Americans in Paris

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Paris

Term: Summer 
Dates: June 29 - July 26

Description: Americans in Paris
France - Paris
June 29 - July 26

Check In: June 29
First Day of Class: June 30 Instructors

Marc Blanchard, Professeur Agrege de l'Universite (Paris-Sorbonne)
Comparative Literature Department, UC Davis

Marc Blanchard taught at Yale and Columbia before joining the UCD faculty in 1970. He trained as a classics scholar, but his longstanding research interests are in Comparative Literature, History, Philosophy, Politics, and the Critique of Culture. He was co-founder of the Comparative Literature Program in 1971, the founding Director of the Critical Theory Program in 1985 and of the Humanities Program in 1987. His articles and books include, La Revolution et les Mots, Description:: Sign, Self, Desire: Critical Theory in the Wake of Semiotics, In Search of the City and Trois portraits de Montaigne. He has published more than seventy articles in major journals on topics of Theory, European, Latin American, Caribbean and especially Cuban Literature. He has held several visiting professorships (NYU, CCNY, UNC Chapel Hill, Stanford, the Ruhr Universitaet, Bochum, Germany) and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984.

Raquel Scherr, Ph.D.
University Writing Program, UC Davis
* Recipient of Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching Award

Raquel Scherr holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley and currently teaches for the University Writing Program at University of California, Davis. Raquel is a theorist of mixed race issues, ethnic writing and criticism, a member of the Chicana/Latina Research Center at UCD, and an adviser to undergraduate and graduate students across departments on campus. Her publications include: Face Value: The Politics of Beauty and West of The West: Imagining California. She has recently published an essay on mixed race theory, "Miscegnarration" (University of Texas Press, 2004) and a critical essay on the politics of beauty for the leading academic journal in Cuba, Revolucion y Cultura. She has also worked as an editorial consultant on such documentary award winning films such as: "Edward James: Builder of Dreams," and Maureen Gosslings "Blossoms of Fire."

Last Day of Class: July 25
Check Out: July 26

Class Size: 18-28

This program provides a study of the representation of Paris in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and of its role as the capital of modern culture. We will discuss major texts from Jefferson to Baldwin, listen to key musicians (e.g. Sidney Bechet), view major films (e.g. An American in Paris), and learn to read the city and report on its politics from the vantage point of young 21st century Americans. Seminar-style classes held at Reid Hall on the Columbia campus in Paris. Assignments include required readings and independent walks throughout the city. All readings are in English.

Highlights: Students will be required to "travel" through Paris. We will have daily assignments that ask students to explore the history and culture of Americans in Paris through its streets and architecture. In addition, we will ask students to visit historical sites, museums, and exhibits (both longstanding and new) that inspired past and current Americans living in Paris. Some of these sites, such as Versailles, lie outside of Paris. Our classes are scheduled so that students will also take advantage of trips to other places outside of Paris, such as the south of France, where Americans living in Paris have traditionally gone to escape the winter or the confines of the city.

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: TBA

Students who enroll before the Accommodations and Activities Fee is posted will be notified via email as soon as the fee is available. If they choose to withdraw within 10 days of this notification, their deposit will be refunded.
TBA Total Estimated Fees Charged to Students

* This fee level is based on the proposed 2007-08 governor's budget. The fees are subject to Regental, legislative, and gubernatorial action and may change without notice.

Fees Do Not Include:
- Round Trip Airfare
- Passport
- Passport Photos
- Doctor's Appointment
- Textbooks and Supplies
- Transportation to/from Airport
- Personal Items
- Meals, unless covered in accommodation costs. Contact us for more info

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to France Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Scholarships are Available. Apply for a five hundred dollar travel voucher (STA) and contact us for more information on scholarships.

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network