This Is Centenary : Nicolas Torres : Episode 06

In this episode of This is Centenary, Nicolas Torres, Attaché of Cooperation for French at the Co...

An episode of the This Is Centenary podcast, hosted by Centenary College of Louisiana, titled "This Is Centenary : Nicolas Torres : Episode 06" was published on June 30, 2019 and runs 51 minutes.

June 30, 2019 ·51m · This Is Centenary

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In this episode of This is Centenary, Nicolas Torres, Attaché of Cooperation for French at the Consulate General of France in New Orleans, delivers a bi-lingual presentation on Francophone language and culture in Louisiana with the assistance of Dr. Andia Augustin-Billy, assistant professor of French and Francophone Studies at Centenary. Entitled, “Louisiana: The Rising Star of the Francophone World,” the presentation highlighted Louisiana’s efforts to preserve and promote French language and culture and the state’s recent election to the Organisation international de la Francophonie as an observer member. Torres delivered the lecture during a November 2018 visit to Centenary and Shreveport, during which he also opened the Centenary Film Society’s annual French Film Week at downtown Shreveport’s Robinson Film Center.

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In this episode of This is Centenary, Nicolas Torres, Attaché of Cooperation for French at the Consulate General of France in New Orleans, delivers a bi-lingual presentation on Francophone language and culture in Louisiana with the assistance of Dr. Andia Augustin-Billy, assistant professor of French and Francophone Studies at Centenary. Entitled, “Louisiana: The Rising Star of the Francophone World,” the presentation highlighted Louisiana’s efforts to preserve and promote French language and culture and the state’s recent election to the Organisation international de la Francophonie as an observer member. Torres delivered the lecture during a November 2018 visit to Centenary and Shreveport, during which he also opened the Centenary Film Society’s annual French Film Week at downtown Shreveport’s Robinson Film Center.

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