ANLEA / AILEA Conference Programme
Transmission and Expression of Democratic Values at University
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
CES de Châteauroux — 90 avenue François Mitterrand, 36000 Châteauroux
| 10:30 – 12:00 |
Discovery tour of innovation and training facilities
Near the Université de Châteauroux campus
Cité du Numérique · Connected Campus · Village by CA
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| 13:00 – 13:30 | Welcome coffee and participant registration — CES entrance hall · Distribution of badges and documents |
| 13:30 – 14:00 |
Opening ceremony
Amphitheatre Jenny de Vasson
· Rachid Nedjai, Director, UFR LLSH, Université d'Orléans
· Armelle Treppoz, Director, CES Châteauroux, Université d'Orléans
· Amy Wells, President, ANLEA, Université de Caen
· Magali Ginesta-Muñoz & Sylvie Fournié-Chaboche, Co-directors, LEA Department, Université d'Orléans
· Claire Decobert, Director of Studies, LEA Department
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| 14:00 – 17:30 |
Session 1 — Research
Transmission and expression of democratic values at university
Workshop 1 — Democracy and teaching in LEA: content and pedagogical practices 14:00 – 15:30
Chair: Claire Decobert, Université d'Orléans
· "The British Isles in LEA teaching: between economics and democracy" — Philippe Cauvet, Université de Poitiers
· "Teaching the press and current affairs in the first year of an Applied Modern Languages degree" — Sophie Gondolle, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest
· "The role of debate in British Civilisation courses" — Anna Daley, CES de Châteauroux, Université d'Orléans
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| 15:30 – 15:45 | Coffee break — room 250 |
| 15:45 – 17:15 |
Workshop 2 — Transmission of democratic values at university: innovation and interculturality
Chair: Christèle Le Bihan-Colleran, Université de Poitiers
· 15:45 — "Educational field trips and photography: two vehicles for transmitting democratic values" — Gervais Essama, Harison Robert, Raphaël Eppreh-Butet, Université de Lille
· 16:15 — "Artificial intelligence and the transmission of democratic values at university: an intercultural approach in LEA" — Dima El Husseini, French University in Egypt
· 16:45 — "University democracy in Egypt: the case of the Applied Modern Languages department at the French University in Egypt" — Yasmine Barsoum, French University in Egypt
Workshops close at 17:15
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| 17:30 | Coach departure to Orléans city centre — Arrival at Hôtel Groslot or the Cathedral · Free evening |
Thursday, 11 June 2026
UFR Lettres, Langues et Sciences Humaines — 10 rue de Tours, 45000 Orléans
| 09:00 – 10:30 |
Session 2 — Local specificities
Amphitheatre Genevoix · Chair: Alice Michel, Université d'Orléans
· English-Chinese LEA pathway — Xinyan Gilet-Sun, Université d'Orléans
· English-Japanese LEA pathway — Akiko Takemura, Université d'Orléans
· Franco-German integrated curriculum Orléans–Siegen — Sebastian Türk, Université d'Orléans
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| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break — room 250 |
| 11:00 – 12:30 |
Session 3 — Master's programmes
Chair: Akiko Takemura, Université d'Orléans
· Presentation and specificities of the Master's in LEA — Elodie Gallet & Isabelle Noël, Université d'Orléans
· Presentation of the Master's in Translation & Multilingual Communication — Alice Ray, Université d'Orléans
· Career support and graduate outcomes (DOIP) — Florian Chassinat, Elodie Gallet & Olivier Richard, Université d'Orléans
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| 12:30 – 14:00 | Buffet lunch — room 250 |
| 14:00 – 15:45 |
Session 4 — Innovation and pedagogy
Chair: Élodie Gallet, Université d'Orléans
· Round table: "Using generative AI in LEA: rethinking pedagogy rather than policing academic fraud" — Alice Michel, Université d'Orléans & Maxime Lagrange, Director of the Learning Lab, Université d'Orléans
· "Teaching French in LEA: between French as a Foreign Language (FFL), French as a Second Language (FSL) and French as a Mother Tongue (FMT)" — Emilie Verger, Université d'Orléans
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| 15:45 – 16:15 | Coffee break — room 250 |
| 16:15 – 16:45 |
Session 5 — Territory and employability
Chair: Sebastian Türk, Université d'Orléans
· The Loiret region: an attractive employment basin for LEA International Business students — Izabela Jankiewick, Université d'Orléans. Student video capsules.
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| 18:00 | Cultural tours (optional)
· Guided tour of the historic centre of Orléans
· Guided tour "Orléans from top to bottom"
· Guided tour "In the footsteps of Joan of Arc"
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| 20:00 | Gala dinner — Le Lift, Place de Loire, 45000 Orléans |
Friday, 12 June 2026
UFR Lettres, Langues et Sciences Humaines — 10 rue de Tours, 45000 Orléans
| 08:30 – 09:30 |
Session 6 — International relations
Amphitheatre Genevoix · Chair: Rodolphe Pauvert, Université de Poitiers
· Athena label. LEA and European universities: what synergies? — Ian Todinca, Vice-President ATHENA, Université d'Orléans
· Studying abroad as part of your degree at the Université d'Orléans — Marion Vilgard & Anna Daley, Université d'Orléans
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| 09:30 – 10:30 |
Session 7 — LEA Research Workshop
· Roundtable Revue RILEA — Workshop chaired by Vanessa Boullet, Université de Nancy
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| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee break; — room 250 |
| 10:45 – 12:30 | General Assembly ANLEA — Amphithéâtre Genevoix General Assembly AILEA — Room 252 |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Buffet lunch; room 250 |
| 13h30 | Departure to Chambord — Cultural excursion (registration required) |
| 18h00 | Official closing of the Conference |
Committees
Organising Committee
- Antonin Babillot, Université d'Orléans
- Lian Chen, Université d'Orléans
- Rose Clerici, Université d'Orléans (CES Châteauroux)
- Caroline Cygler, Université d'Orléans
- Anna Daley, Université d'Orléans
- Claire Decobert, Université d'Orléans
- Sylvie Fournié Chaboche, Université d'Orléans
- Amina Gaillard, Université d'Orléans (CES Châteauroux)
- Élodie Gallet, Université d'Orléans
- Xinyam Gilet-Sun, Université d'Orléans
- Magali Ginesta-Muñoz, Université d'Orléans
- Izabela Jankiewick, Université d'Orléans
- Maxime Lagrange, Université d'Orléans
- Alice Michel, Université d'Orléans
- Rachid Nedjai, Université d'Orléans
- Frédéric Perrot, Université d'Orléans
- Valentin Pottier, Université d'Orléans
- Akiko Takemura, Université d'Orléans
- Sebastien Türk, Université d'Orléans
- Émilie Verger, Université d'Orléans
- Marion Vilgard, Université d'Orléans
Scientific Committee
- Vanessa Boullet, Université de Lorraine
- Claire Decobert, Université d'Orléans
- Fabien Durringer, Université d'Orléans
- Sylvie Fournié Chaboche, Université d'Orléans
- Elodie Gallet, Université d'Orléans
- Christèle Le Bihan, Université de Poitiers
- Alice Michel, Université d'Orléans
- Rodolphe Pauvert, Université de Poitiers
- Martine Raibaud, La Rochelle Université
- Emilie Sotteau, Université d'Orléans
- Émilie Verger, Université d'Orléans
- David Waterman, La Rochelle Université
- Amy Wells, President of ANLEA, Université de Caen
Contact: congresanlea26@sciencesconf.org
