COMMITTEE – Office Bearers
Chairman: Simon Oladjins
Honorary Secretary: Rhona Bean
Honorary Treasurer: Andy Gordon
Committee – Ordinary Members
Irena Cegar
Gorjana Grbac
Janet Hosie
Françoise Kunka
Maria Sawaryn
Annual Subscription:
£10.00 per person, £3.00 for students.
Guests and Visitors: £3.00 per evening.
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Our Aims:
Inspired by the historic friendship between France and Scotland, the Society fosters closer ties between the two nations.
The Society’s activities concentrate on French culture in the widest sense and the influence of France on Scotland’s heritage.
There is opportunity at the meetings to converse in French and in English.
Alexander Gray Bequest:
Under its terms, the Committee can offer grants to Scots wishing to go to France to further their studies of the French language and culture.
Applications to the Secretary are invited from individuals and educational establishments
Lifts:
Members who would like a lift to go to meetings should contact one of the Office Bearers.
Aberdeen Branch Programme 2021 – 2022
Click here for a hardcopy of this year’s program
All meetings start at 7.30 pm in the Mackie Library at Albyn School, 17 – 23 Queens Road, AB15 4PB unless otherwise stated.
There may be a change in speaker due to unforeseen circumstances.
2021
Tuesday 12th October
Présentation en français par Zoom par Odile Hughson, Edinburgh Branch
Emile Zola en exile en Angleterre
Tuesday 9th November
Talk in English by Zoom by Chris Lindsay, Perth Branch
French Baroque Music
Tuesday 14th December
AGM -7pm suivé par Quiz presenté par Margaret Murray + buffet
The Garden Lounge, Midstocket Church
2022
Tuesday 11th January
Présentation en français par Des Murphy, Editor of The Media Education Journal
La Nouvelle Vague – le ciné français
Tuesday 8th February
Talk in English by Neil McLennan, University of Aberdeen
La Fleur et le Chardon
Tuesday 8th March
Présentation en français par Tom Wight, Edinburgh Branch
La France avant la France (800BCE – 80CE)
The Garden Lounge, Midstocket Church
Tuesday 22nd March
Meet the Author, Samira Sedira (Aberdeen Branch)
French Speaker from France
The Garden Lounge, Midstocket Church
Details…
Tuesday 19th April
Présentation en français par Geoff Hare, Edinburgh Branch
Un Ecossais à New York, un Americain à Paris.
Les James Gordon Bennetts, père et fils
The Garden Lounge, Midstocket Church
Tuesday 10th May
Présentation en français par Marie-Christine Graham, Perth Branch
Paris Caché
The Garden Lounge, Midstocket Church
Social Event
Date and time to be arranged later
Spare room / interest in French language and culture?
Do you have a spare room? Do you have an interest in French language and culture? Then get in touch!
We place French students with caring, supportive families across Aberdeenshire giving them a slice of Scottish life and helping them with their language skills. Students come for short stays of 4 to 6 nights or longer stays of up to 9 months. They come from France, Spain and all over the world, so it’s a good opportunity to meet people from other cultures.
If you are interested in welcoming a student into your home or becoming a host teacher, please call Clare on 01561 378218 or 07787 858368. For more information or to read what families and students are saying, please visit our Facebook page; website link noted below.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Useful websites:-
www.aberdeenaccueil.co.uk – for information and activities of the French ex-patriot community
www.abdn.ac.uk/languagecentre and www.abcol.ac.uk for courses in French
www.aberdeen-language-exchange.co.uk – offers opportunities to individuals to find French/English conversation partners
www.belmontfilmhouse.com – for films in French and the French film festival
www.aberdeeninvestlivevisit.co.uk/ClermontFerrand – twinning between Aberdeen and Clermont Ferrand
www.facebook.com/LanguageTravelTours – for Facebook page on welcoming foreign students and providing a spare room.
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