Books

Georges Simenon in America

One of the world’s most-read French-language authors, the Belgian creator of Inspector Maigret was born 120 years ago this month. Following the end of […]

By Vincent Dozol
| February 21, 2023

Science

HIV, a Hotly Contested French-American Discovery

As part of World AIDS Day on December 1, France-Amérique is looking back over the years of transatlantic cooperation and competition that led to […]

By Vincent Dozol
| December 1, 2022

Interview

David McCullough: In the Footsteps of the First Americans in Paris

American historian David McCullough passed away on August 7 at the age of 89. Throughout his career, he wrote on Harry Truman, Theodore Roosevelt, […]

By Vincent Dozol
| August 10, 2022

Graphic Novels

The American West in Franco-Belgian Comics

The western will be one of themes of Seattle’s Francophone Comic Arts Festival, Booom!, held online from November 5 to 12. In the run-up […]

By Vincent Dozol
| October 29, 2021

Homage

Josephine Baker, a French-American Heroine

Josephine Baker – the French-American music hall performer who had deux amours, the Resistance fighter, the civil rights advocate, the adoptive mother of 12 […]