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Cambridge companions, now online

2012-01-30T14:37:00.000-08:00

We have purchased electronic access to the Cambridge Companion series, which includes quite a few titles on France and Italy. These are available in SearchWorks by title (limit to "Online"). You can also search from the entire Cambridge Companions Complete Online database. Titles that may be of interest include online editions of the following: Unwin, Timothy A. The Cambridge Companion to the

New Acquisitions- January 2012

2012-01-13T09:00:00.000-08:00

French Albera, Dionigi. Au fil des générations: terre, pouvoir et parenté dans l'Europe alpine, XIVe-XXe siècles. Grenoble: Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 2011. Carrère d'Encausse, Hélène. Des siècles d'immortalité: l'académie française, 1635. [Paris]: Fayard, 2011. Cusset, François, and David Homel. The Inverted Gaze: Queering the French Literary Classics in America.

Pietro Bembo: Humanist, Linguist, Literary Theorist, Poet...

2012-01-06T00:00:00.000-08:00

Pietro Bembo, (born May 20, 1470, Venice—died Jan. 18, 1547, Rome), was a Renaissance cardinal who wrote one of the earliest Italian grammars and assisted in establishing the Italian literary language. In 1513, Bembo became secretary to Pope Leo X in Rome. On Leo’s death (1521), he retired to Padua. He accepted the office of historiographer of Venice in 1529, and was shortly thereafter

New Acquisitions- December 2011

2011-12-15T09:09:00.000-08:00

French Balibar, Etienne, and Etienne Balibar. Citoyen sujet et autres essais d'anthropologie philosophique. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2011. Blanchet, Karl, and Boris Martin. Many Reasons to Intervene: French and British Approaches to Humanitarian Action. New York: Columbia University Press, 2011. Pioffet, Marie-Christine, Daniel Maher, Marie Lise Laquerre, and

Bon Anniversaire, Gustave Flaubert!

2011-12-09T06:00:00.000-08:00

French novelist Gustave Flaubert, author of Madame Bovary, was born on December 12, 1821 in Rouen, France. Primary Sources: Flaubert, Gustave. Lettre de M. Gustave Flaubert à la municipalité de Rouen au sujet d'un vote concernant Louis Bouilhet. Paris: Michel Lévyfrères, 1872. Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary: Moeurs De Province. Paris: M. Lévyfrères, 1857. French Autograph Collection. (

Recently Acquired Rare and Antiquarian Materials- December 2011

2011-11-28T10:09:00.001-08:00

More early works on women... De conceptu... from De conceptu... Durey de Meinières,Octavie Guichard. Observations sur la noblesse et le tiers-état.Amsterdam: Chez Arkstée & Merkus, 1758. Feydeau, Ernest. Du luxe des femmes: des moeurs,de la littérature et de la vertu. Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1866.Mirabaud., Mme. Robert. A propos du suffrage desfemmes. Epinal: Imprimérie

Anniversary of Révolte des Canuts

2011-11-18T10:57:00.000-08:00

November 21st is the 170th anniversary of the Révolte des Canuts in Lyon, France. The silk weavers of Lyon (called canuts) rose up against the tarif, or fixed minimum rate for finished cloth. Following salary decreases, the tarif was negotiated between manufacturers of silk, foremen, and silk weavers in October of 1831. However, most of the manufacturers refused to apply it. On November 21,

New Acquisitions- November 2011

2011-11-14T11:30:00.000-08:00

French Amselle, Jean-Loup. L'ethnicisation de la France. Paris: Lignes, 2011. Biet, Antoine, and Jack Le Roux. Voyage de la France équinoxiale en l'isle de Cayenne entrepris par les François en l'année 1652. [Colombelles]: Valhermeil, 2011. Brouard, Sylvain, and Vincent Tiberj. As French As Everyone Else? A Survey of French Citizens of Maghrebin, African, and Turkish

