France

This course experiments with and develops various graphic techniques and gestures including engraving, collage, dry techniques, washes, and mixed techniques. It also addresses the question of the nature and status of images (narration, illustration, expression, abstraction). Sessions are accompanied by image analyses to encourage students to be open to the many possible forms of representation. A personal notebook dedicated to graphic practices is kept throughout the year outside of class hours to develop liveliness and mastery of graphic gestures.

This course presents the different theories of cinema that have emerged since 1945. It involves tracing the history of a field where theories, critiques, and practices have constantly influenced each other. Doing film studies does not only mean choosing cinema as an object, but also knowing the history of thought on cinema, in order to be able to grasp contemporary debates on the practice of moving images. This course explores the history of cinema theories of André Bazin, Siegfried Kracauer, Pier Paolo Passolini, Gilles Deleuze, Christian Metz, and Raymond Bellour as well as more recent cinema theories such as feminist perspectives applied to cinema (Laura Mulvey), figural studies (Nicole Brenez),  perspectives interested in the transition to digital (Àngel Quintana), and new practices of images (Jean-Louis Comolli). The course presents film theories through a study of founding texts and a comparison with film extracts. It discusses these theoretical texts with regard to extracts, in order to exercise and refine their analytical skills with the specific notions and concepts of cinema theory.

This course uses the lens of the category of small states to critically think about key concepts in political science, such as sovereignty, independence/dependence, security, and power. It first introduces the concept of small states, its historical development, and the field of small state studies. It then discusses common characteristics and challenges of, as well as the heterogeneity among, small and microstates. Finally, it turns to specific issues of importance to small states, including their role in international organizations such as the United Nations or the European Union, security and defense, climate change, and economic development.

This course examines the grotesque style, a recurrent feature of American literature, by focusing on fiction works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It begins by covering the definition of the “grotesque” from several scholars, each of whom present the concept differently. The grotesque, therefore, requires special deciphering that is examined in the seminar. An analysis of a selection of grotesque American fiction also allows a study of the reasons for the use of the grotesque and the role it plays.

This course represents additional work for the course FR 133B, POPULAR FRENCH MUSIC. This course provides an opportunity to listen to and analyze popular French and francophone songs of the 20th an 21st centuries while discovering French society and culture. It discusses the vocabulary and what the lyrics mean from the author's point of view.

This course provides the fundamental keys to understanding the geopolitics of the Persian Gulf region. It offers an overview of the region through a double prism: economy and strategy. It demonstrates how fundamental this region is to global energy flows and, hence, how many powers seek to control the Persian Gulf. The course also includes a simulation module for international negotiations to allow a more practical approach of the subject and its stakes, as well as practice international negotiations, public speaking, and to solicit the knowledge acquired in the course. In view of the breadth of the theme and the area covered, the teaching involves many disciplines, such as history, geography, economics, and international law, with a predominance of international relations and strategic studies.

This course focuses on the history of Greek and Roman Antiquity, from the palatial civilizations of the Aegean to the end of the Western Roman Empire. It presents the major chronological and cultural landmarks essential to approaching the history of the ancient Mediterranean worlds and analyzes the main institutional, socio-economic, and religious systems.

This course covers how choose the appropriate sensory analysis and tasting tools and interpret the results to make a judgment on different types of wines and wine by-products. Topics include sensory analysis; vocabulary, writing, and technique; sensory evaluation tests, statistical tools, and processing; and typicality and tasting. 

This course introduces the European Union's political system from a comparative political science perspective. The course provides an in-depth understanding of how the EU's political system operates. It delves into different policy areas, examining both rapid and gradual European integration. Additionally, it analyzes citizens' attitudes towards Europe and the impact of the integration process on national actors like political parties. The course considers each institution's role in the EU's political system, theorizes why and when specific institutions gained more power in the EU, discusses reasons behind varying levels of integration in different policy areas, and evaluates the impact of the EU system on member states' party systems and their citizens.