Audrey Calefas-Strebelle
Lecturer and Core Faculty of History and Political Science

Office location:	St. Mary’s 114
Office hours:	T/Th 3:30-4:30
Phone number:	(650) 508-3695
Fax:	(650) 508-3467
Email:	acalefas@stanford.edu
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Audrey Calefas-Strebelle graduated from the Sorbonne, completing a Master’s thesis on French immigration to California during the Gold Rush. She has taught at Notre Dame de Namur University since 1999, first in Modern Languages and more recently in the Second Year Experience (“Human Heritage”) and now for the Department of History & Political Science. She is a doctoral student in the Department of French & Italian at Stanford University and has been a Lecturer in French language and literature there since 2001. She also works with the well-known French philosopher and Stanford professor Michel Serres for whom she developed and manages a web blog on French Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities.

Audrey has traveled widely in Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and North America and worked in India and Turkey. She speaks French, English, and Turkish and enjoys horseback riding (training and dressage), skiing, and belly dancing.

Education History

• Ph.D French and Humanities,Stanford University,Palo Alto California.
• B.A. History and Art History, Sorbonne University, Paris, France , 1994.
• ESL Program, Dominican University, San Rafeal, California, 1996.
• M.A. in French and American History, Sorbonne University, Paris,France, 1997.

Courses Taught

• At NDNU:

  Teaches French language classes: Basic Practical French and Intermediate Conversation,teaches the French/European section of the MBA class “Multinational Economy” and Team teach the second year of the core program, “Human Heritage” in charge of the world history section. As well as Wrold History.

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Community Activities

• Stanford University - May 19, 2006 :
  Humanities lecturer,presented a lecture on Thomas More and Michel de Montaigne during the annual Humanities symposium at Stanford University.

  Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey - June -August 2005:
  Visiting scholar, Department of French.

• San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California- May 17,1999:
  History Lecturer,presented research on the French immigration during the Gold rush in Professor E. Wright’s class.

• Oakland Museum, Oakland, California- May 17,1999:
  History Lecturer,gave a lecture on the most popular French pioneers in California, during the French Pioneer exhibition day.

• St Michel de Cuxa Monastery, Prades, France- July-August 1991:
  Summer intern in History, Art History and Archeology. Attended a seminar in the history and architecture of Catholic monasteries in the Middle Age. Participated in excavation projects in the area.

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