Recent Faculty Publications

2011-11-08T10:50:00.000-08:00

Alduy, Cécile. “Archéologie d'un gros plan : sémiologie du sexe imprimé dans les Blasons anatomiques du corps féminin (1539-1554).” In Obscénités Renaissantes by Hugh Roberts, Guillaume Peureux, and Lise Wajeman, 163-192. Genève: Libr. Droz, 2011. Apostolidès, Jean-Marie. Dans la peau de Tintin. Bruxelles: Les Impressions nouvelles, 2010. Baker, Keith Michael. "Enlightenment

Recently Acquired Rare and Antiquarian Books- November 2011

2011-11-01T14:47:00.000-07:00

We recently acquired a selection of works on French Morocco : Morocco. A la découverte du Maroc. [Petit guide d'étude du milieu pour les moniteurs de colonies de vacances. Rabat: Direction de l'instruction publique, 1953. André, Marie Therèse. Un ami des scouts: Lyautey. Paris: Alsatia, 1940. Barety, Léon. La France au Maroc. Paris: F. Carbonnel, 1932. Bonjean, François. Au Maroc en

15th New Italian Cinema Festival

2011-10-24T09:32:00.000-07:00

The San Francisco Film Society and New Italian Cinema Events of Florence, Italy present New Italian Cinema, November 13–20 at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema. The eight-day series features a tribute to Daniele Luchetti, eight films from emerging filmmakers, numerous filmmaker guests and Nanni Moretti’s Habemus Papam. For more information click here.

New Acquistions, September/October 2011

2011-10-13T12:20:00.000-07:00

A selection of new books to start off the Fall Quarter...French: Allemand, Sylvain, Edith Heurgon, and Claire Paulhan. De Pontigny à Cerisy: des lieux pour penser avec ensemble. Paris: Hermann, 2011. Begag, Azouz. C'est quand il y en a beaucoup: nouveaux périls identitaires français. Paris: Belin, 2011. Cabanel, Patrick, and Jacques Fijalkow. Histoire régionale de la Shoah en France:

Recently Acquired Rare and Antiquarian Books - October 2011

2011-10-03T13:03:00.000-07:00

AUGIER DU FOT (M.). Catéchisme sur l’art des accouchements pour les sages-femmes de la campagne, Fait par l’ordre du Gouvernement... et imprimé aux dépens du diocèse. Montpellier, Jean Mariel aîné, 1776. in 12 (9,9 x 16 cm. xxiv-90 pp.-(2)ff. BURNEY (Miss). Évelina, ou L’Entrée d’une jeune personne dans le monde. Traduit de l’anglais. Paris, Imbert, Avril 1798. 2 volumes in 12 (71 x 130

French Cinema Now

2011-09-28T09:51:00.000-07:00

San Francisco's annual French ciné-fest - French Cinema Now - is coming up soon. The program was just announced, and includes this year's winner at Cannes, Le gamin au velo, Mathieu Amalric's version of Corneille's L'Illusion comique, as well as other films with Audrey Tautou, Vincent Landon, and Yolande Moreau. For the full program and to purchase tickets, go here.

Recent Faculty Publications

2011-09-22T10:29:00.000-07:00

Recent Stanford faculty publications in French and Italian Studies... Ceserani, Remo. L’Occhio della Medusa: Fotografia e Letteratura. Turin: Bollati Boringhieri, 2011. Daughton, J.P. "Behind the Imperial Curtain: International Humanitarian Efforts and the Critique of French Colonialism in the Interwar Years". French Historical Studies. 34, no. 3 (2011): 503-528. Gumbrecht,

MacArthur "genius" grant goes to French historian

2011-09-20T13:58:00.000-07:00

In a show of support for the notion that humanities scholarship is vital for our society, the MacArthur Foundation named Jacob Soll, a historian of Early Modern Europe at Rutgers University, who works specifically on France, as one of its 2011 Award recipients. Soll presented his work on Colbert at Stanford in 2005 to a meeting of the French Culture Workshop. In addition to many articles on

