Bonjour les 茅tudiants de Dalhousie! 脡coutez-vous la radio? Vous devriez, maintenant!
The Department of French at Dal recently launched a new radio program on CKRH 98.5 to speak to the Halifax community about the world of Dalhousie, broadcast in French.
The program is called 鈥淒essine-moi un mouton鈥� or "Draw Me a Sheep" and it will run from February to May on Wednesdays from 12-1 p.m. It features different professors from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) and elsewhere who will be speaking about their research, what they do at Dal and how the Dalhousie community works.
Jean-Jacques Defert, a professor in the Department of French, designed the program to share information about the university and to highlight the innovative research done by the many Francophone or Francophile researchers working at Dal, principally within FASS.
鈥淲e would like to reach out to the large francophone community in Halifax and to give representation to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences here at Dal,鈥� explains Dr. Defert.
鈥淭his is a great way for Dal to offer programming to a relatively untapped market: the French NS community,鈥� explains Krista Armstrong, the alumni and communications officer for FASS.
Reflecting on knowledge
The name 鈥淒essine-moi un mouton鈥� comes from Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry鈥檚 novella Le Petit Prince. A philosophical piece, published in 1943, the story follows a pilot after he crashes his plane in the desert and meets a young boy, who explains that he is a prince from a distant asteroid fallen to earth. The young prince asks the pilot to draw him a sheep so that he may take it back to his planet and share it.
Dr. Defert explains of himself and his co-host, Vittorio Frigerio, 鈥淲e are like the little prince, reflecting on knowledge itself and different worldviews.鈥�
Thus far, the program has featured faculty ranging from Gregory Hanlon (History), to Stephane Mechoulan (Public Administration), to Francoise Baylis (Philosophy/Medicine), to Jean-Sebastien Guy and Liesl Gambold (Sociology and Social Anthropology).
The show's schedule of remaining guests is as follows:
March 27: Dr. F. Whoriskey (OTN)
April 3: Dr. H. Ramos (SOSA)
April 10: Dr. J. White (Film Studies)
April 17: Dr. L. Kreplak (Physics)
April 24: Dr. M. Radice (SOSA)
May 1: Dr. J.-C. Boucher (Political Science)
Mary 8: Dr. J. Blais (Music)
May 15: Dr. V. Chappe (Physiology)
May 22: Dr. C. Elson (French)
May 29: Retrospective
Podcasts will be available soon on the for those who may have missed a show. Be sure to check it out on CKRH every Wednesday at noon.
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