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UC Center Program
Fall 2002 Semester
PLEASE NOTE: All previous programs are for reference only!
Courses Offered in 2002
French Literature and History: 16th-20th centuries. (Prof. Albert Lavigne)
An examination of the relations between history and literature in France since the sixteenth century, this course uses primary historical sources and literary texts to examine key events and moments in French history.
Visual Culture (Prof. Marc Ferro)
Beyond the traditional field of art history, the study of "visual culture" has emerged as an established field of scholarly inquiry in the last few decades. The focus of this course will be on French cinema after World War I, with some attention paid to other media and other periods.
French Critical Theory Since the 1960s (Prof. Olivier Sérafinowicz)
This course surveys contemporary work in French political philosophy, gender theory, linguistics, psychoanalysis, and literary theory in studying the concepts and approaches that have had a major impact on Cultural Studies in the U.S., especially recent work on the problems of identity, subjectivity, language, and culture.
Histories of Paris (Prof. Mark Meigs)
Using the buildings and spaces of Paris as a laboratory, this course surveys key events in the histories of Paris and France. The course focuses on the social and cultural history of the city in its material dimensions, the relation of streets and buildings to the unfolding events of French history, and the meanings of local topography within the enduring mythologies of the city.
Identities of France (Prof. Stéphane Dufoix)
Using case studies of intellectual and political debates from the 1980s and 1990s, this course surveys recent French attempts to come to terms with France’s changing identity under the impact of immigration, feminism, and economic and cultural globalization.
France and European Integration (Prof. Frédéric Charillon)
This course examines the role of France in the development of European institutions after World War II; the influence of France in contemporary debates about the Euro, EU expansion to the east, and a European army; and the impact of these institutions on the French state and nation.
Faculty and Tutors in 2002 Faculty
Frédéric CHARILLON
Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Paris) / Université de Clermont
France and European Integration
Stéphane DUFOIX
Université de Paris, X (Nanterre)
Identities of France
Marc FERRO
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Visual Culture in France
Albert LAVIGNE
Université de Paris, 3
French Literature and History (16th-20th centuries)
Mark MEIGS
Université de Paris, 7 (Jussieu)
Histories of Paris
Olivier SERAFINOWICZ
Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris
French Critical Theory Since the 1960s
Tutors
Alex BALASESCU
Anthropology, U.C. Irvine
Jason JACOBS
Literature, U.C. Santa Cruz
Ethan RUNDELL
History, U.C. Berkeley
John TAIN
History of Art, U.C. Berkeley
Nadège VELDWACHTER
French, U.C. Los Angeles
Lisa WEISS
Literature, U.C. Santa Cruz
Program Events and Lectures in 2002 All events will take place on Wednesdays at 18h at ACCENT International, unless otherwise noted.
| 9 September (Monday) |
Cross-Culltural Transition
Seminar. Led by Dorothy Erlandson, the seminar helps students
to get the best of their experience in France. This first
session focuses on cultural adaptation. |
| 11 September |
"One Year Later:
Reflections in International Education". Peter Sahlins
and Ray Vernon moderate a discussion by UC students about the
impact of 9/11 on decisions to study abroad |
| 17 September (Tuesday
19h30) |
Ciné-Club: "Casque
d'Or," by Jacques Becker (English subtitles) |
| 18 September |
Patrick Weil (C.N.R.S.),
author of Qu'est-ce qu'un Français: Histoire de la nationalité
de 1789 à nos jours (2002), and specialist of immigration
and nationality law, will speak on France and the U.S.: Similarities
and Contrasts of Political Life |
| 2 October |
Zair Kedadouche, special
representative of the French Minister of the City of Paris,
elected council member of the XVIIe arrondissement, and
author of La France et les Beurs (Table Ronde,
2002), will speak on French Policies of Integration: Success
and Failure in the Suburbs |
| 8 October (Tuesday TBA) |
Fondue Dinner |
| 10 October (Thursday
19h30) |
Ciné-Club: "La
Grande Illusion," by Jean Renoir (English subtitles) |
| 16 October |
New Digital Music:
Performance and Lecture by IRCAM (in conjunction with the
week-long events of Resonances |
| 23 October |
Opéra Garnier: Angelin
Preljocaj, Casanova |
| 5 November (Tuesday
19h30) |
Ciné-Club: "Les
Quatre Cent Coups," by François Truffaut (English Subtitles) |
| 6 November |
Anne-Marie Grimaud,
French Food: the Secret is in the Sauce |
| 7 November (Thursday) |
Concert at the Sainte-Chapelle |
| 13 November |
Leonard Pitts, author
of Paris Then and Now: slide show and discussion. |
21 November
(Thursday) |
Christopher Boicos,
art critic, will speak on Matisse/Picasso |
23 November (Saturday,
exact time TBA) |
Visit of the Catacombs
at "Hell Square," where the officially disenterred
remains of the Paris cemeteries were stored in the 18th and
19th centuries as sculpture, art, and monument |
| 25 November (Monday) |
Cross-Cultural Seminar
led by Dorothy Erlandson. This second session focuses
on cultural readjustments to your home country |
| 27 November |
Eric Fassin (E.N.S.),
sociologist and activist, will speak on Sex in the News:
Sexual Politics in France |
| 3 December |
Ciné-Club, "Le
Salaire de la Peur," by Henri-Georges Clouzot (English
subtitles) |
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