French and Francophone Studies Stories

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Major Moment: Lia Wong-Fodor '26

Biochemistry & French

"Every course I take continues to confirm my passion for biochemistry and French, offering new opportunities to develop my understanding of each subject from a different perspective."

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Olivia Flores

Olivia Flores '26

Hometown: Napa, CA

"There are so many different interests and parts of yourself you鈥檒l find at 草榴成人社区 that you don't even know exist yet."

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Port Cities 360 in Marseille

360掳: The Mediterranean as a Crossroads: History, Migrations, Identities

This 360掳, composed of courses in History and French, examines the social, historical, artistic and cultural shape of the Mediterranean through the study of circum-Mediterranean port-cities and their populations.

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360掳: To Protect the Health of the Public

This 360掳 has as its goal a deepened understanding of public health. To do so, we offer three courses that focus on policy, history, culture, the place and power of government, and public and personal responsibility.

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360掳: Trauma and Resilience through Comics

This 360掳 pulls together theoretical perspectives on comics, narration, trauma, and recovery to explore critical dimensions of the global experience of trauma, with a focus on interdisciplinary understandings of suffering and survival.

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360掳: Constraints: Storytelling in the Digital Age

This cluster is based on the theoretical and interdisciplinary work that suggests that humans think in the form of stories.

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360掳: Learning and Narrating Childhoods

Incorporating a visit to the Titagya school in rural Ghana, this 360掳 explores how children grow and develop in different contexts (e.g. schools, communities, households) and cultures (e.g., the United States, West Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa) and how this growth and development is conceptualized and represented鈥搃n texts and theories鈥搈ainly by adults, across cultures and fields of study.

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Photograph of Cahokia, showing pathways around two hills with woods in the foreground.

360掳: Origins of Freedom

How might human beings live according to nature? Is property natural? Is freedom or unfreedom? How can studying human societies in the past inform collective organization in the present?

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Angoule虃me France skyline

360掳: Transplants

This cluster uses multidisciplinary tools from language and culture, literature, and environmental science to reveal histories hidden in and around the city of Angoul锚me, France.

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Four students walk down a dirt road with brightly colored two-storey buildings on either side.

360掳: African Traditions

Healing in a Globalized World

Students will explore the ways in which African societies are trying to overcome colonial legacies, promote well-being, and contribute to fashioning our interconnected world.

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Amara Gregorek '23

Interned with DOROT

"In high school I volunteered at DOROT, where I interned this summer, and found a community that is still very close to my heart today. Seeing that 草榴成人社区 had so many volunteer initiatives and similar clubs like Adopt-A-Grandparent drew me to the school and ultimately helped me to make my decision to attend 草榴成人社区."聽

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Gabrielle Farrell '12

Alumnae/i

"The culture at 草榴成人社区: the Honor Code, being able to trust your neighbor, standing up for the little guy ... it does inspire and motivate me to keep going."

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