
Global May Study Abroad Program
Basic Information
Trip Date: TBD, May 2022
In-country Credit: French 1803 (3 credits hours)
Program Coordinator: Geoff Nelson (.1772)
Resident Directors: Professor Benjamin Hoffmann (.312) & Doctor Kathryn Schlosser (.73)
Information Sessions
Rescheduled: Information Session 1
Tuesday, November 2
5:20 p.m. - 6:20 p.m.
Hagerty Hall 56
Information Session 2
Monday, November 15
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Zoom
Program Description
This program explores the social, cultural, and geographical history of the city of Paris from the Middle Ages to the present through the study of a number of key events and places in the city’s rich history. We will focus on different events and their geographical context within the city, thereby exploring the city not just from century to century but from neighborhood to neighborhood.
By participating in this program, students will be able to articulate how each of the locations studied throughout the course has evolved over time to shape the ultra-modern and global city we know Paris to be today. Students will be able to identify how the Parisian landscape has shaped Parisian society and how society in turn shaped and transformed the landscape to suit the evolving needs and desires of the people of Paris.
We achieve these goals through 2 pre-departure classroom sessions, followed by a 14-day trip in Paris. We will examine various cultural texts in relation to each event and location, such as fiction, songs, newspaper articles, paintings, photographs, buildings, monuments, and modes of transportation produced in, and during, each particular place and period we study. Each day in Paris we will visit different sites that represent the century we will be discussing that day. Through museums and monuments visits, shows, restaurants, discussions with Parisians, walks, subway rides, short trips to Châtenay-Malabry, Versailles, and Boulogne, we will really come to understand what the city of Paris has become.
Program fee includes accommodations, local transportation, excursions and entry fees, some group meals, and supplemental insurance. It does not cover airfare, passport, visa (if necessary), non-program meals, or personal expenses.
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