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French and Italian Studies

Francophonie Virtuelle
Web-based Information for Francophone Studies

General

Multi-Disciplinary, multi-regional, or meta sites (for search engines, see also Regions; Sub Saharan Africa)

• Evaluating Web resources (from Hoover Africana page, Karen Fung)
• Search Engine Colossus (France)
• CIFDI, Carrefour International Francophne de Documentation et d'Information
• Organization internationale de la francophonie (OIF)
  International organization, based in Paris, created in 1979. Has sponsored annual conferences beginning in 1986 and offers detailed information on past meetings, speeches, reports, and related activities, with links in each area.
• Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
  Extensive site that provides both historical and current information on international francophone studies.
• L’Année Francophone Internationale (AFI)
  Stated purpose: “de collecter et de diffuser les informations et la documentation relatives à tous les pays membres de la Communauté francophone.” The review (same title) offers a yearly assessment of activity in francophone studies, with tables of contents and some articles online.
• île en île . Information resources site for french-speaking islands Atlantic, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Pacific, Indian Ocean).

Additional Major Organizations and Government Agencies

• Reseau des OING (Organisations internationales non-gouvernementales de la Francophonie
  Canopy network for AUF, TV5, AIF, AIMF, and the Université Senghor with links to ADELF and FIDELF, the two large Francophone writers’ organizations, and a host of others.
• Conseil International d’Études Francophones (CIEF)
• Association Internationale Des maires et responsables Des capitals et metropoles partiellement ou entièrement francophones (AIMF)
  A network based on cities with major francophone populations

News and News Groups

• Presse francophone ClicNet
• TV5: Le monde en francais
  Overseas network (8 regions, including Africa, the Caribbean, and Canada) composed of programs from 5 French TV stations: TFI, Antenne 2, FR3, RTBF and SSR

See also Francopholistes a massive list of French newsgroups that can be searched by subject. Examples (check specialized sites for others)

• H-Caribbean (part of H-Net)
• H-Afrlitcine (African literature and cinema)

Research Planning

Guides

• Research Guide for the Study of Francophone Literature (Jennifer Vinopal, NYU). See especially the section on Web Sites.
• Finding library material at Stanford (African studies)

Libraries and Research Centers

• French Library links (Mary Jane Parrine, Stanford University)
• Bibliothèque francophone multimédia de Limoges (BFM). The section of francophone literature of the BFM is associated with the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Its goal is the acquisition of works from all francophone countries, especially in fields of theater and poetry.
• Centre des archives d’outre-mer (CAOM)
• Collections on procterorates (Maroc et Tunisie) are found in the Archives of the Ministère des Affaires Étrangeres: Les Archives diplomatiques (Ministère des Affaires Étrangeres)

By Region

Note that there is detailed regional information within the Agence Universitaire (AUF) site, some of which are listed separately here. They are linked within the "Regions" segment of the AUF site.

Outside Europe

North America

Canada

• Centre de recherche en civilization canadienne-française (CRCCF)
  A metasite for Francophone Canadian studies, with subsections that are Websites in themselves, among them several listings of pan-Canadian associations that show the spread of Francophone culture well beyond the areas usually associated with French Canada. Larger sections of the site include the Répertoire FrancoSources (both bibliography and internet links)
  and Bibliographie BIBLIFO, a still nascent database of Francophone texts.
• At the University of Ottawa, a related project includes a linguistic atlas:
  Atlas du développement des communautés francophones et acadiennes du Canada
• Centre d’études acadiennes (Université de Moncton)
  Includes audio files from folkloric collection.
• Association Internationale des Études Québécoises (AIEQ)
• Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada (FCFA)

Other Canadian Universities with significant Francophone programs:

• Université de Montréal
• Université du Québec
• Université Laval
  see especially the Centre interuniversitaire d’études québécoises (CIEQ)
  and the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherches sur la activités langagières (CIRAL)
• McGill University

U.S.A

• Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL)
  This state consortium now encompasses a wide variety of activities, offering useful research material such as extensive bibliographies and related publications.
• Department of Modern Languages (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
• Center for French & Francophone Studies (Louisiana State University)
• Action Cadienne
• Bibliothèque Tintamarre (Louisiana texts compiled at Centenary College). A small group of texts assembled as part of efforts to preserve and disseminate works that might not otherwise be available.
• Franco-American Women’s Institute of Maine. Contains an extensive by subject links list.
• L’Espace cajun/Acadien @ Globe-Gate (Bob Peckam, UT Martin)
  

Caribbean and Latin America

For useful sets of links on Haiti and other parts of the Francophone Caribbean as well as on Guyane Française, see the “Countries in Latin America” section of LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center, Univ. of Texas)

• Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyane). Though relatively limited as the site is being constructed, the information available here could be useful for exchanges or joint projects.

North Africa

• LIMAG (Littératures du Maghreb)
  An excellent source for beginning research on up-to-date information and bibliography, easily accessible through a searchable database.
• La REMMM (Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée) part of Revues.org
• Institut pour la recherche sur le Maghreb contemporain (IRMC). Research center affiliated with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Tunis)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Search engines

• Habari: Le portail internet des études africaines (Univ. de Bordeaux)
• Mbolo: Guide du Web Africain
• WOYAA! Votre fênetre vers l’Afrique sur l’internet
• Afrique francophone
• LITAF Littérature africaine francophone. A growing database on Sub-Saharan African literature, also available on CD-ROM. Directed by Alain Rocard, it is updated monthly.
• Les femmes écrivains et la littérature africaine
• Africa Search (Karen Fung, Hoover Institution, Stanford University).
• Commission Nationale de la Francophonie (CNF). Burkina Faso

Middle East (Lebanon, Iran)

• Lebanon links
• Al Mashriq: The Levant. Though a general site on Lebanese culture, some Francophone links are included, such as the site on Aim Maalouf

South East Asia (Indochine)

• Asie-Pacifique (AUF)
• Khmer-Network.com

Indian Ocean

• Océan Indien (AUF)

Europe (Outside of France)

Belgium

• Belgique - Portail Fédéral. Official federal government page.
• Portail de la Région Wallonne
• Communauté française de Belgique
• Libraries and Collections
  • Catalogue commun des bibliothèques des services publics fédéraux
  • Bibliographie de Belgique. Limited coverage of Belgian publishing, but can be useful.
• News and Journals
  • Le Soir
  • La Libre Belgique
  • JFB - Les Journaux francophones belges. Site with links to about 20 newspapers
• Francophone universities
  • ULB - Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • Université de Liège
  • UCL - Université catholique de Louvain
  • Université de Mons-Hainaut

Switzerland

• Université de Genève: Bibliothèques

Other regions

Expatriate francophone

• AFE - Assemblée des Français de l'Etranger
• UFBE - Union francophone des Belges à l'étranger

Last modified: October 4, 2011