Associated French Circles
Welcome to our site
On the page entitled "Conférences sur Zoom", you will find a list of talks given in French by professional lecturers; to attend these talks, contact the person whose name and e-mail address are mentioned in the "Contacter" column.
Joining a virtual lecture costs £5 per person/household*
Joining a virtual lecture organized by a French Circle is free if you are a member of that Circle.
Some Circles offer free participation to two members of other French Circles' Committees. Ask the Organizing Circle's point of contact for details.
Circles/societies/clubs/alliances offering virtual or face-to-face talks are listed below, under the heading: "List of French Circles in the United Kingdom". To discover their programmes, click on their names.
Voltaire's anglophilia
The comedians of French cinema
The twentieth century as "drawn" by Tintin
The singer and the poet, Jean Ferrat and Louis Aragon
Marie Curie
Saint-Exupéry - Mysteries and revelations
Josephine Baker
Sofia Fyodorovna Rostopchina, Countess of Segur
A FEW LECTURERS
Thierry Viennois
Born in Grenoble, Thierry holds a Master's degree in Applied Foreign Languages and is a very popular lecturer
Emilie Capulet
Émilie is a very talented concert pianist. She was born in Aix-en-Provence and holds a PhD in "Music in Modernist literature"
Annie Kean
Annie was born in a suburb of Paris. She made a career in the United Nations. Her diplomas include a Master's degree in English and academic qualifications in Russian
Isabelle Schloesing
Isabelle speaks and teaches French, Italian, Spanish and Turkish. She is also the President of the French Circle of Winchester
Catherine Greensmith
An Academic and one of the Alliance's long-standing lecturers, Catherine does not offer virtual talks but she visits interested centres. Her main themes concern the History of Art.
Germaine Jones
Born in Lyon, Germaine holds a Licence-ès-Lettres and has been awarded the insignia of Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques. She is a writer and a long-standing lecturer. Guest speaker (Scotland Yard, Radio4) and a beginner in the field of virtual talks..
Brigitte Thibaut
An ex-professor, Brigitte graduated from l'Ecole normale supérieure and holds a PhD in English.
Claude Rapport
An ex-teacher and a writer, Claude holds an M.Ed., an M.A. and an M.I.L.
Maryse Wright
An ex-teacher, Maryse holds a degree in English and an MA in Modern French studies delivered by the University of Clermont-Ferrand and the University of Loughborough respectively
Visit France with us
List of French Circles in the United Kingdom
The French Circles/Alliances and the Society listed below invite you to join their lectures on Zoom. To discover their programmes, click on their names. (Refer to the first list of Circles appearing under "Liste des cercles français")
The Circles marked with a * receive subsidies
The Circles listed below prefer to offer their lectures to their members and local visitors only. If you live in the region that they cover, contact them directly. By clicking on their names, you will have access to their websites and to the conditions of registration. (Refer to the second list of Circles appearing under "Liste des cercles français")
The Circles marked with a * receive subsidies
The following map is kindly provided by Cédric Marx (Secretary and Treasurer of the French Circle of Richmond). To visit the sites of French Circles, go to page "Liste des cercles" and click on the name of the Circle you are interested in.
WORKSHOPS
To increase your knowledge of the French language, why not join one of our workshops?
Led by Thierry Viennois, these workshops are held between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m (or between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Wednesdays) on the dates indicated in the "Ateliers" section of this website. The cost is £10 for a 2-hour session or £54 for 6 sessions (12 hours of tuition).
If you are interested, please contact Thierry directly at the following address: tviennois@aol.com
See calendar under "Ateliers"