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FRENCH 133 (AFRICAST 132 / AFRICAAM 133 / JEWISHST 143) Introduction to Francophone Literature from Africa and the Caribbean taught by Dr. Marie-Pierre Ulloa Student authored vignettes on their couscous dinner experience at Bistro Vida on 30/13/17.

Touted as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans," the Mediterranean port city of Salonica (Thessaloniki) was once home to the largest Sephardic Jewish community in the world.

Marie Pierre Ulloa (Department of French and Italian) interviews authors Tobias Wolff and Alice Kaplan on the work and legacy of Albert Camus. The interview features a discussion on Camu's various works including The Stranger and The Algerian Chronicles.

As the investigation into the recent coup attempt in Turkey continues to unfold, Associate Director Burcak Keskin-Kozat provides context for what she has described as a “socio-political implosion.”

Three of our faculty affiliates reflect on the Gezi Park protests that have emerged in Turkey since May 2013.

Davianna Olert, a rising junior in the School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, is working on two interdisciplinary projects with international relations professors Şuhnaz Yilmaz and Belgin San-Akca, as well as Ph.D. student Duygu Sever, at Koc University in Istanbul.

The series "Negotiating French, Maghreb-French, & Jewish Identities Through Literature and History," seeking to enhance a new dialogue between different plural voices writing about multiple Jewish identities originating from France and the Maghreb.  

A Q&A with Julia Phillips Cohen & Sarah Abrevaya Stein, on a new documentary history that sheds light on a vibrant culture.   

The Office of International Affair sat down with our Koc Lecture Series speaker Suhnaz Yilmaz for an in depth interview about the Koc Lecture Series. Read here.

Learn more about Stanford's newest Bing Overseas Studies Program in Istanbul, from a January 2014 article featured in the Stanford Report here.