French Institute in Slovenia

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Francoski inštitut Charles Nodier / L’Institut Français Charles Nodier
Breg 12/II, SI-1000 Ljubljana


Phone386 (0) 1 200 0500
Jean-Jacques Victor, Director








L’Institut Français Charles Nodier (IFCN) established in Ljubljana in 1967 performs its cultural and educational activities in close collaboration with several French institutions, e.g., la Maison des Cultures du Monde, Paris; l'Association Française d'Action Artistique (AFAA); l’Observatoire des Politiques Culturelles, Grenoble; l'Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris; l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de l'Information et des Bibliotheques Villeurbanne and la Direction des Archives de France, Paris.

The institute aims to create contact points between Slovene and French forms of contemporary cultural expression. It also deals with classical culture in all its aspects, runs French language courses in Ljubljana and in France, administers exams and awards certificates, offers grants to translators, and manages a library and a mediatheque/information centre. The IFCN administers scholarships for study and research purposes every year.



Cultural cooperation

In May and June 2012 the programme of the Cultural Embassy France took place in Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012. It included the photo exhibition by Eric Emo offering a different view of artworks by Auguste Rodin and Antoine Bourdell (prepared in collaboration with Musée Bourdelle and Musée Rodin). The artist in residence Fouad Bouchoucha (Otto PROD) created in Maribor his sound sculpture. The programme was complemented by DJ acid Washed concert.

A colloquium Deleuze and art hosted Arnaud Villani and Suzanne Hême de Lacotte. A retrospective of French film took place at Kino Udarnik Maribor.

Support programme for publishers

L’Institut Français Charles Nodier also runs the Valentin Vodnik Support Programme for Publishers which helps defray publishing costs for French works published in Slovenian language. Recent works are given priority. It was named after the Slovene poet and journalist Valentin Vodnik (1758–1819), who was a fervent supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte's occupation of the Slovene lands in the 1810s and promoted the use of Slovenian language during that time.

French Government bursaries

The French Government offers various scholarships for one- to three-month postgraduate study visits to France, in fields which include humanistic and social sciences. Where Slovene and French university cooperation is concerned, stipends are offered for co-tutoring, enabling students to conduct combined research in both countries. Co-tutoring stipends for postgraduate studies are offered in cooperation with the Slovene Human Resources Development and Scholarship Fund.

A special kind of stipend is also available for Slovene translators to translate French works of literature for publication within one year by a Slovene publisher: translators get financial support for a residency at the Collège International des Traducteurs Littéraires in Arles, France.

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Francoski inštitut Charles Nodier / L’Institut Français Charles Nodier +
Jean-Jacques Victor +
Francoski inštitut Charles Nodier / L’Institut Français Charles Nodier +
SI-1000 Ljubljana +
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[[French Cultural Institute Charles NodierL’Institut Français Charles Nodier (IFCN) established in Ljubljana in 1967 performs its cultural and educational activities in close collaboration with several French institutions, e.g., la Maison des Cultures du Monde, Paris; l'Association Française d'Action Artistique (AFAA); l’Observatoire des Politiques Culturelles, Grenoble; l'Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris; l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de l'Information et des Bibliotheques Villeurbanne and la Direction des Archives de France, Paris.a Direction des Archives de France, Paris. +
L’Institut Français Charles Nodier (IFCN) L’Institut Français Charles Nodier (IFCN) established in Ljubljana in 1967 performs its cultural and educational activities in close collaboration with several French institutions, e.g., la Maison des Cultures du Monde, Paris; l'Association Française d'Action Artistique (AFAA); l’Observatoire des Politiques Culturelles, Grenoble; l'Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris; l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de l'Information et des Bibliotheques Villeurbanne and la Direction des Archives de France, Paris.a Direction des Archives de France, Paris. +
+386 / 1 200 0500 +
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