Upcoming French events
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Café scientifique organised with the MFO
On Friday 25 June Yves Sintomer will give a talk in French on ‘Innovation démocratique dans la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique: la convention citoyenne française pour le climat’ (Democratic innovation in the fight against global warming: the French citizen convention for the climate). Organised in collaboration with the Maison Française d’Oxford.
Online with Zoom - FREE
Friday 25th June
10:00am-11.00am -
Conférence Antivax
Join us to talk about the reluctance of the French towards medical progress, especially vaccines. Political, ecological, cultural or traditional arguments, Laurent Henri-Vignaud will share with us the analysis of his book “Antivax: la résistance aux vaccins du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours” written in 2019 and which is all the more relevant with the health crisis.
Online with Zoom - FREE
Tuesday 8th June
6pm-7pm -
Online French book club
Join us to discuss the poems and songs written by the iconic French singer Georges Brassens. He wrote more than 200 songs such as “La mauvaise reputation”, “Chanson pour l’auvergnat”and “Les copains d’abord”. He was awarded the Grand Prix for poetry by the Académie Française in 1967.
Online - £12
From intermediate(B1)
Saturday 12th June
10:30am-12:00pm -
Online French book club
Join us to discuss “Les Impatientes” by Djaili Amadou Amal (prix Goncourt 2020) and the story of three women trying to break free from the condition of women in the Sahel. Forced marriage, domestic violence…the author breaks taboos and denounces violence against women.
Online - £12
From intermediate(B1)
Saturday 3rd July
10:30am-12:00pm -
Petanque tournament
Join us for our first ever Petanque tournament, learn the vocabulary and pretend that you are in the south of France for an afternoon! Expect music, French crêpes, and bonne humeur. NB: the teams will be organised during the tournament. If you want to take part to the tournament please reserve your ticket.
South Park - FREE
Saturday 3rd July
3pm-6pm
