On Wednesday, September 23, 2015, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy & Albertine Books in French and English will host Professor François Grosjean, world-renowned psycholinguist and specialist on bilingualism, in a conversation with Fabrice Jaumont, Education Attaché at the Cultural Services in New York.

Born in Paris, this prominent scholar became bilingual himself when he was sent to an English boarding school in Switzerland at the age of eight and then moved to the United Kingdom when he was 14. Having had such an experience, he decided to dedicate his career to psycholinguistics, receiving a PhD and a doctorat d’Etat from the University of Paris. He then became a faculty member at various universities in France, the United States, and Switzerland. A former director of the Language and Speech Processing Laboratory, he is Professor Emeritus of the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

After publishing eight books on psycholinguistics and bilingualism, the first one published by Harvard University Press, François Grosjean is now presenting his research on the linguistics and cognition of bilingualism in his new book Parler plusieurs langues – le monde des bilingues, as well as his very successful blog "Life as a bilingual" on Psychology Today.

LOCATION: Cultural Services of the French Embassy,

                  972 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10075,

                  Between 78th and 79th street

DATE: SEPTEMBER 23 at 6pm      

       FREE EVENT                           IN ENGLISH

If you wish to attend this event, and the ensuing networking reception, please RSVP by emailing education@frenchculture.org or by calling (212) 439-1436 before September 18.

This event will be live-streamed at http://livestream.com/frenchembassy. The video will be available online after the event.