Sciences Po Reims

This seminar addresses the possibly complicated relationships between war and cinema: films used as a means to prepare war and then to wage it; warlike phenomenon as it is actually described (or not) in movies; cinema used to (try to) tell about what war is for the combatants and for the civilians who endure it, and/or on the home front; relationships between films and the memory(ies) of war. Whilst wars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries are the primary focus of the seminar, incursions in a wider chronology occur occasionally in the course. The work is based on the study of movies: screenplays, directors, and actors; context of production and of financing; nature (fiction or documentary); content (plot, main characters, stylistic choices, possible messages); reception; situation in the history and the memory of the warlike phenomenon. Some more in-depth and more critical analyses of specific scenes are strongly encouraged. The course occasionally uses series and also relies on the books from which some of the films were made. For example: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, CAPITAINE CONAN, LA CHAMBRE DES OFFICIERS, ARMY OF SHADOWS, THE RAILWAY MAN, THE SILENCE OF THE SEA, SUITE FRANCAISE, HEART OF DARKNESS (FOR APOCALYPSE NOW).

This seminar explores seafaring, contacts between civilizations, and the rise and fall of some civilizations that can be linked to the seas. The course also explores how such multiple layers of history help to create a possible European civilization. This first step is to understand the journey realized, from the fears of the unknown to the will to control all the world. As our oceans are the earth's largest habitats, for some civilizations, controlling the seas was a way to control the world and control of the maritime domain (borders, ports, and offshores installations) still remains a sovereign power for nations. Furthermore, playing a key role in the climate system, Oceans contain valuable resources such as oil, natural gas, and minerals and they are also homing futures, promising strategic elements such as platinum group metals, steel stabilizers, high-tech metals, and rare earth elements. The EU appears to be a key actor regarding all these topics. Part of its future depend on its ability to deploy, develop, and manage programs, relations and capacities to use and preserve seas and oceans. This seminar helps to identify the most important trends, challenges, and opportunities for practitioners, decision-makers, from the world's seas and oceans. It focuses on the following areas: resources and economic potential of the sea; imaginaries bounded to the seas; environmental issues governance of the sea.

The purpose of this course is first to develop attention to public diplomacy and, secondly, to think of how public diplomacy could be seen as a way of increasing connections among people in order to shape perceptions and to change people's mind. Seen from China, Australia, or USA, Europe seems to be a unique political structure with an elaborated decision-making's chain. Yet, seen from the EU, the perception is quite different. The EU as a multi-level political object, with different scales of states (from Malta or Luxembourg to Germany), has a quite unique position to disseminate several stories involving joint goals for rallying the world to its norms and values. The course raises questions regarding a common army (hard power), culture (soft power), or other components of the European way or leadership in the world.

This is a beginner level French language course. Second semester French- A2. This course is for students who have completed one semester of French language. At the end of this semester-long course, students are expected to: understand very frequent expressions and vocabulary relating to what concerns very closely the speaker (e.g. oneself, his family, his purchases, his close environment, his work); capture the essence of simple, clear announcements and messages; read very simple short texts; find specific predictable information in common documents such as small ads, flyers, menus and schedules; understand short, simple personal letters; communicate simple, routine tasks that require only a simple, direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities; have very brief exchanges even if, as a rule, understanding is not enough to continue a conversation; use a series of phrases or phrases to describe in simple terms family and other people, living conditions, training and current or recent professional activity; write notes and simple and short messages; write a very simple personal letter, for example thank you letters. Students are required to take both the Fre nch lecture and the French workshop.

This course introduces students to a number of case studies concerning past financial crises. It begins by discussing economic theories regarding the occurrence of crises. The course studies how the financial system functions and how it interacts with the broader economy. Students then learn what the principal actors of financial crisis management–central banks–do and how and their mandates evolved in response to crises. Among others, the course studies the Great Depression, Japan's Lost Decade, Zimbabwe's hyperinflation, the 2007-2009 subprime crisis, and the European sovereign debt crisis. This offers an opportunity to discuss issues regarding the regulation of the financial system and the welfare costs of financial crises.

The class draws on literacy, painting, cinema, and other artistic sources to examine the political and social past of France from the French Revolution to the present. By the end of the course, students have gained a familiarity with France that allows them to appreciate the richness and depth of its history.

This course helps students develop an advanced perspective on how firms make investment and financing decisions. It covers the three main aspects of modern corporate finance: capital budgeting, financing, and capital structure. Capital budgeting concerns how a firm makes investment decisions to increase its value. The course applies the fundamental concept of time value of money to capital budgeting decisions. The course introduces different investment decision criteria and illustrates the calculation of free cash flow. The course then studies firm's financing options, equity and debt. For equity market, several stock valuation methods are discussed in detail. For debt market, general bond valuation method and corporate bonds are covered. The last part of the course combines equity and debt together to develop the concept of weighted average cost of capital, which links a firm's capital budgeting decision with its financing decision.

This French language workshop seminar supplements the primary French language lectures. Here, students work on oral presentations and written productions. Students are required to take both the Fre nch lecture and the French workshop.

This course covers the crises that the French Republic encountered from the end of the nineteenth century through today. The following crises are covered: the worldwide conflict from 1914-1918 and the victory of 1918; heavy threats for survival of the Republic from 1930s through 1940; the Third Republic and Fourth Republic; Reconstruction and dysfunctional institutions; two 8-year wars of decolonization; Charles De Gaulle and “a certain idea of France;” May '68; the oil crisis of 1973; “Mitterand Generation” and a period of alternating between shared governments.