France

This course is an introduction to archeometry, its areas of expertise, problems, methods, and practices. Archeometry is the vast field of applications of the physical, chemical, biological, and geological sciences to art history and archeology, which aim to know the location of the remains, the ancient techniques and processes, the age of works and human occupations, the use of objects of the past, and their state of conservation. Several methods of numerical dating, observation, and characterization of materials (organic and inorganic) are presented, some of them in detail, in order to give the student sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge to be autonomous and critical of methods, techniques, and results. The course is based on numerous case studies.

This course presents and explores the historical and theoretical foundations of cultural studies, from the inception of the movement in Britain at the turn of the 1960s (around the University of Birmingham) to their development and their dissemination in the whole English-speaking world in the following decades. The seminar starts with a presentation of the general theoretical and practical preoccupations of the main founders of cultural studies in the broader context of the contestation of the dominant paradigm of elitist and highbrow notions of literature and culture. Figures such as Raymond Williams, Stuart Hall, E. P. Thompson and others are studied through their key texts and interventions. Then their legacy and influence in the United States and the Caribbean is examined as well as the concurrent redefinition and diversification of analytical paradigms (gender studies, postcolonial studies, queer studies, etc.).

This is a tutorial course that supports the lecture course HERITAGE AND MUSEOLOGY. It focuses on the process of museum exhibits and their contents.

This course surveys political theories from classical to contemporary times. Students discuss a wide array of works about the individual and community by philosophers from Plato to Foucault and relate them to contemporary situations. The emphasis of the course is on how the ideas and theories of these philosophers haven shaped history, especially French history.

The extensive independent study field research paper produced by the student is both the centerpiece of the intern's professional engagement and the culmination of the academic achievements of the semester. During the preparatory session, IFE teaches the methodological guidelines and principles to which students are expected to adhere in the development of their written research. Students work individually with a research advisor from their field. The first task is to identify a topic, following guidelines established by IFE for research topic choice. The subject must be tied in a useful and complementary way to the student-intern's responsibilities, as well as to the core concerns of the host organization. The research question should be designed to draw as much as possible on resources available to the intern via the internship (data, documents, interviews, observations, seminars and the like). Students begin to focus on this project after the first 2-3 weeks on the internship. Each internship agreement signed with an organization makes explicit mention of this program requirement, and this is the culminating element of their semester. Once the topic is identified, students meet individually, as regularly as they wish, with their IFE research advisor to generate a research question from the topic, develop an outline, identify sources and research methods, and discuss drafts submitted by the student. The research advisor also helps students prepare for the oral defense of their work which takes place a month before the end of the program and the due date of the paper. The purpose of this exercise is to help students evaluate their progress and diagnose the weak points in their outline and arguments. Rather than an extraneous burden added to the intern's other duties, the field research project grows out of the internship through a useful and rewarding synergy of internship and research. The Field Study and Internship model results in well-trained student-interns fully engaged in mission-driven internships in their field, while exploring a critical problem guided by an experienced research advisor.

The focus of the seminar is on identifying key images in the Victorian imagination and analyzing the process through which these figures became loaded with meaning. Throughout this seminar, students consider how, in an age of growing class conflict, gender (re)definition, technological progress, and scientific enquiry, symbolic figures aggregated hypotheses emanating from various fields of interest. Oral presentations are supported by visual material and explore the complexities and contradictions crystallized in iconic images considered in a Barthesian perspective as products of the Victorian cultural history.

This course familiarizes students with the gender perspective in sociology. The course focuses on empirical sociology and on the application of gender to the analysis of society. Although some contributions to gender theory are mentioned, the course does not focus on the history of feminist thought. The first sessions discuss how gender has been defined in sociology, taking into account different sociological perspectives, and intersectionality issues. The following sessions tackle several social institutions using a gender perspective: the family, the education system, the labor market, the media, health, and the body. Most introductory courses in sociology tackle some of these institutions, so students with some background in sociology get a more informed and enriched perspective on issues they are already familiar with. For students without a sociological background, these sessions are an introduction to empirical sociology through a gender lens. The last session of the course presents an integrative approach to the sociological analysis of gender (gender as a social structure).

This course is the additional work for the course "EUROPEAN UNION AND INTERNATIONAL RELATION POLITICS". This course deals with the links between the European Union (EU) and International Relations (IR). It addresses how the academic field of International Relations has theorized both the European Union's integration and its role in Global Politics. For analytical purposes, the European Union is considered an international organization (IO). Notwithstanding its specific characteristics, this conceptual move allows students to analyze the European Union through the lens of International Relations theories. This course presents various IR theoretical perspectives to illuminate different questions pertaining to the EU and more specifically to its role in the field of global security. It looks at three major themes: (1) European Union and Integration theories; (2) EU power or not: EU in Global Security;(3) Dynamics of IOs: the case of the EU.