title                                                                                            Paris
Associate professor of French & Film
French studies
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
University of Florida, Gainesville


301 Pugh Hall, P.O. Box 115565,
Gainesville, FL 32611-5565

Office 243 Dauer Hall,
352-273-3771.

email: sylblum@ufl.edu
French URL: LLC
Fall 2009 Office Hours: Monday 1:3:45pm, Wednesday 1-2pm
         


Academic Profile

               
Licence d'Anglais, Paris III- Sorbonne Nouvelle

MA French,  PhD University of Iowa (French & Film doctoral program) http://www.uiowa.edu/

                Dissertation: Writing Nostalgia: Fiction and Photography.      
                Dissertation director: Professor Steven Ungar.
Keywords:
Duras, Marguerite--Criticism and interpretation., Modiano, Patrick,--1945---Criticism and interpretation., Perec, Georges,--1936-1982--Criticism and interpretation., French fiction--20th century--History and criticism., Nostalgia in literature., Photographs in literature.


French Undergraduate  Advisor / French, 2003 to present

        New Study abroad program in Paris, summer 2010. 

       

                Undergraduate Studies in French, description of the major + minor:  

FRENCH MAJOR 

--DESCRIPTIONS 

Teaching Assistantships in France

                University of Florida Affiliations:

Film and Media Studies
Women's Studies & Gender research
Center for African Studies
Center for European Studies

PRINCIPAL RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Twentieth & Twenty-first Century French literature, French Cultural Studies,  European cinema, Migrant narratives, Photography.

CURRENT RESEARCH & PROJECT:

 A book-length project exploring migration narratives in European Cinema.

Awards and nominations

CLAS teaching award nomination. Fall 2005. (declined to further assemble portfolio)
2005 MLA regional assembly delegate nomination
May Convocation. Faculty recognition Class 2004.
Teacher's Award Nomination, College of Liberal Arts, Fall 2002
Anderson/College of Liberal Arts Scholar Faculty Honoree, fall 1999 & 2001
Statut de Chercheur Associé, Summer-fall 2000, Paris: Forum des Images
Student Affairs Vice-President list for University of Florida Counseling Center, Spring 2000 (students' survey)
Anderson Scholar Faculty Honoree, U. Florida, Fall 1999
Teaching Improvement Award, Fall 1998

Fellowship(s)/ Grants

FACE (French film festival grant, New York, spring 09. Program
FACE (French film festival Grant, New York- Spring 08. Program. poster
Hippodrome state theatre 
FACE (French Film Festival Grant, New York) -spring 07 festival. Program.festival07(description/location, contact)
FACE (French Film Festival Grant, New York)  -spring 06 festival
Center for European Studies grant “ new course proposal : European Identities, European
Cinemas  summer 05
FACSEA (French Film festival grant, New York) Spring 2004 festival
Humanities Enhancement Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts, summer 2003
RLL Research Mini-Grant, Summer 2003
Fine Arts and Humanities Scholarship, summer 1998
CLAS Research Initiation Project Grant, summer 1997
N.E.H. Fellowship for University Teachers, SUNY Albany, 1991.Summer Seminar
Council International Study Program, International Faculty Development Seminar, Tradition & Transformation in Vietnam, July 7-17, 2001.

Recent Course offerings:

Jacques Tati: "Tatiland" Course description

European Cinemas, European Identities

Francophone cinema

Women and film: Paris was a woman                                   

French theatre (20th & 21st century)



Conference organizer
Publications

Fall 09 Event


Studies
in French Cinema and conferences/journals

Personal Favorites





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