New Acquisitions, August-September 2011

2011-09-15T12:05:00.001-07:00

A selected list of recent additions to Stanford’s French and Italian collections... French Beaulieu, Jean-Philippe, and Andrea Oberhuber. Jeu de masques: les femmes et le travestissement textuel (1500-1940). Saint-Étienne: Publications de l'Université de Saint-Étienne, 2011. Bruneau, Jean-Baptiste. Le cas Drieu: Drieu La Rochelle entre écriture et engagement : débats, représentations et

Recently acquired rare and antiquarian materials – Roman de la Rose, early French atlas, anarchist journal

2011-09-01T13:51:00.000-07:00

Some items of interest that are arriving soon in Special Collections. LORRIS, Guillaume de, MEUNG, Jean de. Le Rommant de la Rose nouvellement revues et corrigé selon les precedentes impressions. [à la fin] ... et imprimé nouvellement à Paris l'an Mille cinq cent xxx viii. On les vends à Paris, Arnould et Charles les Angeliers freres ... The first published volume of the Roman de la Rose

Sabin Americana, 1500-1926

2011-08-30T15:40:00.000-07:00

With a name like Sabin Americana, one might not think that this resource would have much to offer historians of France. However, this new online full-text database, based on the important bibliography by Sabin, Bibliotheca Americana – A Dictionary of Books Relating to America From its Discovery to the Present Time, includes quite a few rare materials in French. Researchers working on French

New Books - Summer 2011

2011-08-15T15:06:00.000-07:00

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Database of Early Italian Books

2011-08-11T14:30:00.000-07:00

During the spring, we purchased a database called "Early European Books." Like the well-known Early English Books Online (EEBO), which it complements, EEB contains high resolution digital images of books printed in continental Europe from the advent of printing until 1700. We acquired Collection 2, which contains early Italian books and will be a valuable resource to anyone doing research on

Recently acquired rare and antiquarian books - Summer 2011

2011-08-01T10:50:00.000-07:00

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Back to work - and update on Le Grand Robert

2011-07-13T15:45:00.000-07:00

Hi all, I have returned to work after my leave of absence - and will be start to regularly update this blog with new acquisitions, database tips, and other news related to research and library resources. For today's tip, a reminder that we have access to the online version of Le Grand Robert French dictionary, either from the Databases page or by searching "Grand Robert" in the catalog. (We now

Dreyfus Affair microfilm collection

2011-02-14T13:29:00.000-08:00

We have had a microfilm collection entitled "Dreyfus Affair in the making of modern France" for many years, but the individual titles included in this collection have not been made accessible in the library catalog. The only way to find out if we had these titles was by using the print guide down in the Media and Microfilm Room in the basement. We recently purchased the online records for these

SF Antiquarian Book Fair

2011-02-04T07:42:00.000-08:00

We are fortunate to live nearby one of the largest rare and antiquarian book fairs in the country. The California International Antiquarian Book Fair will be held next weekend, Feb. 11-13, at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco. Many of the book dealers whom we work with throughout the year come to sell their treasures, and it is a great experience to see a large variety of rare

Recently acquired rare and antiquarian books

2011-02-01T09:49:00.000-08:00

Here are some books that we have added to Special Collections over the past few months: CAHIER de Chansons appartenant au Soldat Louis Ginet. 18ème Colonial. Souvenir du Tonkin. Poste de Dang Trieu. Tonkin, 1902. MANUSCRIT in-4. 175ff. non chiffrés. A beautifully hand-illustrated songbook compiled by a French soldier in Tonkin in the early 20th century. @font-face { font-family: "ＭＳ明朝"; }

