President Vincent Price and French Ambassador Laurent Bili (center figures) discussed the value of international cooperation on education. Photo by John West, Trinity College
French Ambassador Visits Duke Leaders, Center for French and Francophone Studies
French Ambassador Visits Duke Leaders, Center for French and Francophone Studies
On Sept. 20, French Ambassador Laurent Bili met with President Vincent Price, Provost Alec Gallimore, Vice President Chris Simmons and Trinity College's Arts & Humanities Dean Leo Ching to discuss transatlantic academic cooperation. The visit reflected the French embassy's commitment to academic partnership in general, and to French and Francophone Studies in particular.
The Duke Center for French and Francophone Studies (CFFS), which is the only Centre d'Excellence funded by the embassy in the Southeast (out of the 28 centers nationally), was evaluated by the ambassador as the top one in the country.
Ambassador Bili emphasized the priority given to university and research cooperation between the U.S. and France in France's global strategic plan, and the vital role to be played by research centers such as Duke's CFFS, which is directed by Professor Anne-Gaëlle Saliot.
Meeting in the Allen Building conference room, French ambassador Laurent Bili converses with Duke officials, on left, Vice President Chris Simmons, Humanities Dean Leo Ching, Provost Alec Gallimore and President Vincent Price.
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