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: Karthala/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 Dean Discusses Changing Face of International Relations
    More than 300 people gathered at the Four Seasons on Monday evening to listen to Georgetown professor Carol Lancaster discuss the “new world order” in international relations, and how this will impact the balance of wealth and power in the coming years. (October 14, 2009)
  • Georgetown Welcomes the Class of 2013
    On Thursday, August 20, the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar) officially welcomed the Class of 2013 into the university during its New Student Convocation ceremony. (August 25, 2009)
  • Summer Camp Makes Global Knowledge Local
    This July, teenagers from Qatar's 16 local schools participated in Planet Georgetown, an internationally-themed summer camp. (August 01, 2009)

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