Journal of Romance Studies

2011-01-25T14:46:00.000-08:00

The Journal of Romance Studies just published its latest issue, Vol. 10, Issue 3. The theme is Psychoanalysis and Italian Studies. Table of contents is below, and we have electronic access from a link in the catalog record. Stanford users should be able to access the titles below directly from the links. Introduction pp. 1-9(9) Authors: Caldwell, Lesley; Capello, Francesco Articles Abjection

New Acquisitions, November-December 2010

2011-01-18T11:28:00.000-08:00

A selected list of new books to start off the year! French Balzac, Honoré de. Illusions perdues: les deux poètes, du manuscrit à l'édition Furne corrigé. Lagrasse: Verdier, 2010. @font-face { font-family: "Calibri"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family: Cambria; }

Happy 2011!

2011-01-03T09:06:00.000-08:00

To start off the new year on a good note, I pass on the following link to a document and blog that has an extremely useful listing of historical periodicals that have been digitized by archives and libraries. The focus is on the work done by Italian institutions, but there are also entries for projects around the world. http://filosofiastoria.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/emeroteche-on-line.pdf

DOP - dizionario italiano d'ortografia et di pronuncia - ONLINE

2010-12-02T12:07:00.000-08:00

DOP: dizionario italiano multimediale e multilingue d'ortografia e di pronunzia. Roma: Rai-ERI, 2010. When deciding whether to get the new print edition of DOP , I looked it up online and found that the new "multimediale e multilingue" edition has a great suite of online tools. Now, instead of just reading about how to pronounce a word, you can actually hear it! In addition to detailed

Of interest to grad students - preparation for teaching in the humanities

2010-11-30T14:35:00.001-08:00

Winter 2011: CTL 224 - 01 Fundamentals of College Teaching in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences For teaching assistants in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Topics include current research on learning and teaching, practice teaching sessions, leading discussions, designing assignments and group activities, grading and feedback practices, and teaching with

Support for foreign language learning

2010-11-23T09:25:00.000-08:00

Russell Berman, professor of Comparative Literature and German at Stanford, has a thoughtful essay in this morning's "Inside Higher Ed" defending the teaching of foreign languages in American universities - with comments by some familiar characters... Foreign Language for Foreign Policy?

SearchWorks updates

2010-11-18T14:04:00.000-08:00

I imagine that many of you are now using SearchWorks, Stanford's new library catalog, rather than Socrates, and encourage those not to try it out. The SearchWorks team is continuously improving and adding new search and display features to the catalog. Here are the latest updates: Search by Call NumberThe most prominent among these is the addition of a "Search by Call Number" option to the

New Acquisitions, October 2010

2010-11-16T09:05:00.000-08:00

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Updates on EIO and EE

2010-11-08T09:07:00.000-08:00

What are EIO and EE? EIO is Editoria Italiana Online, a searchable online Italian scholarly full text journal and e-book resource. EE is Electronic Enlightenment, a full text database containing the intellectual correspondence of the long 18th century. Stanford subscribes to both of these databases; you can gain access from the Databases page. Both of them just released newsletters letting users

Recently acquired rare and antiquarian books - October 2010

2010-11-02T15:14:00.000-07:00

Stanford Libraries needs your help! We need students and faculty to spend a half hour with us, trying out some new library website designs.Each participant gets a $10 gift card to the Stanford Bookstore or to Coupa Café – plus a chance to make our websites better.We will be holding individual testing sessions in Green library over the next several weeks, staring on Tuesday

New Acquisitions, arrivals from July 2010

2010-08-16T12:50:00.000-07:00

A selected list of recently arrived books, for the last weeks of summer... Italian Alfani, Guido. Il grand tour dei cavalieri dell'Apocalisse: l'Italia del lungo Cinquecento, 1494-1629. Venezia: Marsilio, 2010. Baioni, Massimo, and Massimo Tiezzi. Rituali in provincia: commemorazioni e feste civili a Ravenna (1861-1975). Ravenna: Longo, 2010. Battini, M., and Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci.

