| posted 23/06/10 : BA Programme Enrolment
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| posted 05/06/10 : Summer Job |
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Reception Clerk |
Job Responsibilities:
- Registration of students; Phone inquiries; Office work; Checking of material in classrooms
Period : July to September 2010
Working hours : Mondays 1:45 to 10:15 pm and Tuesday to Friday : 10am to 6:30 pm
Job location : Jordan Rd, Kowloon
- Applicants should be fluent in Cantonese and in English; Knowledge in French is an advantage; Priority will be given to French language students
Please contact: Eva Chiu at 2823 4900 or
email to eva@alliancefrancaise
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| posted 05/06/10 : Job offer |
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Trade Advisor
Food and Wine Department |
| Job Responsibilities:
•Business matching between French and HK companies
•Maintaining and developing a database of HK importers
• Market research and identification of HK partners on behalf of French companies
• Organization of events, mini trade-fairs to develop trade between French/HK companies;
• Keeping up with innovations/trends linked with the alimentation industry, i.e. food products and wine
• Building new contacts and following-up relations with HK companies, institutions
From : French Trade Commission – UBIFRANCE is the French agency for international business development who comes under the aegis of France’s Ministry for the Economy, Industry & Employment.
download details here
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| posted 25/05/10 : Talk : French Cultural Icons |
Date: June 2, 2010
(Wednesday)
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue:
Médiathèque,
Alliance française, Jordan Rd
Language: French
All are welcome
more info here
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| posted 17/04/10 : Talk: A Floating Sense of Selves: Kikou Yamata's Mediation of Japan |
Date: 5 May 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:30 to 6:00 pm
Venue: Main Building,
Convocation Room
University of Hong Kong
Language: English
All are welcome
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Dr. Denis C. Meyer
School of Modern Languages and Cultures, HKU
Born in Lyon to a French mother and a Japanese diplomat, Kikou Yamata (1897-1975) has authored a substantial number of texts in diverse genres, some written in Japanese, the majority in French. This talk undertakes to read Yamata's literary legacy from three standpoints: her role as a cultural mediator; her position as a woman writer and her subsequent reappraisal of the reified Oriental femininity and, finally, her coming to terms with her French-Japanese identity. These three standpoints are, in fact, closely intertwined, for they all converge towards various types of othernesses: woman as sexual other, Japan as topographical other and hybridity as racial other. We shall therefore attempt to ascertain the extent to which Yamata's writings may convey an innovative perspective on the long-standing East-West politics of othering and its inferred motifs at work in literary fiction and elsewhere. Also, we shall investigate the theme of floating self in Yamata's writings, with a view to assessing its potential to break free from the dialectics of hegemony and alienation subsumed in the traditional East-West representation. |
Dr Denis C. Meyer is Director of the French programme and a Deputy Head in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. His present research and teaching areas comprise the political and cultural history of France, modern French literature, cultural mediation and representation and the didactics of French language and culture. His recent publications include the two following books (in French): A Floating World: Kikou Yamata's Cultural Mediation of Japan, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009; and Keys to France in 80 Cultural Icons, Paris, Hachette, 2010. |
| posted 20/04/10 : French May Cultural Festival 2010 |
| posted 07/04/10 : Talk: The Character of the French Language |
Date: 14 April 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 1:00 to 2:30 pm
Venue: Room CYC-A
Chow Yei Ching Building
University of Hong Kong
Language: English
All are welcome
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Dr. Alain Le Pichon
Research Associate, European Studies
School of Modern Languages and Cultures, HKU
This talk is a personal attempt at characterizing the salient features of the French language as it developed from the Renaissance to the present day. It investigates the different forces at play, from the practice of writers and poets to that of vernacular speakers, from the desire for freedom expressed by many to the enforcement of linguistic rules and regulations decided by a central authority. It also investigates the unusual dichotomy found in the French language between two forms of orality – the spoken language and the prosody found in poetry and in the “Chanson française” – both functioning in structurally different ways, though allowing interplays between them as markers of class, education or humour. Finally, it will consider the differences in mental attitudes hidden in the architecture of French sentences compared with sentences produced by the English language. The talk will be given in English. The many illustrations will of course be delivered in the original French. |
Alain Le Pichon was born and educated in France. After graduating from the Ecole Normale Supérieure at St Cloud, and from Oxford (Christ Church), he took his Agrégation in English and went on to teach at Eton. He subsequently joined an English merchant-bank in the City and later in New York. He now lives in Hong Kong and Paris and, until his retirement at the end of 2009, he taught British cultural History at the Sorbonne. He has published books and articles on British trade in the East and on Hong Kong's colonial history and society. His China Trade and Empire was published by Oxford University Press for the British Academy. It is the first edition of letters written during the period 1825-1843 by the founders of Jardine, Matheson & Co. This latest work – Bethanie and Nazareth, French Secrets from a British Colony – recalls the presence and activities of the French missionaries in Hong Kong. He was recently appointed Honorary Research Associate in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures of the University of Hong Kong. |
| posted 31/03/10 : Talk: Study in France |
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Mr. P. Prashant
Director, CampusFrance Hong Kong
Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau
The presentation will cover the following topics:
- France, old perceptions and new realities
- France today
- French language and culture
- Why choose France to study?
