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Papers by Anne Lair
Royal Taste: Food, Power and Status at the European Courts After 1789, 2011
The following essay will explain how the Angers Summer Institute offered by the University of Nor... more The following essay will explain how the Angers Summer Institute offered by the University of Northern Iowa started and what has contributed to its many successes for over three decades, such as the choice of courses, staffing and the importance of the host families. The teaching of foreign languages in the United States can be characterized as having had many high and low points. Languages that were in vogue thirty or forty years ago have had to struggle in the past few years. Fifty or so years ago no self-respecting foreign languages department would have considered not offering latin. German and French were judged as extremely important and candidates working on their doctorate degrees were required to pass an exam on their ability to read one of these languages depending on their field of study: German for math and the sciences, French for literature and areas related to the humanities and the arts. Spanish was accepted only in special areas for these graduate students. Times ha...
One of this year\u27s bestsellers in the nation remains French Women Don\u27t Get Fat. More than ... more One of this year\u27s bestsellers in the nation remains French Women Don\u27t Get Fat. More than one million copies have been sold already, and this tremendous success may be attributed to the book\u27s topic, food, which is also one of the \u27hottest\u27 topics to be studied in terms of anthropology, culture, film, and literature within the last fifteen years. While the volume has received much attention by the mainstream media in the United States, I should like to add a different perspective to such voices: I shall place it in the context of French culture, analyze its popularity in the U.S., and try to explain why it would never achieve the same popularity in France
Teaching about the Middle Ages in French culture or literature courses is always an enlightening ... more Teaching about the Middle Ages in French culture or literature courses is always an enlightening experience to me because of the richness of symbols, events, and starting points occurring during this time period. Very often, when thinking about the Middle Ages, Christianity, chivalry, and nobility come to mind, all values still of high importance in contemporary Western societies. However, medieval culture presents itself with an array of other behaviors and values, some of which may today be considered as offensive and even sometimes “alienating”: primitive, barbaric, or even animalistic forms of behavior
TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, Apr 26, 2010
Medievalism, the continuing process of rethinking, rewriting, and recreating the Middle Ages, is ... more Medievalism, the continuing process of rethinking, rewriting, and recreating the Middle Ages, is a cultural phenomenon that has in recent years received much attention not only in the academy in general, but especially on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa. In 2002, Jesse Swan and I co-hosted the Seventeenth International Conference on Medievalism on the UNI campus, with
Contemporary French Civilization, 2003
This study examines the special situation of nonnative speakers of English who teach foreign lang... more This study examines the special situation of nonnative speakers of English who teach foreign languages at U.S. institution. It argues that modules designed specifically for mentoring international foreign language teaching assistants (IFLTAs) must be included in teaching assistant workshops and seminars offered by foreign language departments. Based on a survey conducted at a large Midwestern research university, the study examines common concerns raised by IFLTAs in three distinct categories: language, acculturation, and university policy. It addresses matters of English and target language usage in the classroom, cross-cultural exchange and its role in foreign language instruction, and the international TAs understanding of university policy visa -vis institutional regulations in their own countries. The International Graduate Associate Survey is appended.
Royal Taste: Food, Power and Status at the European Courts After 1789, 2011
The following essay will explain how the Angers Summer Institute offered by the University of Nor... more The following essay will explain how the Angers Summer Institute offered by the University of Northern Iowa started and what has contributed to its many successes for over three decades, such as the choice of courses, staffing and the importance of the host families. The teaching of foreign languages in the United States can be characterized as having had many high and low points. Languages that were in vogue thirty or forty years ago have had to struggle in the past few years. Fifty or so years ago no self-respecting foreign languages department would have considered not offering latin. German and French were judged as extremely important and candidates working on their doctorate degrees were required to pass an exam on their ability to read one of these languages depending on their field of study: German for math and the sciences, French for literature and areas related to the humanities and the arts. Spanish was accepted only in special areas for these graduate students. Times ha...
One of this year\u27s bestsellers in the nation remains French Women Don\u27t Get Fat. More than ... more One of this year\u27s bestsellers in the nation remains French Women Don\u27t Get Fat. More than one million copies have been sold already, and this tremendous success may be attributed to the book\u27s topic, food, which is also one of the \u27hottest\u27 topics to be studied in terms of anthropology, culture, film, and literature within the last fifteen years. While the volume has received much attention by the mainstream media in the United States, I should like to add a different perspective to such voices: I shall place it in the context of French culture, analyze its popularity in the U.S., and try to explain why it would never achieve the same popularity in France
Teaching about the Middle Ages in French culture or literature courses is always an enlightening ... more Teaching about the Middle Ages in French culture or literature courses is always an enlightening experience to me because of the richness of symbols, events, and starting points occurring during this time period. Very often, when thinking about the Middle Ages, Christianity, chivalry, and nobility come to mind, all values still of high importance in contemporary Western societies. However, medieval culture presents itself with an array of other behaviors and values, some of which may today be considered as offensive and even sometimes “alienating”: primitive, barbaric, or even animalistic forms of behavior
TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, Apr 26, 2010
Medievalism, the continuing process of rethinking, rewriting, and recreating the Middle Ages, is ... more Medievalism, the continuing process of rethinking, rewriting, and recreating the Middle Ages, is a cultural phenomenon that has in recent years received much attention not only in the academy in general, but especially on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa. In 2002, Jesse Swan and I co-hosted the Seventeenth International Conference on Medievalism on the UNI campus, with
Contemporary French Civilization, 2003
This study examines the special situation of nonnative speakers of English who teach foreign lang... more This study examines the special situation of nonnative speakers of English who teach foreign languages at U.S. institution. It argues that modules designed specifically for mentoring international foreign language teaching assistants (IFLTAs) must be included in teaching assistant workshops and seminars offered by foreign language departments. Based on a survey conducted at a large Midwestern research university, the study examines common concerns raised by IFLTAs in three distinct categories: language, acculturation, and university policy. It addresses matters of English and target language usage in the classroom, cross-cultural exchange and its role in foreign language instruction, and the international TAs understanding of university policy visa -vis institutional regulations in their own countries. The International Graduate Associate Survey is appended.