Dr. Laurie Ramsey and advanced students of French, Anne Kirk and Eva Miller, presented their research on French and francophone topics at the 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary Conference: "A Sense of Space and Place: Global and Local Perspectives," organized by the Mellon Globalization Forum April 6-8, 2017. Dr. Ramsey's talk was entitled, "Alsace: A Multilingual and Multicultural Space;" accompanied by Anne Kirk's talk, "French 'Laïcité': Republicanism and its Impact on the Franco-Maghrebi Identity" and Eva Miller's address, "An Unending Exodus: North African Jews in France."