Biography of the Dean

Gilles Bousquet
Dean of International Studies and Director of the International Institute
268 Bascom Hall
500 Lincoln Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262 9833
Email: bousquet@intlstudies.wisc.edu

Born in Algeria, raised and educated in France, and resident in Madison, since 1982, Gilles Bousquet is regarded nationally and internationally as a leading innovator in international interdisciplinary education. A former Chair of the Department of French and Italian and of the European Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Bousquet became Dean of International Studies in January 2002. (For News Release, click here.)

Before becoming Dean, Dr. Bousquet co-founded the Capstone Professional French Master's Program, a professional degree track for students who want to use their French in careers outside of the academy. Through the construction of a public-private partnership, Dr. Bousquet was also instrumental in the establishment in 2001 of the Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies at the UW-Madison, one of fewer than twenty such centers nationwide to enjoy the support and recognition of the French government.

Dr. Bousquet has taught graduate and undergraduate classes in language, culture, business and literature in the Department of French and Italian. His teaching and research interests range from 19th century French literature and culture to contemporary social and intellectual history, subjects on which he has written extensively in American and European publications. In addition, he is keenly interested in technology transfer, high-tech business and biotechnology, and has long been an advocate and facilitator of international cooperation in business, science and technology as well as the arts and humanities.

In recognition of his many contributions to the field of contemporary French cultural and linguistic studies, and the advancement of international collaboration for education and research, the French government awarded Dr. Bousquet the Ordre National du Mérite with the rank of Chevalier, and the Palmes Académiques in acknowledgement of distinguished service to higher education.

Education:

Doctorat, Université de Provence, 1983

Positions:

Chair, Department of French and Italian (1999-2002), UW-Madison
Professor of French, UW-Madison
Director, Capstone Professional French Master's Program (1998 to present)
Acting Director, Interdisciplinary Center for French Studies (2000 to present)
Director, European Studies Program (1996-2000)

Publications:

• Apogée et déclin de la Modernité: culture, société et révolution autour de Mai '68 (L'Harmattan, Paris, Spring 1993)
• Educating for International Expertise: Perspectives on Cross-Cultural Competence and French for Business, edited by Gilles Bousquet and Annette Sampon-Nicolas (Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa, 2003)
• Mosaïques: Cahier d'introduction à l'analyse culturelle, with A. Bouguarche, R. Deitz, A. Irving and H. Tucker, (Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1993)
• Mosaïques II: Cahier d'introduction à l'analyse culturelle, with Andrew Irving, (Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1999)
• Numerous articles, scholarly papers, lectures