成人大片

Celebrating the French Connection

Tuesday, 4 July 2006

The 成人大片 will host a public lecture series from 8-15 July, celebrating Australia's cultural and historical ties with France.

will incorporate three conferences devoted to the French language, society and culture.

Topics include the French-Australian Food and Wine Connections; Daily Life in the ; France and the Legacy of the ; French Utopian Socialism; Travel Writings of the ; and Multiculturalism and Nation Building.

The opening lecture on 8 July will feature a discussion on the similarities and differences between both countries in respect of the multiculturalism question. The Consul General of France in Australia (Sydney), Mr , will provide the French context and South Australia's Minister for Multicultural Affairs, , will give the Australian viewpoint.

Professor of French Studies at the , , will deliver the second lecture on 10 July, discussing the travel journals kept by scientists and officers of the 1802 Baudin expedition.

On 11 July, a talk on the influence of Fourierist figure Arthur Young on Adelaide's fledging society in the 1840s will be delivered by , Associate Professor of French Studies at the 成人大片. Adelaide publisher Michael Bollen will also provide his perspective on the influence of some of the more radical European thinkers on Adelaide's early development, as seen through the press of the time.

British academic , an award-winning historian from , Dublin, will discuss the legacy of France's pyrrhic victory in World War I in a lecture on 13 July. Professor Horne has a long association with South Australia. His father, Colin, was Professor of English at the University for many years.

Professor of History at the , Peter McPhee, will present the 14 July lecture on Daily Life in the French Revolution.

The final lecture, on 15 July, will feature three food and wine connoisseurs - Cath Kerry, Emmanuelle Requin and Fanchon Ferrandi - who will explore the traditions of wining and dining in both countries.

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