Oxbridge Academic Programs - L'AcadÉmie de France

Guest Speakers

Every summer we invite engaging speakers to captivate and inspire our students. Following are a few of the guest speakers who have visited our programs in Paris and Montpellier in recent years.

Charles Bremner. Mr Bremner is the Paris Correspondent for the Times of London. Since his first posting in Russia, he has reported from wars and hot-spots on all the continents, spending several notable years as Washington Correspondent. He tells the students about what led him to choose to become a journalist, what it takes to succeed in the business, and how he sees the press and associated media evolving over the coming decades. As a seasoned observer of the French scene, but with a wealth of experience of the wider world, he also provides valuable insights into the singularities of the French way of life and politics.

Valérie Sabatino. Ms Sabatino is the former chef and partner of the acclaimed Montpellier restaurant, Le Pastis. A native of nearby Sète, she opened her first restaurant there at the age of 24, after having cooked under important chefs in Turkey and the United States, as well as elsewhere in France. Today, Ms Sabatino shares her passion for cooking and creating with students from around the world at her own cooking school, L’Atelier de Valérie. She offers a dégustation workshop for the entire program, where she explains the preparation, ingredients and origins of the many different regional recipes that she prepares for the students to sample.

Dr Markus Cruse. Dr Cruse is an Assistant Professor of French at Arizona State University and received his PhD with Honors from the Department of French at New York University. A specialist in medieval French civilization, he has published articles on illuminated manuscripts, heraldry, decorated ivories, and medieval theater, as well as translated Blue: The History of a Color and Catherine the Great’s memoirs. Dr Cruse is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including a Bourse Chateaubriand from the French government and an Outstanding Teaching Award from NYU. He has been a regular lecturer at The Cloisters Museum in New York since 1997.

Don Winslow. Novelist, military historian, theater director, screenwriter, actor, and former private investigator, Mr Winslow is also a founding faculty member of Oxbridge Academic Programs. Mr Winslow reads excerpts from his many novels (which include The Power of the Dog, The Winter of Frankie Machine, and The Dawn Patrol), discusses the art of writing experientially and offers his unique perspectives on transferring the written word from the page to the stage, the small screen, and the cinema.

Oxbridge Academic Programs - L'Acad&eacute;mie de France

Oxbridge Academic Programs - L'Académie de France