Kelsey Madsen
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Kelsey Madsen
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Assoc. Professor of French. 20th/21st-C Literature and Memory Studies. War, migration, monuments, national identity, religion & laïcité. Confessional Lutheran.
On this D-Day anniversary, here are some pictures from my recent trip to Normandy. The visit to the American cemetery and the beaches was a profoundly moving reminder of the sacrifices of so many in the name of freedom.
June 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
View from my office today.
December 11, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Pour mon cours sur la France contemporaine aujourd'hui!
December 3, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Currently reading, as I revise a course on Algerian history for the spring semester. She was a Kabyle Christian convert, a poet, and a mother of authors Jean Amrouche and Taos Amrouche.
November 30, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Un peu d'art nouveau pour vous ce matin.

Source: La Plante et ses Applications Ornementales : sous la direction de M. Eugène Grasset. 1896. Bibliothèque nationale de France. gallica.bnf.fr
November 12, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Excerpt from Charles Péguy's "On the Porch of the Mystery of the Second Virtue" (1918). My translation.
November 10, 2024 at 2:10 AM