03/23/09
Ambassador of France to the United States visits UB
Posted by Jessica on March 23, 2009 in Academic Presentations
His Excellency Pierre Vimont, Ambassador of France to the United States, will be visiting the University at Buffalo (UB) on Wednesday, April 8, 2009. This is only the second time that a sitting French Ambassador has visited Buffalo. Ambassador Vimont will be accompanied by Ambassador Guy Yelda, the new Consul General of France to New York, and Dr. Pascal Delisle, Cultural Attaché and Director of the University Partnership Fund at the Embassy. This is truly a landmark event in the long history of France’s involvement in the Western New York and Niagara Region. We are most grateful to Pascal Soares, Honorary Consul of France in Buffalo, for making this visit possible.
You are cordially invited to attend Ambassador Vimont’s public lecture at UB titled “The United States and France and the Renewal of Transatlantic Relations,” which will be delivered at the Drama Theatre, Center for the Arts (CFA), UB North Campus on April 8 at 3:00 pm. A question and answer period will follow. You are also welcome to join the reception for our French guests immediately following the lecture in the CFA Atrium. Please be advised that if you will be coming to UB from off campus to attend the lecture and reception you should park in the Special Event Parking Lot, a section of which will be reserved for this event. Please bring a print-out of this invitation with you to show the parking attendant. Kindly refer to the North Campus map for the location of the Special Event Parking Lot: http://www.buffalo.edu/buildings/maps/NorthCampus.pdf
In conjunction with the Ambassador’s visit, University Libraries, in cooperation with Professor Jean-Jacques Thomas, the Melodia E. Jones Chair of French, has created a set of special exhibits on the role of France in the region and the study of French language and culture at UB. The exhibits are free and open to the public and will be on display from the beginning of April to mid-May.
An exhibit in Special Collections, 420 Capen Hall, is titled, “Marshall, Jones, and Park—French History and Culture and the University at Buffalo.” A second exhibit at Lockwood Library, “The Julian Park Collection: Rare Books Portray French History and Culture,” presents the extraordinary collection of Julian Park, son of Roswell Park and the founding dean of UB’s College of Arts and Sciences, who developed and nurtured French studies at UB, facilitated the establishment of the Melodia Jones Chair, and bequeathed his remarkable collection of French literature to the University. For exhibit hours, please consult the University Libraries website: http://library.buffalo.edu/
