This 10-foot tall statue of UVA's founder was erected in Paris, near the Musée d'Orsay on the Left Bank, on July 4, 2006. A number of UVa alumni in France worked with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the city of Paris, and the Florence Gould Foundation to realize this project. Jefferson served for over 5 years as American Ambassador to France, from 1784 until 1789, and ultimately settled into a home not far from the spot where his statue now stands. A life-long francophile who incorporated the study of modern languages into his plan for the University's curriculum, the former president is represented here holding a quill pen in his right hand and a drawing of Monticello in his left. (Photo credit: Elizabeth Head, 2010)
A special issue of Canadian Review of Comparative Literature 38.1 (March 2011), “Discourses on Trans/National Identity in Caribbean Literature,” was guest edited by Jacqueline Couti, (UVA French, PhD 2004) and features articles by a rich array of UVA French faculty, alumni, and students, including Isabelle Choquet, A. James Arnold, Alex Gil, Danielle Carlotti-Smith, and Paula Sato. 
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