Patrick Meadows
Title: Visiting Associate Professor
Expertise: French
Room Number: A110 Office Phone: +974-457-8236
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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Upcoming SFS-Qatar Events
- Dec 1, 5:30pm: Faculty Film Series - Daughter of Keltoum
- Dec 6, 6pm-8pm: Monthly Dialogue: Kai-Henrik Barth
- Jan 11, 6pm-7:30pm: Monthly Dialogue: Robert Lieber
SFS-Qatar News
- Georgetown University in Qatar Offers Pre-College Series to Hoya Hopefuls
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar just concluded the Georgetown Pre-College Series (GPS) which gave prospective undergraduates a taste of college life and a unique opportunity to gain valuable information on the admissions process. (November 22, 2009) - Students Get Hands-On Lesson in Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution
On November 13 and 14, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar) and Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) hosted a crisis simulation exercise for students at Education City. (November 22, 2009) - Student Gets Education at International Finance Conference
This October, Georgetown student Miodrag Stamboldziev (SFS ’11) was able to put his international relations education to use while attending the Annual Meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Istanbul, Turkey. (November 08, 2009)