- French higher education system
- Scholarships, financial help
- Cost of living, visa procedures
The talk will be followed by a Q&A session and student presentations of their experience in the country.
This talk is organized with the support of the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau and is held as part of broadening course YLAN0005- An Introduction to France and the Francophone World. |
Date: 7 April 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 1:00 to 2:30 pm
Venue: Room KKLG102, K.K. Leung Building, HKU
Language: English
All are welcome
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| posted 26/03/10 : Talk: France and Europe |
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Mr. Christian Ramage
Deputy Consul General
Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau
In this presentation Mr. Ramage will examine the following questions: Why Europe? What is the definition of Europe? What is the European definition based on? - Geography? Religion? Ethnic background? History? Political or Social values? Why countries having waged wars for centuries decided to work together for peace and prosperity? Why did this cooperation work? What does it mean to be European today?
This talk is organized with the support of the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau and is held as part of broadening course YLAN0005- An Introduction to France and the Francophone World. |
Date: 31 March 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 1:00 to 2:30 pm
Venue: Room KKLG102, K.K. Leung Building, HKU
Language: English
All are welcome |
| posted 18/03/10 : Talk: Marie Laberge |
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La romancière Marie Laberge a fait ses débuts il y a vingt ans avec Juillet et, depuis, ses neuf romans ne cessent d’attirer un lectorat de plus en plus vaste. Elle a obtenu différentes récompenses, dont les prix du public qui sont particulièrement chers au cœur de cette écrivaine qui connaît une grande popularité et qui entretient un rapport particulièrement chaleureux avec ses lecteurs. Sa trilogie Le goût du bonheur parue en 2001 a été un succès sans précédent du monde de l’édition québécoise avec plus de 600,000 exemplaires vendus au Québec seulement.
More details here
Wednesday 24 March, 13:00 – 15:00
Salle CYC/A, The University of Hong Kong
All are welcome
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| posted 08/03/10 : "Crédit Agricole Scholarships" |
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A brand new Scholarship is launched this year to promote studies in France in the area of business, marketing, finance etc.
This scholarship is designed for students from 7 countries, including Hong Kong, aspiring to pursue a Master degree in France. 10 scholarhips will be awarded for the coming academic year (2010-11).
Application deadline: April 5, 2010
More details here
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| posted 22/02/10 : European Higher Education Fair 2010 |
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49 academic institutions from 13 European countries will present their study programmes and discuss individual needs with the visitors. English language study programmes especially tailored for international students will be highlighted throughout the Fair.
France ranks 4th in welcoming international students after USA, Australia & UK and hence ranks number 1 in continental Europe.
More details on the Fair and French schools
Arrange an interview in advance
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13-14 March 2010 (Sat. and Sun.)
1 PM - 6 PM
Central Library, Causeway Bay |
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A Double Sense of an Artistic Revolution
Doubt, Time and Violence in the Jintian school of poetry and the Xingxing painting group in 1970s China
Professor Jin Siyan
University of Artois, France
Wednesday 3 February, 2010
5:15pm – 6:45pm
Room TS303 (T.T. Tsui Blg)
The University of Hong Kong
The talk will be conducted in English – All are welcome | see details
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Voltaire and China
Professor Charles Coutel
University of Artois, France
Thursday 4 February, 2010
5:15pm – 6:45pm
Room K726 (Knowles Blg)
The University of Hong Kong
The talk will be conducted in French – All are welcome | see details |
| posted 05/01/10 : Job offer : Liaison Assistant, French May 2010 |
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The Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau is now recruiting a post of Liaison assistant for the period January-June 2010 to assist in the following areas and responsibilities:
– Manage events invitations, VIP database, brochures distribution, bulk tickets sales etc.)
- Organise Le French May press conference (budget forecast, logistics arrangement, guests invitation etc.)
- Handle media enquiry and arrange interviews with TV, Radio and online media
- Draft press releases
- Manage advertising in Le French May brochure
- Manage marketing survey and questionnaire of programmes
- Venue set-up and receptionist
Requirements:
- University Degree holder, preferably in Art Management, Cultural-related field, General Management, Marketing and Communications, or language-related disciplines
- Native Chinese speaker and strong language skills in English (Knowledge of French is a plus)
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft software applications (Word, Excel, ppt)
Please send your CV and Cover letter to
Ms Joanne Chan
Joanne.chan@consulfrance-hongkong.org
Consulate General of France in Hong Kong, 25/F, Tower 2, Admiralty Centre, Harcourt Road, Hong Kong.
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