad and Congo.
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Six questions with Professor Alexandre Dauge-Roth on the 20th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Friday, April 18, 2014 1:17 pm
French Professor Alexandre Dauge-Roth traveled to Italy to take part in events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda.
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Caroline Baumann ’87 appointed Cooper-Hewitt director
Friday, June 28, 2013 11:00 am
Caroline Baumann '87 is "passionate about design and reaching people — physically and digitally — with its lessons and insights.”
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Rwandan filmmaker to screen latest documentary
Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:31 am
A filmmaker dedicated to producing documentaries about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Gilbert Ndahayo shows his new film at Bates on March 4.
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Dauge-Roth’s course on teaching genocide highlighted in International Educator
Friday, January 18, 2013 1:45 pm
Teaching genocide is about finding ways to "create connections and dialogues" says Alex Dauge-Roth.