The French and Francophone Studies Program at Florida State University is currently accepting applications to the MA and PhD degree programs for the academic year 2022-2023.
The French Program at Florida State University offers MA and PhD degrees spanning many aspects of French and Francophone literatures, cultures, and societies. Housed within the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, the French Program emphasizes innovative interdisciplinarity across media and methodologies. Starting in 2022, we will offer an introductory course in Global French Studies as a cornerstone of our graduate program.
Due to COVID-19 and the circumstances of the global pandemic, the FSU Graduate School has waived the GRE requirement for MA applicants entering in Fall 2022. We are also working productively with the Graduate School and the College of Arts and Sciences to respond to the specific challenges of international students.
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The Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies
Graduate students are centrally involved in speaker visits, symposia, and conferences organized by the Winthrop-King Institute, which for decades has been a leader in Francophone Studies. Students’ consistent opportunity to learn with speakers and writers-in-residence, as well as to interview speakers and participate in the organization of conferences makes our program one of the most exciting in the US.
Recent and forthcoming speakers include Laurent Dureuil, Deborah Jenson, Lydie Moudileno, Leïla Slimani, Baloji, Pat Masioni, Charles Forsdick, Yarimar Bonilla, Edwidge Danticat, Melissa Hyde, Alice Kaplan, Kathleen Long, Alain Mabanckou, Felicia McCarren, Jean-Marc Moura, Kristin Ross, and Abdourahman Waberi. In 2021-22, the Institute has organized conferences and symposia that will be on zoom in the fall on Postcolonial realms of Memory and Gender in the Maghreb as a part of a Global Africa Series of events as well as the conference focused on Michaël Ferrier's writing, "Tokyo Stories," in the spring. Beyond Winthrop-King Institute events, the French program has also hosted international conferences in French and Francophone Studies, notably WIF 2018 "Le bruit des femmes" and the 2019 Nineteenth-Century French Studies colloquium at the Sarasota campus.
Graduate students receive extensive professional training and gain teaching experience in a diverse environment, as led by the program coordinator, Dr. Virginia Osborn. They also benefit from a range of international exchange and internship programs.
Winthrop-King Enhanced Teaching Assistantships in French Enhanced Teaching Assistantships are available on a competitive basis to applicants to the graduate program in French. In addition to the stipend, award-holders are eligible to apply to conference travel support, tuition waivers and health insurance support. Doctoral candidates also receive a $5,000 grant for approved research or study abroad.
Winthrop-King Conference, Research, and Travel Grants Graduates majoring in French are eligible for funding to support the presentation of papers at regional, national, and international conferences, as well as other forms of research travel.
Winthrop-King Summer Doctoral Fellowship This Fellowship for the amount of $5,000 is awarded to ABD students in the doctoral program to allow them to dedicate a summer to full-time work on dissertation research.
Internships Abroad and Exchanges Graduate students are eligible to apply for our funded internship with France Terre d’Asile in Paris, as well as the exchange program with the Université des Antilles among others. While travel is restricted currently due to COVID-19, we anticipate reactivating these programs when it is safe to do so.
For more information, please contact Dr. Virginia Osborn, Program Coordinator (vosborn@fsu.edu) or click on the following links:
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Graduate Studies in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
The Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies
