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          Professor “knighted” by French education ministry

          
            
              
                
                Published: January 24, 2006
              

              
                Author: Erik Runyon
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

Catherine Perry, associate professor of Romance languages and literatures at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed a Chevalier (knight) in the Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the French Ministry of National Education.

Created in 1808 by Napoleon I, the Palmes Academiques originally was designed to honor outstanding members of the faculty of theUniversityofParis. Membership later was expanded to include people beyond the French university system, including other nationals and French scholars living outside the country whose work promotes French language, culture and educational activities.

Perry, who specializes in French literature of the 19 th and early 20 th centuries, also serves as undergraduate advisor for the Program in French and Francophone Studies at Notre Dame.She is a faculty fellow in the Nanovic Institute for European Studies and in the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.Shewas president of the international Francophone Studies associationConseil International dÉtudes Francophones, and current Editor in Chief of that organization’s academic journal, Nouvelles Études Francophones.

Yannick Mercoyrol, cultural attaché of the French Consulate inChicago, will decorate Perry with the insignia of the Ordre des Palmes Academiques at a ceremony at Notre Dame in March.

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