Centers of Excellence

KEY PERSONNEL

Director: Ourida Mostefai
 

CENTER STRUCTURE

The Center of Excellence at Brown University is housed at the Cogut Institute for the Humanities, which supports collaborative research among scholars in the humanities, focusing on interdisciplinary and comparative work across cultural and linguistic boundaries.

PROFILE

The Center of Excellence at Brown University aims to integrate, support, and promote research and teaching connected with France. For each academic year, the Center invites project proposals that meet one or more of the goals specified by the Embassy of France: enhancing the status of France within European Union studies, promoting France-US relations through interdisciplinary teaching programs, encouraging public-private and research partnerships with France, and innovating in the realm of outreach activities to encourage student interest in France.

MAIN RESEARCH THEMES

• History of Art and Architecture
• History
• Comparative Literature
• French Studies

CONTACT

Ourida Mostefai, Director ourida_mostefai@brown.edu

Brown University French Center of Excellence

Cogut Institute for the Humanities

172 Meeting Street / Box 1983

Providence, RI 02912