La Maison Française is a
Francophone
The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus in 1880 and became important a ...
university in
Greenwich Village
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, New York City, affiliated with
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...
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Founded in 1957 by Professor
Germaine Brée
Germaine Brée (2 October 1907 – 22 September 2001) was a French-American literary scholar, who wrote extensively on Marcel Proust, Andre Gide, Albert Camus, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
Life
Born in Paris, Germaine Brée grew up in the English-spe ...
, La Maison Française occupies a 19th-century
carriage house
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on
Washington Mews
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has been the Director of La Maison Française since 2019. The chair of its Advisory Board is
Guy Sorman
Guy Sorman (born March 10, 1944, Nérac) is a French-American professor, columnist, author, and public intellectual in economics and philosophy.
Biography
Guy Sorman has written twenty books that promote the ideals of creativity and modern ca ...
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La Maison Française has programming in three areas: culture (including literature, theater, art, music and cinema), contemporary politics (including geopolitics, economy, human rights, race and gender), and the Francophone world. It also holds language classes for adults and children. La Maison Française is closely affiliated with the New York University Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture, as well as the university's Institute of French Studies.
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Maison Francaise
University art museums and galleries in New York City
1957 establishments in New York City
Museums established in 1957
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