Are you an advanced, native or heritage French speaker? Are you interested in becoming a French teacher in the United States and do not know where to start? Look no further, the Multi-State Pathways to Teaching French program is made for you! This training opportunity aimed at jumpstarting a career in teaching French with a 60-hour long, 3-phased online curriculum is targeted at fluent French speakers all over the US, particularly native and heritage speakers.

According to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 47 States and the District of Columbia report a dire shortage of foreign language teachers – and French is not exempt from this scarcity. Lack of human resources is even reported as the biggest constraint in developing the teaching of French in the US by school administrators. 

This program aims to overcome these hurdles!

We are honored to announce the next CinéSchool film Océans, le mystère plastique on April 22-23. The film is in French. It targets middle/high school students, but it could also be interesting for 4th and 5th grades. For this film, we have created specific pedagogical materials to introduce the topic and language interaction.

SYNOPSIS: 99% of the plastic that should be floating in the oceans is missing. As most plastic never deteriorates, it simply breaks down into smaller and smaller particles that are invisible to the human eye. In this film, scientists embark in search of the micro-plastics. Join us to discover what happens to this missing ocean plastic.

Presented as part of CinéSchool in partnership with Fondation Tara Océan.

The 4th edition of the Literature-Cinema Colloquium Series, "Contemporary Epistemologies of Moving Images: Graphs, Diagrams and Topographies,"  will take place online and in person at Duke University.

This transatlantic conference is organized by the Center for French and Francophone Studies and The Amazon Lab at Duke, as well as the Université Paris-Cité (CERILAC and LARCA) and the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3 (IRCAV).

All events, including screenings of Jacques Perconte’s Avant l'effondrement du Mont Blanc (2020, 16mins) and Anouk De Clercq’s Thing (2013, 18 mins), will take place at the Rubenstein Arts Center and are free and open to the public.

Making Pandemics, Marie-Monique Robin’s new film with the narration of Juliette Binoche and the scientific contribution of Serge Morand (CNRS) tries to explain the causes of this "epidemic of pandemics". The documentary meets scientists from around the world to understand the links between human health and ecosystem health.

This screening of Making Pandemics is part of Global Media Festival, an annual film initiative of the Georgia Tech School of Modern Languages. This 2023 festival will explore the theme “reduced inequalities within and among countries” and presents discussion series focusing on sustainability across languages and cultures.

Global Media Festival is held this year fro Monday, April 17th to Sunday, April 23rd, 2023.

ALL SCREENINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! All events will be in Atlantic and Cypress Theaters at Georgia Tech’s Student Center.

Join Villa Albertine and Atlanta Contemporary for a reception honoring three new Villa Albertine residents:
Amala Dianor - Dancer and choreographer
Grégoire Korganow - Photographer and filmmaker
Haytham Nawar - Visual artist, curator, and scholar
The reception will be followed by a conversation with all three artists and a screening of Nioun Rec, a dance film created by Grégoire Korganow and Amala Dianor.

WHEN Sunday, April 16, 12–2pm
WHERE Atlanta Contemporary, 535 Means St. NW, Atlanta

Federally, Villa Albertine’s 2023 Season highlights dance, inviting 10 choreographers to residencies in 10 cities across the US. In Atlanta, we will welcome Amala Dianor & Grégoire Korganow, a choreographer-documentary photographer duo looking to immerse themselves in the urban, dance and hip hop communities of the city.

Haytham Nawar is an Egyptian designer and scholar. Nawar comes to Atlanta and Houston to study the origins and concepts behind Afrofuturism. In Atlanta, Haytham Nawar will connect with local artists and scholars and visit galleries, museums, and academic institutions, inspired by Afrofuturism.