About Us

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The Paris Research Center, the University of Florida's first locale in France, serves to facilitate exchange and international research endeavors for University of Florida scholars and students campus-wide. It is designed to provide a platform for innovative and wide-ranging international program development.

In June, 2003, the Office of the Provost, the University of Florida International Center and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences established membership at Columbia University's Reid Hall, Paris and granted the creation of the University of Florida Paris Research Center, directed by Dr. Gayle Zachmann, Associate Professor of French.

The Paris Research Center offers UF scholars an international home office for communications and consultation, administrative and networking services, event and program organization, assistance with study abroad program development, as well as reading rooms, classrooms, meeting rooms, and limited office space for program directors and/or scholars in residence.

Centrally located at the heart of Paris's Montparnasse district and a few blocks from the Latin Quarter, Columbia University's renowned Reid Hall houses UF's Paris Research Center. The Paris Research Center hosts numerous UF Sponsored Study Abroad Programs . On site, UF scholars and students benefit from opportunities offered by study aboard programs of the highest caliber, joining other universities and Reid Hall site-member programs including those of Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Vassar College, Wesleyan College, Dartmouth College, Smith College, Tulane University, and Sarah Lawrence College.

The Paris Research Center enjoys membership affiliation with numerous units of the University of Florida and welcomes new members . The Paris Research Center provides facilities, administrative support, and limited funding for lecture series, workshops, symposia, research stays, and other initiatives promoting international exchange. Proposals for activities that may be facilitated by the PRC should be submitted to the Director, Dr. Gayle Zachmann, Associate Professor of French.

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