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Le French Meet Up in Cambridge / Norwich / Ely

Le French Meet Up in Cambridge / Norwich / Ely

6 Feb
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Cambridge (Grape Britannia) / Ely (The Yard) / Norwich (Cinema City)

Join us on Thursday 6th February  2025, in Cambridge (Grape Britannia), Ely (The Yard) and Norwich (Cinema City), from 7 pm until your French vocabulary runs out.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us. Bring your best smile, your good mood.... and that's it.
We look forward to meeting you!

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Literature in Time 4 - Marguerite Yourcenar

Literature in Time 4 - Marguerite Yourcenar

11 Feb
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Online
£10.00

You will find here the selected texts for the Literature in Time session on Marguerite Yourcenar:

Texte n°1 : Mémoires d’Hadrien, Marguerite Yourcenar, 1951

Texte n°2 : L’œuvre au noir, Marguerite Yourcenar, 1968


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Conférence "Les plumes sensuelles" - Littérature érotique

Conférence "Les plumes sensuelles" - Littérature érotique

14 Feb
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Online - Teams

Join us on the Friday 14th of February 2025 at 6pm (UK) for a free talk in French (intermediate level) on French erotic literature of the XVIII and XIX century entitled "Les plumes sensuelles" by Dr. Helen Craske, Cambridge.

Did you know fin-de-siècle French erotic literature often explored themes of decadence, gender ambiguity, and psychological complexity? Mark la St. Valentin by attending this online conference by Dr. Helen Craske, Cambridge, who will chose a few readings, including by the lesser-known author Rachilde, and put them in context for us.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Conférence Oh ! Les Arts de la Table

Conférence Oh ! Les Arts de la Table

20 Feb
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Online - Teams

Join us on the Thursday 20th of February 2025 at 7pm (UK) for a free talk in French (intermediate level) on "Les Arts de la Table" by Giulia Franceschini.

Dresser une table, mettre le couvert : des expressions quotidiennes qui font référence à des habitudes perdues, mais lesquelles ? Et aussi, pourquoi avons-nous désormais un service à la russe et non pas un service à la française ? Découvrez ou redécouvrez l’évolution des arts de la table au fil du temps, de l’Histoire et de nos habitudes alimentaires.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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French Ciné Club - Youssef Salem a du succès (The (in)famous Youssef Salem)

French Ciné Club - Youssef Salem a du succès (The (in)famous Youssef Salem)

25 Feb
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1 Red Cross Lane CB2 0QU Cambridge

Join us on 25th of February to watch Youssef Salem a du succès 🎬

Directed by: Baya Kasmi

English subtitles available

No need to book, just turn up!

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French Teacher Day: Inspiring the Future of French Teaching

French Teacher Day: Inspiring the Future of French Teaching

1 Mar
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1 Red Cross Lane CB2 0QU Cambridge
£40.00

A day for French Teachers in Secondary and Higher Education.

As a charity organisation, our mission is to organise charitable events and outreach programmes that benefit all aspects of our community.
We wish to support French teachers by organising a special conference day at our premises in Cambridge with our partners University of Cambridge-Modern and Medieval Languages, CLE International, ALL, Institut Français de Londres, and Campus France.

You can already discover the programme of the day by clicking here!

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Conférence "Paris Londres/ Londres Paris, les Allers retours de l’urbanisme"

Conférence "Paris Londres/ Londres Paris, les Allers retours de l’urbanisme"

6 Mar
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Online - Teams

Join us on the Thursday 6th of March 2025 at 6pm (UK) for a free talk in French (intermediate level) entitled "Paris Londres/ Londres Paris, les Allers retours de l’urbanisme" by Fabienne Manele.

Souvent concurrentes, voire ennemies, Paris et Londres sont nées de leurs fleuves à l’époque celtique. A travers différences et ressemblances, influences réciproques ou réactions, nous vous invitons à revoir l’histoire bien souvent parallèle de ces deux villes.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Book Club 2 - Une gourmandise, Muriel Barbery

Book Club 2 - Une gourmandise, Muriel Barbery

11 Mar
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Online
£10.00

Une gourmandise revolves around an old, dying, prominent food critic who, on the eve of his life, searches his memory looking for the one never-to-be-forgotten taste he ever experienced. With vivid depictions of both feelings and sensations, Muriel Barbery’s novel plunges us into a synesthetic atmosphere spawned by the confluence of word, senses and nostalgia.

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French Ciné Club - Bonne Mère (Good Mother)

French Ciné Club - Bonne Mère (Good Mother)

18 Mar
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1 Red Cross Lane CB2 0QU Cambridge

Join us on 18th of March to watch Bonne Mère 🎬

Directed by: Hafsia Herzi

English subtitles available

No need to book, just turn up!

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Talk by Doyle Calhoun - French is an African Language

Talk by Doyle Calhoun - French is an African Language

22 Mar
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1 Red Cross Lane CB2 0QU Cambridge

Join us on Saturday 22 March 2025 at 2pm for a free talk in English entitled "French is an African Language" led by Doyle Calhoun as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas.

As French, increasingly becomes an African language, African literature in French challenges long-standing classifications and poses unique cultural and political questions. This presentation will explore the politics of writing in a former colonial language, what makes African literature "African," and how readerships differ across continents.

Doyle Calhoun is a University Assistant Professor of Francophone Postcolonial Studies at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Peterhouse.

No booking required!

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Talk by Iro Zoubopoulou - Decline of traditional fatherhood in the modern era

Talk by Iro Zoubopoulou - Decline of traditional fatherhood in the modern era

29 Mar
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1 Red Cross Lane CB2 0QU Cambridge

Join us on Saturday 29 March 2025 at 2pm for a free talk in English entitled "The Decline of traditional fatherhood in the modern era" led by Iro Zoubopoulou as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas.

The talk will examine psychoanalytically the modern psychic symptoms and their deep relation to the decline of traditional fatherhood via the lens both of classic Freudian and cutting-edge Lacanian psychoanalytical teaching.

Iro Zoubopoulou is a psychoanalyst of Lacanian orientation with more than twenty years of clinical experience.

No booking required!

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French Ciné Club - Vous ne désirez que moi (I Want to Talk about Duras)

French Ciné Club - Vous ne désirez que moi (I Want to Talk about Duras)

6 May
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1 Red Cross Lane CB2 0QU Cambridge

Join us on 7th of May to watch Vous ne désirez que moi 🎬

Directed by: Claire Simon

English subtitles available

No need to book, just turn up!

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French Ciné Club - Tempête (Ride Above)

French Ciné Club - Tempête (Ride Above)

3 Jun
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1 Red Cross Lane CB2 0QU Cambridge

Join us on 3rd of June to watch Tempête 🎬

Directed by: Christian Duguay

English subtitles available

No need to book, just turn up!

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Book Club 3 - Mangez-moi, Agnès Desarthe

Book Club 3 - Mangez-moi, Agnès Desarthe

10 Jun
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Online
£10.00

After a few adventures and many disappointments in life, the disillusioned narrator, Myriam, who is a bit of a storyteller, has decided to open a restaurant, a decision that is going to change her life forever.

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