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Through its rich and varied program in the areas of French culture and civilization, La Maison Française has played a major role in the flow of intellectual currents and ideas between France and the United States. Since its founding in 1957, the "French House" has become the most active center of French-American cultural and intellectual exchange to be found on any American campus.

La Maison Française occupies a nineteenth-century red-brick carriage house. Inside, the ample yet intimate space of the ground-floor salon has been carefully adapted to uses ranging from art exhibits and receptions to lectures and film screenings, with a seating capacity of one hundred.
The program of activities of La Maison Française covers a broad spectrum of subjects and opinion and includes lectures, symposia, conferences, panel discussions, film and video screenings, art exhibits, concerts, theater productions, and special presentations. These events, nearly all of which are free and open to the public, focus on diverse aspects of French and Francophone civilization and culture in historical as well as contemporary perspectives. Beyond the New York University audience, La Maison Française also serves the business, government and professional communities, as well as the general public in the New York metropolitan area. Distinguished speakers from French intellectual life, politics, literature, journalism, and the arts have included Robert Badinter, Michel Foucault, Françoise Giroud...
A series of colloquia over the past several years has brought together a distinguished group of international specialists. These events included a major overview of French Theory in America as well as an introduction to New French Thought , and discussions of métissage, of hyper-realism in the theater, of Surrealism in Exile, of the work of Sartre, and of the life and work of Antonin Artaud.
While the program of La Maison Française complements and enriches the programs of the Department of French and the Institute of French Studies, its mission extends as well to interdepartmental interests within the Faculty of Arts and Science and between the various schools of the university. Recent collaborations have included a weekend of screenings and discussions with filmmaker Chantal Akerman and a conference which explored Legacies of the Dreyfus Affair. Collaborations with organizations outside the university community include the recent International Cyberlaw and Business Conference.

La Maison Française plays a role in the day-to-day life of NYU students interested in France, French culture, and the francophone world. It is the meeting place of the undergraduate Cercle Français and the French Graduate Students Association, and its salle de conférence is an informal meeting place for students to practice their French and catch up on French newspapers and periodicals.

Contact
address:16 Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003
phone:212 998-8750
fax: 212 995-4142
email: maison.francaise@nyu.edu
website: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/french/Mbase.html

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