French Trust Fund - News and Events
the FTF Advisory Board decided in 2009 to make its first awards to support research travel for postgraduates focusing on French-Australian relations. Two students, Amie Sexton and Fabrice Dauchez, benefited from these grants. Presentations will take place at the inaugural Awards and Fundraising Dinner to be held at University House on 2 December 2009.
The Inaugural Awards and Fundraising Dinner of the University of Melbourne French Trust Fund will take place on Wednesday 2 December 2009.
Guests will be addressed by celebrated wine-maker Dominique Portet.
A limited number of places are still available.
Price: $75 per head (cocktails & finger food, and a two-course meal with wine)
Inquiries: Professor Colin Nettelbeck (cnettel@unimelb.edu.au)
Previously held Events
- March 16, 2009 - Public Lecture by Dr Jaqueline Dutton
"Encounters with JMG Le Clézio: 2008 Nobel Prize in Litterature"
- April 26, 2008 - Public Launch of the French Trust Fund
Lecture by Professor Jean-Noël Jeanneney
"The Civic Responsibility of Historians"
- EGYPT EVENT - Wednesday 11 April 2007.
Discovering Egypt: Presentation on Egyptian exhibition at the Ian Potter Museum of Art - CINEMA EVENT - Wednesday 6 March 2007.
French cinema: the good and the garbage -
POLITICS EVENT - Tuesday 13 March 2007.
Ségo or Sarko or ? The 2007 French presidential elections - Dr Dominique de Gasquet
5:30pm Thursday 9th August 2007
Diversité culturelle et littérature: influences, traductions, adaptations, réception et Irradiation: les échanges d'identité entre Marguerite Yourcenar et Mishima Yukio. deGasquet flyer(pdf)
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