French

This course analyzes how the issues related to LGBT+ populations give rise to power relations in and for space, between different actors and at different scales, from the local to the global. On the one hand, the course emphasizes the spatial dimension of the minority experience of LGBT+ people. On the other hand, it shows that the issues relating to this group are invested with multiple meanings by different actors, leading to an accentuation of the processes of opposition between “us” and “them”, between “here” and “there”. To this end, the course draws on several social science disciplines. In addition to providing knowledge about gender and sexuality, this course allows students to look at contemporary issues (urban spaces, migration, globalization, international relations, etc.) in a new light. It also introduces students to the research process in the social sciences. 

Although present for two thousand years in Gaul and then in France, Jews are like a “blind spot” in the national narrative. They are only sporadically mentioned in national history as persecuted (crusades, Dreyfus affair, Holocaust). Yet they have contributed to the construction of France at every period through their political, economic, religious, scientific, and cultural input. This course sheds light on more than 2000 years of this rich and eventful relationship, alternating phases of greatness, success, and integration followed by persecution and expulsion, then reconstruction. It is a national history but also a multiregional history, from the Comtat Venaissin to Provence, from Occitania to Alsace, Lorraine and Aquitaine, all the way to the fairs of Champagne and Paris. The course conducts a political reflection on the relationship of a minority constituted as a nation with the French state, and then on its successful integration. It examines the evolution of a religious minority in the very Catholic kingdom of France. Finally, the course addresses social, cultural, and economic history. It highlights the contribution of the Jews to France, but also of France to the Jews, and discovers the richness and diversity of the political, social, economic, scientific, cultural, and religious history of the Jews in France over the past 2000 years and their contribution to France's progress towards modernity.

From international monetary system issues to climate challenges, crypto-assets, the fight against financial crime, international sanctions, sovereign debt restructuring, and the role of the shareholder state, this course examines the major monetary and financial issues of the 21st century. It explores strategies for adapting central banks and the financial system to these new challenges, whether they relate to monetary policy, financial stability, or the financing of the economy. This course has three key objectives: to equip students with an in-depth mastery of the fundamentals of monetary and financial economics for a better understanding of current economic events, to shed light on the changing role of central banks and international financial institutions, and to offer the opportunity to meet experts to guide students in their career choices.

Sport is no longer simply a physical activity or a game; it has become an economic sector in its own right, now accounting for 2% of global GDP. With its evolution and the development of its business have come new challenges and new players competing to ensure their growth and assert their rights. Formerly organized around rules and largely through associations, sport has become economically emancipated. It is governed by a set of rights (commercial, property, image, etc.) and businesses defended by players as diverse as companies, the media, athletes, clubs, events, etc. The economics of sport enables us to take a different look at what is above all for the general public a subject of passion and for others a stake in growth or power. A few months after the success of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, this course offers an overview of the players and issues involved in the sports economy. It focuses particularly on understanding the strategies of the various players and deciphering business mechanisms.

This course focuses on urban capitalism, understood as the link between a mode of production and a mode of relationship to space that are now dominant in the 21st century. On the one hand, space is a support for economic activities: contemporary restructurings of capitalism lead to socio-spatial dynamics (metropolization, gentrification, etc.). On the other hand, capitalism transforms cities through the production of real estate and infrastructure, now connected to the financial markets. Finally, the course questions the socio-spatial inequalities and crises associated with urban capitalism, as well as the resistance to it. At the crossroads of political economy, urban sociology and economic geography, the course familiarizes students with research on this topic through various media (scientific texts, documentaries, fieldwork). 

This course considers the issues of the contemporary world, in the light of the historical experiences of the last century and the current century. It is based on political history in the broadest sense, including social and cultural, economic and environmental issues, and informed by the work of other social sciences. The angle adopted focuses on the tensions between the quest for equality, the persistence and reconstruction of hierarchies, and the vigor of emancipation movements. These themes are addressed at the level of individuals, groups and states, in both domestic and international contexts, in close connection with the issues of violence, wars, and conflicts that punctuated the “short twentieth century”. Particular attention is paid to the global dimension of these phenomena, in the so-called “North” and “South” countries, before and after decolonization. The methodology emphasizes the reading and analysis of primary historical sources.

In today's world, challenges are incredibly complex, multifaceted, and often intersectoral. Given the complexities and interdependencies of the 21st century, scientific disciplines and their siloed knowledge production practices are no longer sufficient to fully grasp global problems and find solutions to them. Yet they remain the dominant knowledge structures through which the world is analyzed and explained. This course first explains the structuring and evolution of scientific disciplines. Then it addresses the notion of interdisciplinarity and the tools it offers for a more holistic understanding of international relations.

This course considers the issues of the contemporary world, in the light of the historical experiences of the last century and the current century. It is based on political history in the broadest sense, including economic, social, and cultural issues, and informed by the work of other social sciences. The privileged angle for approaching these two centuries is that of modernities, the discussions that this concept brings with it, and the issues that it covers: around the nation, violence, democracy, the welfare state, the environment, for example. Particular attention is paid to the conflicts that have arisen between different conceptions of modernity throughout the century. The approach is global, with particular attention to colonial and post-colonial contexts. 

This course examines the main aspects of intra-European mobility, whether legal, political, socio-economic, or cultural. It introduces the paradigm shift in intra-community migration and living together that goes hand in hand with this specific way of conceiving the cohesion of the European Union and its relationship with its neighborhood, making Europe at the beginning of the 21st century a laboratory for experimenting with a post-national citizenship. Analysis of reference texts and figures is supplemented by discussion time to help students reflect on their own experience as mobile citizens or, comparatively, on their experience of migration outside Europe and interculturality. Several case studies illustrate the analysis and highlight the diversity of situations that intra-European mobility can involve.

This course is based on a so-called “bottom-up” field approach in order to measure the social and societal effects of public policies in a different way. To illustrate this method, it draws on various visible situations related to migration: resurgence of shantytowns, increase in unaccompanied minors wandering around, etc., in order to analyze the sociological mechanisms at work within migrant groups, host societies, and countries of origin. This method uses social science research tools to be able to evaluate and then propose improvements to the policies and measures put in place. It is an introduction to action research based on a shared field diagnosis facilitating the acceptance of change and social innovation.