France

This course provides an overview of digital practices for translation and localization using open-source software. It covers localization and translation of software and documents. Topics include open-source software tutorials, creating and translating subtitles, group translation, and working on a synthesis.  

This course is a study of the history of Israel as seen through films. The course examines various angles of the socio-political reality displayed in both fiction and documentary films. From the early twentieth century in Palestine and onwards in Israel, mainly through Israeli cinema, a flourishing industry nowadays, as well as through foreign cinema, the course covers the main events that shaped and continue to shape the reality of this young state: the historical events that led to its foundation, the wars which drew its borders, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and its multi-cultural identity.

This course introduces basic notions for translating medical terms from French to English, beginning with documents for lay readers followed by documents for specialists. It provides practice in digital research techniques for both stages of the translation process: comprehension and reformulation. The course covers revision of stylistic issues as well as structural and language differences between French and English as they arise in the text studies.

This course introduces the theoretical and methodological approaches of Disability Studies, an expanding field that is not yet well enough known in France. It is organized in twelve themed sessions focusing on conceptual models used in studying disability, the history of legislative and social policy for impaired persons, and representations of disability in literature, the arts, and new media. The course offers a particularly worthwhile addition to the skillset of students preparing for careers in law, public administration, education, or social work.

This course introduces students to the fundamental theoretical approaches relating to the study of facts, phenomena, and actors of communication. This course approaches the study of communication through a historical and comparative lens, allowing students to become acquainted with the diverse role communication has played over the years into the modern world. This includes an analysis of technological development and communication techniques on the function of mass media.