Reading: Antoine Laurain

Antoine Laurain is the author of the bestselling novels The President’s Hat, French Rhapsody, and The Red Notebook. A longtime lover of art history and cinema, Laurain has worked as a filmmaker and antiques dealer. It is this world of old, beautiful objects and the collectors who love them that is at the heart of many of his novels, such as his debut Ailleurs si j'y suis, which won the Prix Drouot in 2007.

The Institut français d'Ecosse is happy and privileged to welcome Laurain into our home on the Royal Mile. The author will give a reading of his works, including his 2008 Fume et tue, which will be published in English in June by Gallic under the title Smoking Kills.

Tue 15 May | Time to be confirmed
IN FRENCH | FREE

Institut français d'Ecosse
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh EH1 1RF

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Wine Tasting: La Provence

Wine Tasting: Bordeaux

May 68 through British Eyes: Tolérance amusée ?

To mark 50 years since the événements de mai, Gavin Bowd, of the University of St Andrews, delivers a talk on British perspectives on May 68.

What effect did the spectacular événements de mai 68 have across the Channel? Did they inspire solidarity or just confirm stereotypes about their turbulent neighbours? What legacy of May 68, if any, was there in Britain? This talk examines such questions, drawing on the British press, dispatches from the UK embassy in Paris, and documents from the archives of the British and French Communist Parties.

Gavin Bowd is Reader in French at the University of St Andrews. His publications include: The Last Communard. Adrien Lejeune, the Unexpected LIfe of a Revolutionary (2016), Fascist Scotland. Caledonia and the Far Right (2013), and Paul Morand et la Roumanie (2003). He is a translator of Michel Houellebecq, Sabri Louatah and Guillevic.

Thu 17 May | 18.30
Duration: 2.5 hours approx.
IN ENGLISH | FREE

Institut français d'Ecosse
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh EH1 1RF

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Summer course in France for 1+2 leaders

Course dates: 30 July to 3 August 2018

Content: pedagogy and French language

Eligibility: 1+2 Leaders, Trainers, Development Officers with a minimum A2 level in French. The course will be in French

Course provider: CAVILAM - Alliance Française de Vichy

Click here for programme details and here for available workshops

The grant includes only the course fee. All other expenses (international and national travel, accommodation, food and additional cultural activities) are of the sole responsibility of the Council or of the participant.

Please send your application to thomas.chaurin ifecosse.org.uk before 11th May 2018.

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Artist Talk: Daniel Buren on Photography

The Institut français d'Ecosse is happy to host an event organised by Stills Centre for Photography featuring renowned contemporary artist, Daniel Buren. The artist will visit Edinburgh to present a lecture on photography - outlining his thoughts on the medium and the vital role that photography plays as a tool for documenting his work.

Daniel Buren is widely considered to be one of the most important figures in contemporary art. At the end of the1960s, he abandoned traditional painting and developed a radical form of conceptual art, adopting 8.7cm wide vertical stripes (1965) and using them as a ‘visual tool’ to prompt a reading of the work’s surroundings rather than just the work itself. Made with paint, fabric, paper and tape, among other materials, the stripes are part of interventions made in galleries, museums, and public sites. For the past fifty years Buren has mainly made works in situ. His pieces respond to the specifications of the particular location in which they stand. Buren’s works have become more sculptural and architectural, although the characteristic stripes are still a key element.

Thu 26 April | 6.00 - 8.00PM
IN ENGLISH
£10 (+booking fee)

French Institute of Scotland
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh, EH1 1RF

Advanced booking recommended: Book at Eventbrite

Contact: 0131 285 60 30 or info ifecosse.org.uk

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Recovering Early Modern Women's Past Workshop Series: Mme de LaFayette

The Recovering Early Modern Women’s Past Workshop Series is presented by Dr Séverine Genieys-Kirk, lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, and supported by the Institut français d'Ecosse. The series examines the lives and literature of female writers from the early modern period (16th to 18th centuries).

The second workshop of this series will focus on Madame de LaFayette’s novels, with a focus on La Princesse de Montpensier.

Thu 31 May | 12.15 - 14.15
IN FRENCH | FREE

Institut français d'Ecosse
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh EH1 1RF

Advanced booking recommended at 0131 285 60 30 or info ifecosse.org.uk

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Recovering Early Modern Women's Past Workshop Series: Mme de Villedieu

The Recovering Early Modern Women’s Past Workshop Series is presented by Dr Séverine Genieys-Kirk, lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, and supported by the Institut français d'Ecosse. The series examines the lives and literature of female writers from the early modern period (16th to 18th centuries).

The first workshop of this series will focus on the work of seventeenth-century playwright and novelist, Mme de Villedieu, with a focus on her play, Le Favori (1665) (H. Goldwyn and A. Evain (eds.), Théâtre de femmes de l'Ancien Régime, XVIIes, 2008).

Thu 17 May | 12.15 - 14.15
IN FRENCH | FREE

Institut français d'Ecosse
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh EH1 1RF

Advanced booking recommended at 0131 285 60 30 or info ifecosse.org.uk

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Afterschool Club: Les enfants font leur cinéma !

In this, the third afterschool club of the Institut français d'Ecosse’s spring term, students go behind the scenes, learning about film and participating in the creation of a mini cartoon using online software Pandacraft.

Led by our experienced and mother-tongue French teachers, our afterschool club series gets students up and actively learning French through doing. Held in French, but dealing with topics outside the traditional scope of language and grammar, these afterschool clubs improve the specificity of vocabulary and give opportunities to use the language in a fun environment.

Fri, 15 June | 2.00 - 3.30pm
Ages 6-12 | IN FRENCH
Snack provided
1 Workshop: £12 (£10 members)
Pack of 3 Workshops: £33 (£27 members)

Institut français d'Ecosse
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh, EH1 1RF

Advanced booking required at 0131 285 60 30 or info ifecosse.org.uk

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Afterschool Club: Miam, miam !

In this, the second afterschool club of the Institut français d'Ecosse’s spring term, students will please their palate with a food tasting experience, paired with games and activities that will focus on food, health, nutrition, and the human body.

Led by our experienced and mother-tongue French teachers, our afterschool club series gets students up and actively learning French through doing. Held in French, but dealing with topics outside the traditional scope of language and grammar, these afterschool clubs improve the specificity of vocabulary and give opportunities to use the language in a fun environment.

Fri, 25 May | 2.00 - 3.30pm
Ages 6-12 | IN FRENCH
Snacks provided
1 Workshop: £12 (£10 members)
Pack of 3 Workshops: £33 (£27 members)

Institut français d'Ecosse
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh, EH1 1RF

Advanced booking required at 0131 285 60 30 or info ifecosse.org.uk

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Afterschool Club: Eurêka!

In the first afterschool club of the Institut français d'Ecosse’s spring term, students will go on a whirlwind tour of the scientific world. Through games and mini experiments, children will learn about our solar system, the animal kingdom, and volcanoes.

Led by our experienced and mother-tongue French teachers, our afterschool club series gets students up and actively learning French through doing. Held in French, but dealing with topics outside the traditional scope of language and grammar, these afterschool clubs improve the specificity of vocabulary and give opportunities to use the language in a fun environment.

Fri, 27 April | 2.00 - 3.30pm
Ages 6-12 | IN FRENCH
1 Workshop: £12 (£10 members)
Pack of 3 Workshops: £33 (£27 members)

Institut français d'Ecosse
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh, EH1 1RF

Advanced booking required at 0131 285 60 30 or info ifecosse.org.uk

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