1. Overseas programs:
Graduate students who have completed the MA are eligible to participate in our year-long exchange programs with the University of Bordeaux-III and the University of Paris-VIII. UCSB students who are native English speakers are hired to teach English in these universities, and are encouraged to take courses and/or engage in archival research during their year abroad. Please see our handbook for more details.
Graduate students may also participate in UC's Education Abroad Program, which enables them to enroll in institutions in Paris, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lyon, or Toulouse.
2. The Summer Institute of French Cultural Studies at Dartmouth College :
Depending on the availability of funds, an advanced graduate student will be selected to represent our Department at the Summer Institute of French Cultural Studies that take place at Dartmouth College every other summer. Directed by Lawrence Kritzman (Pat and John Rosenwald Research Professor in Arts and Sciences at Dartmouth), the Institute examines the disciplinary boundaries and pedagogical practices in the foreign language classroom by pairing prominent scholars from a variety of fields and different institutions of higher learning from both sides of the Atlantic.
3. The Chateaubriand Fellowship:
American students who are advanced to candidacy are urged to apply for the Chateaubriand Fellowship, sponsored by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The fellowship enables students to conduct research in France 6-12 months. For details, go to:
http://www.frenchculture.org/education/support/
Other extramural programs enable eligible students to study abroad: the Rotary International Ambassador Program, the Fulbright Fellowship, and others
