introduced. She advocated "that it was necessary to produce more vivid methods of teaching French at university level" Accordingly, she inaugurated a new direction in the university level of French teaching that saw the use of French language in all French classes and the integration of three strands, French language, literature and civilization, at all levels. Audiovisual methods of teaching were introduced involving a language laboratory and a multimedia room. In 1972 she was elected to the Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH). French universities and CNRS In 1974 Robinson-Valéry resigned from the University of NSW (and was succeeded there by Jean Chaussivert) and returned to France. In the years that followed she held several visiting professorships in French literature and studies (Paris X-Nanterre; Paris IV-La Sorbonne; Paul Valéry-Montpellier III). In 1982 she was named to a directorship of research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris. She continued to pursue her research on Paul Valéry for the next twenty years, which resulted in many publications and awards. In 1987 she was appointed to the Conseil National pour la Recherche Scientifique. Later life Having retired from the CRNS in 1998, she continued to live in Paris. In 2001, due to failing health, she returned to Sydney. In 2004 she endowed "The Judith Robinson-Valéry Scholarship" at The Women's College, Sydney University, to be awarded "to a student who is studying in a postgraduate Psychology course at the University of Sydney and residing at The Women's College". She died on 29 June 2010. Judith Robinson-Valéry's papers are held in UNSW Archives. Personal life Robinson-Valéry was married twice. She married Dr Brian John Robinson, a radio astronomer, at the British Embassy in Paris in 1956. They had one son, Anthony Philip Robinson (Tony), who was born in 1970. They divorced in 1975. In 1976 she married Claude Valéry, the elder son of Paul Valéry. She had three siblings: David Ogilvie White, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Melbourne (1967–94) John White, formerly chief executive of the NSW Farmers' Association Katharine Ogilvie West, author and former visiting scholar in communication and public policy, Canberra University. Awards Doctor of Letters honoris causa from the University of New South Wales (1987) Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (2005) Select bibliography As author Alain, lecteur de Balzac et de Stendhal. Paris: Corti, 1958. L'Analyse de l'esprit dans les Cahiers de Valéry. Paris: Corti,