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UC Center Program
Fall 2003 Semester
PLEASE NOTE: All previous programs are for reference only!
Courses Offered in 2003
General Courses
(Students can enroll in only ONE of the following):
116. Contemporary French Society and Politics (Prof. Stéphane Dufoix)
A survey of the the institutions, social structure, economy, and political life of contemporary France, this course focuses on current public debates: political decentralization, constitutional reform, the educational system, the future of the welfare state, and immigration and citizenship in France. The course is taught from a social science perspective. Readings include texts by political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, as well as excerpts from journalist, speeches, and political commentary in translation. With tutorial.
117. French Civilization and History (Prof. Jérôme Game)
Taught from the perspective of the humanities, this course surveys some of the canonical and conventional "landmarks" of French culture and civilization, although it does so in unconventional ways. Readings combine selections from French writers, playwrights, and philosophers with primary sources used by historians and literary scholars in order to make sense of the unity and divisions of French society and its cultural productions since the later Middle Ages. With tutorial.
Specialized Courses
(Students can enroll in ONE or TWO of the following)
115. 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 EU expansion, the creation of a European army; and European political institutions. The course also considers the impact of these institutional changes and the construction of Europe on the French state and nation.
111. 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. With tutorial.
118. Postwar French Intellectual History (Prof. Olivia Custer)
This course surveys the intellectual history of France since World War II, using selections of major thinkers in a variety of disciplines: political philosophy, gender theory, linguistics, psychoanalysis, history, and literary theory. Situating French thought in its social and political contexts, the course explores in particular the development of critical theory since the 1960s, considering recent as well as classical work on the problems of identity, subjectivity, and language.
119. France and the United States: How Media Shape Perceptions (Prof. André Schiffrin)
How did Europe and America react to the changes that took place in the last half of the 20th Century? This course will focus on evolving print media (newspapers, book publishing, journals, scholarly publishing) from the development of the Cold War to the Present. It will focus on both fictional and non-fictional responses in the United States to France - French politics, intellectual life, and cultural productions - against the backdrop of the dramatic upheavals after World War II: Communism and the Cold War; the colonial wars in Algeria and Vietnam; the reactions to 1968 in France and the U.S.; the political turn to the right in the 1980s and 1990s; and the end of the Cold War after 1989. With tutorial.
120. Paris Through Film: 1900 to the Present (Prof. Jérôme Game)
This is a course in the study of French cinema and the city of Paris. The course aims at exposing the intricate relationship, throughout the twentieth century, between Paris as a cultural, intellectual, political, and geographical topos and cinematographic inventions and innovations. The ambition of the course is for students to develop an understanding the complex relationship existing between cinematographic works and their context, and, reciprocally, between a city and its visual representations.
121. Art and Music in Paris: Spectacle Behind the Scenes (Prof. Richard Andrews)
This course on the contemporary "arts scene" in Paris investigates the actors, institutions, and ideas involved in the production of cultural exhibitions and spectacles. Taking students "behind the scenes" in a variety of context-artistic exhibitions, theatrical productions, opera and ballet, and the music industry-students study the critical processes and choices in France that go into the production of cultural performances. With tutorial.
Faculty and Tutors in 2003 Faculty
Richard ANDREWS
Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT)
Course: Art and Music in Paris: Spectacle Behind the Scenes
Frédéric CHARILLON
Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris / Université de Clermont, I
Course: France and European Integration
Olivia CUSTER
Course: Postwar French Intellectual History
Stéphane DUFOIX
Université de Paris, X (Nanterre)
Course: Contemporary French Society and Politics
Jérôme GAME
Courses: French Civilization and History, Paris Through Film
Mark MEIGS
Université de Paris, 7 (Jussieu)
Course: Histories of Paris
André SCHIFFRIN
Course: France and the United States: How Media Shape Perceptions
Tutors (Graduate Assistants)
Andrew INFANTI
Music, U.C. San Diego
Jason JACOBS
Literature, U.C. Santa Cruz
Brigitte JELEN
History, U.C. Irvine
Nancy LUXON
Political Science, U.C. San Diego
Allison RICE
French, U.C.L.A.
John TAIN
History of Art, U.C. Berkeley
Manuel VALLEE [spring 2004]
Sociology, U.C. Berkeley
Lisa WEISS
Literature, U.C. Santa Cruz
All events will take place on Wednesdays at 18h at ACCENT International, unless otherwise noted.
1. Ciné-club: Huit Femmes (by F. OZON)
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 10th
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: ACCENT Center
2. Concert of Classical Music
Come and listen to the trumpets of Versailles and some pieces by Bach and Vivaldi in one of the most beautiful gothic churches in Paris!
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 16th
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: Sainte Chapelle
Price: 10 euros
3. Daytrip to Lille
Take the chance to get out of Paris for a day and spend it in one of the most beautiful cities of Northern France!! Date: Saturday, Sept. 27th
Departure time: 8:30 am
Return to Paris: 8:00 pm
Meeting place: in front of the Opera Bastille
Price: 20 euros
4. Ciné-club: Jean de Florette (by C. BERRI)
Date: Thursday, October 2nd
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: ACCENT Center
·: Don't forget to bring "La carte du ciné-club"
5. Couscous dinner
Enjoy a good North African dinner in a typical maghrebin restaurant of the city!
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 15th
Further details TBA
6. Ciné-club: La Belle et la Bête (by J. COCTEAU)
Date: Thursday, Nov. 6th
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: ACCENT Center
·: Don't forget to bring "La carte du ciné-club"
7. "Crêpes" dinner
These typical French pancakes are the one must-eat food for your time in Paris!
Date: Wednesday, Nov.19th
Further details TBA
8. Ciné-club: Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (by J-P JEUNET)
Date: Thursday, December 4th
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: ACCENT Center
·: Don't forget to bring "La carte du ciné-club"
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