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SPEAKING OF EUROPE - NEWS AND NOTES FROM IFE.
A quarterly letter from IFE about student achievement, developments at IFE, as well as trends, events, context.
A Historian’s Timely Clarity on Elites and Demagogues: Reading Gerard Noiriel’s Le Peuple Français: Histoire et polémiques
One of the first French scholars to study the history of immigration, Gérard Noiriel has devoted his career to this subject in the context of historical research on workers’ movements, xenophobia, racism and populism. An eminent social historian, Noiriel is also widely known in France and...
Briefly Issue 8
- In Praise of Academic Courage
- IFE Adds an Academic Advisory Board
- IFE's Expanding Universe of Placements
Perfecting French While Simplifying it: A new IFE placement in municipal social services with the City of Strasbourg
If IFE students find their internship useful for mastering the complexities of French, a recent student at a new placement with the City of Strasbourg’s Health and Human Services worked on simplifying the French language, for better access to public services.
Off to a Good (and Typical) Start: Early internship placements in Marseille
The first handful or so of IFE student experiences are in the books as IFE builds its network of local partners in its new home on the Mediterranean.
Immigration is a many-faceted subject, at IFE too
Immigration is one of the major issues facing the global community, and the “immigration question” is of course a huge bundle of questions, challenges, answers, policies, programs, activist initiatives and a million personal stories. Opportunities to dig into specific aspects of...
Briefly. Issue 7
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Gijon Celebrates Cinema And Mourns A Festival Director
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Language Learning Gets a Bump From NYC’s New Mayor
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What’s Up at Ife: External review and program tweaks