King's College London Department of French

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Academic department

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King's College London Department of French

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Description area

Dates of existence

1893-2014

History

Instruction in French Literature and Language commenced with other teaching in the Senior Department at King's in 1831. It became part of the Department of General Literature and Science and later a full department within the Faculty of Arts in 1893 and School of Humanities in 1989. The department was merged with German, Spanish and Portuguese to become the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities in 2014. Courses encompass French language, history, literature, philosophy and most notably, romance philology from 1902 .The department also contributes to the interdisciplinary European Studies BA.

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Related entity

King's College London Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (2014-)

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temporal

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King's College London Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

is the successor of

King's College London Department of French

Dates of relationship

2014

Related entity

King's College London School of Arts & Humanities (2010-2014)

Category of relationship

hierarchical

Type of relationship

King's College London School of Arts & Humanities

governs

King's College London Department of French

Dates of relationship

2010-2014

Related entity

King's College London School of Humanities (1989-2010)

Category of relationship

hierarchical

Type of relationship

King's College London School of Humanities

governs

King's College London Department of French

Dates of relationship

1989-2010

Related entity

King's College London Faculty of Arts and Music (1985-1989)

Category of relationship

hierarchical

Type of relationship

King's College London Faculty of Arts and Music

governs

King's College London Department of French

Dates of relationship

1985-1989

Related entity

King's College London Faculty of Arts (1893-1985)

Identifier of related entity

KCL-AF1148

Category of relationship

hierarchical

Type of relationship

King's College London Faculty of Arts

governs

King's College London Department of French

Dates of relationship

1893-1985

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KCL-AF1107

Institution identifier

0100 KCLCA

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Final

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Partial

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