University of Lyon 2

This course covers the history of Islam in France. It explores the great influence of Islam and Islamic nations on the French language and terminology used in France and Francophone cultures as well as the diversity among nations within the Islamic culture and religion. The general focus of this course is the impact that Islam has had in France from long ago to today and how Islamic culture in France is largely underrepresented in French history.

This course is a survey of the changes in French society from a macro-sociological perspective, focusing on the three spheres of school, work, and culture. It examines the ways in which social order changes and is maintained, incorporating the teachings of sociologists such as Pierre Bourdieu, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber.

This course covers the history modern East Asia from the 19th to the 20th century. It focuses on China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. The relations between these countries as well as the colonial forces from the West are among the topics covered.

This course consists of weekly lectures accompanied by readings and film viewings outside the classroom. Each week, it studies and explores a different writer, literary genre, or event pertaining to the French Revolution through a rhetorical and literary lens. Authors include Victor Hugo, the Chenier brothers, Michelet, and Chateaubriand.

This course examines concepts of contemporary Spanish literature and the process for translating the works from Spanish to French. 

This course examines French society through the lens of social justice in three main areas: economic, social, and political. Through various authentic materials and linguistic activities, it introduces the main French historical, administrative, social, and political foundations to facilitate the understanding of the themes presented in this course and better decipher the national and local reality. Guest speakers include experts and actors in these areas.

The objective of this course is to approach the dynamics of vegetation and animal communities at different spatial-temporal scales, from the distribution of large terrestrial biomes to the current evolution of landscapes. Based on the analysis of the conditions determining the development of living organisms and different plant formations, the class emphasizes the factors of biome distribution, the distribution of species, floristic and ecological heritages, the dynamics of plant groupings and animal populations and the role of human societies on the modification of ecosystems and landscape dynamics. At the end of the semester, students should know the broad principles of the study of the biosphere and the principle processes active in plant environments.