Georgetown University: School of Foreign Service in Qatar

Georgetown University: School of Foreign Service in Qatar

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Patrick Meadows

Title: Visiting Associate Professor

Expertise: French

Room Number: A110 Office Phone: +974-457-8236

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Patrick Meadows

Dr. Meadows is Visiting Associate Professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. After obtaining a B.A. in both French literature and English literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz, he studied at Princeton University where he earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures. He has taught at the University of Paris IV - Sorbonne, Hamilton College in New York, and Indiana University, Bloomington. His research interests include French literature and its relationship with philosophy and symbolism, and Francophone literature. His publications include Francis Ponge and the Nature of Things: From Ancient Atomism to a Modern Poetics (London: Associated University Presses), and he is one of the authors of Littératures de la péninsule indochinoise (Paris: AUPELF). He has also published research articles in various journals, including Symposium, The Romanic Review, and The French Review. He is also a co-author of a bilingual (French/English) language-instruction book, Chit Chat (Paris: Belin).

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  • SFS-Qatar Students Receive UREP Grants
    Three students from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar were awarded research grants in the latest round of funding from the Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP). (June 29, 2009)
  • SFS-Qatar Sets the Stage for Summer with Planet Georgetown Program
    Later this month, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar) will host its second annual Planet Georgetown summer enrichment series for youth from local independent schools throughout Qatar. (June 19, 2009)
  • Mehran Kamrava Appointed Interim Dean at SFS-Qatar
    Georgetown has named Mehran Kamrava as interim dean at SFS-Qatar. Starting August 1, Kamrava will succeed the current SFS-Qatar Dean James Reardon-Anderson, who will return to Main Campus in Washington, DC. (June 16, 2009)

Georgetown University · School of Foreign Service in Qatar · Liberal Arts and Science (LAS) Building
Education City · P.O. Box 23689 · Doha, Qatar
phone: +974 457 8100 · fax: +974 457 8241
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