Medici Archive

2010-08-12T09:59:00.000-07:00

The Medici Archive Project is accepting applications for its Introduction to Paleography and Archives online course. It sounds like a great opportunity for Italianists who want to work with early modern manuscripts and who are planning to use Italian archives for their research. And since it is online, you don't have to make any last-minute travel plans to Italy (as tempting as that may sound!)

Recently acquired rare and antiquarian books - June-July 2010

2010-08-02T11:19:00.000-07:00

Here are some recent acquisitions Special Collections materials, with some brief notes. Le Roy, G. H. Le globe-Montgolfier. A Paris: Chez l'auteur, rue Basse, porte Saint-Denis, cul-de-sac St.-Laurent, 1783. Poem about the first manned hydrogen-powered balloon ascent, that of the Globe, which took place less than 2 weeks after the Montgolfier brothers’ flight. The Globe was designed by the

What's new in Colonial Violence ?

2010-07-26T11:31:00.000-07:00

Knowing all the interest in violence around here, I bring your attention to the new issue of the journal Historical Reflections/Reflexions historiques, Volume 36, Number 2, Summer 2010. Colonial Violence. Edited by Samuel Kalman. Torture in French Central Africa, public executions in French Indochina, policing soldiers in Africa and African immigrants in France, there is lots to digest. Here's

Stanford in Italy - 50 years

2010-07-22T09:01:00.000-07:00

Nice article today in the Stanford Report on the 50th anniversary of Stanford's program in Florence. http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2010/julaug/farm/news/florence.html

Saga Bettencourt

2010-07-20T11:35:00.000-07:00

With L'Oréal's heiress Liliane Bettencourt all over the French news, I've selected some books on the firm, its family, and on woman's beauty, cosmetics, and fashion in France and Italy. Starting with L'Oréal... Bar-Zohar, Michael. Bitter Scent: The Case of L'Oréal, Nazis, and the Arab Boycott. New York, N.Y.: Dutton, 1996. DC423 .B39 1996 Dalle, François. L'aventure l'Oréal. Paris: Ed.

New Acquisitions, arrivals from June 2010

2010-07-15T12:16:00.000-07:00

Some summer reading suggestions, selected from among recent arrivals in the library.... French Ballard, Richard. The Unseen Terror: The French Revolution in the Provinces. London: I. B. Tauris, 2010.Brunelle, Gayle K., and S. Annette Finley-Croswhite. Murder in the Métro: Laetitia Toureaux and the Cagoule in 1930s France. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2010.Burrows, Simon. The

Wednesday primary source #17 - 18th century medicine

2010-07-14T14:32:00.000-07:00

Any interest in the practice of medicine in the 18th century? Here's just what the doctor ordered: Recueil de differentes pieces concernant la chirurgie- XVIIIe siecle "A nicely bound collection of 27pamphlets and notices concerning the professionalization of surgeons in the XVIIIe century, mostly published in Paris." Call #: SCRB 850805 00014 RARE-BOOKS Sorry about the lag in posts - I

World Cup titles

2010-06-18T15:32:00.000-07:00

Although neither France nor Italy is having a particularly memorable positive experience in the World Cup, some new books about French football have recently arrived in the library that may make for good summer reading: Dubois, Laurent. Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. (just arrived, should be in the HAS New Books section by

New Acquisitions, arrivals from May 2010

2010-06-16T10:00:00.000-07:00

A selection of recent additions to the library ... French Fitzsimmons, Michael P. From Artisan to Worker: Guilds, the French State, and the Organization of Labor, 1776-1821. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Cohen, Déborah. La nature du peuple: les formes de l'imaginaire social, XVIIIe-XXIe siècles. Seyssel: Champ Vallon, 2010. Levine, Alison J. Murray. Framing the Nation:

Wednesday primary source #16 - Postcards!

2010-06-09T11:49:00.001-07:00