Summer Study Abroad
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Paris, France
June 30 - August 11 (Undergraduate Program)
June 25 - August 3 (Graduate Program)
Application Deadline: Open
Directors of the Program:
Professor Caroline Montel-Glénisson (Paris)
Professor Henriette Goldwyn (New York)
Why NYU in Paris?
NYU in Paris, created in 1969, is part of the overall New York University Center for French Civilization and Culture. The NYU Center in Paris, a charming 19th-century town house on the rue de Passy, is located near the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro. The center houses classrooms, a student lounge, a lecture hall, a library, a video collection, and computer facilities. The resident director, administrative staff, and faculty advise students during their stay in Paris. During the summer session, all under graduates are housed in student residences on the Left Bank in and around the Latin Quarter, the intellectual and cultural center of Paris. Experience the City of Light—its cultural richness, history, and vibrant daily life—in this intellectually and aesthetically stimulating study abroad program. Undergraduate and graduate programs are offered.
Undergraduate Program
June 30 - August 11
The undergraduate program in Paris provides a rich introduction to historic and present-day France through classroom studies and diverse extracurricular activities. Intensive French language classes, offered at all levels, are taught by native French speakers. French civilization courses, offered in English or French, provide exceptional academic instruction and are supplemented by excursions. Outings from past summer programs include visits to the Musée d'Orsay, the Paris Opera, the Louvre, the Rodin and Picasso museums, and the neighborhoods of le Marais and Montmartre.
Longer trips take students to Versailles, Giverny, Chartres, and the internationally famous Avignon Theatre Festival. Site of the 14th-century papacy, Avignon is justly renowned for its remarkable artistic and architectural riches and serves as gateway to the beautiful and haunting landscapes of Provence.
Graduate Program
June 25 - August 3
Graduate summer study in Paris, geared toward continuing Department of French and Institute of French Studies students, as well as teachers of high school French or other professionals unable to study during the academic year, offers three-week or six-week intensive courses in French civilization, language, and literature. Students may apply for degree candidacy and pursue an M.A. in three consecutive summers or may take one to two courses for academic and personal fulfillment. Graduate students are welcome to participate in all cultural activities and excursions to broaden their academic training. Taught by prominent NYU and visiting faculty, the NYU in Paris graduate summer program provides excellent, challenging courses while allowing students the flexibility of a summer curriculum.
Each summer, five broad-based courses (including two sponsored by NYU's Institute of French Studies) are offered, focusing on linguistics, literature, history, and cultural history. Past courses focusing on culture have included French Cultural History Since 1870, From Empire to Republic, History of French Colonization and the Colonial Imaginary, and the Relationship between Power and Culture during the Nouveau Regime. Past courses concentrating on literature have included the Image of Paris in French Literature, Francophone Writers of America and Africa, French Women Writers and the Development of a Feminist Aesthetic, and For a Sociology of the Novel at the Brink of the 21st Century.
All graduate courses are taught in French.
For more information on applying to the M.A. degree program, please contact Professor Henriette Goldwyn, 212-998-7625; e-mail: nyuparis@nyu.edu. Visit our Web site at www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/french or at www.nyu.edu/fas/program/nyuinparis/index.html.
Facilities
All classes are held at the NYU in Paris Center, housed in a
charming 19-th century hôtel particulier in a beautiful residential area of the 16th arrondissement. The center is near both the Passy and La Muette metro stops as well as the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro. NYU in Paris at Passy is only a short ride away from the center of Paris and from the student residencies located in the Latin Quarter.
Facilities at Passy include classrooms, a student lounge, a lecture hall, a 5,000+ volume library, an impressive video collection, and a computer lab, with laptops for student use in the library. The Summer Coordinator, Cultural Activities Coordinator, and three R.A's will help integrate students into their Parisian lives. The full-time staff including the Resident Director of NYU in Paris, the Associate Director, Student Life Staff, and faculty members, are also available to assist and advise students during their stay.
Housing
Participants in the summer undergraduate program are housed in student residences located in the Quartier latin (5th arrondissement), the intellectual center of Paris and home to the Sorbonne, France's oldest university. The Latin Quarter is an especially energetic area of Paris, home to many cafés, cinemas, and restaurants. Travel to the NYU in Paris center is extremely convenient given the efficiency of the Paris public transportation system. Each residence hall is staffed by an NYU in Paris resident advisor.
Faculty
Jacqueline Allyns, visiting professor, NYU in Paris.
Nicholas Baudouin, French master's degree (aesthetics), Université de Paris I;
graduate work (foreign language instruction), University of Ottawa
Valérie Berty, École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
Michèle Boulares, Director of language program, NYU in Paris;
D.E.A. (language acquisition), Université de Paris III
Pierre-Antoine Chardel, Ph.D. (philosophy and social science),
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Catherine Clot, D.E.A. (art history), Université de Paris IV
Cécile Cotté, Actor, director, playwright
Isabelle Coydon, D.E.A. (phonetics and French as a foreign language),
Université de Paris III
Paul Edwards, Associate Professor, Université de Reims; Ph.D. (comparative literature), Oxford University
Beth Epstein, Assistant Director for Academic Affairs, NYU in Paris; Ph.D. (anthropology), New York University
Pascale Fautrier, Agrégé, Ph. D. (Letters). Professor, Université du Havre; affiliate of ITEM-CNRS-ENS laboratory on Sarthe.
Christophe Gauzeran, D.E.A. (theatre studies), Université de Paris X
Patrick Guédon;, D.E.S.S. (instruction of pedagogical methods), Université de Paris III
Brigitte Le Grignou, professeur de science politique, CREDEP, Paris-Dauphine.
José Kagabo, professeur d'histoire, EHESS.
Bertrand Lauret, Ph.D. (phonetique); Paris III.
Elisabeth Molkou, Ph.D. (French literature), McGill University
Caroline Montel-Glenisson, Director, NYU in Paris; Ph.D. (history), Université de Paris III
Olivier Masclet, Maitre de conférences à l'Université de Paris V-Sorbonne.
Pascal Morin, Agrégé D.E.A. (literature), École Normale Supérieure Fontenay
Eugène Nicole, Professor, New York University; D.E.A. (literature), Sorbonne; Ph.D. (French literature), New York University
Michel Offerlé, Agrégé Ph.D. (political science)
Anne Raulin, Maître de conférence, Université de Paris V; affiliate of CNRS laboratory on urban anthropology at Ivry-sur-Seine; Ph.D., (anthropology), New School for Social Research
Gabriel Rockhill, Ph.D. candidate (philosophy), Emory University.
Emmanuèle Sibeud, maître de conférence, Université de Paris VIII.
Anne-Marie Thiesse, directrice de recherche, CNRS.
Anne-Marie van Bockstaele, M.A. (French literature), Ph.D. candidate (French),
New York University
Fabrice Virgili, Ph.D. (Histoire), Chercheur à l'Irice/ CNRS (Identités, Relations internationales et civilisations de l'Europe), Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Excursions
To enhance students' academic experience, NYU in Paris hosts several lectures throughout the summer session that bring together French and Francophone artists, scholars, and activists. Cultural activities such as neighborhood walking tours, visits to legendary museums such as the Louvre and the Musée Picasso and numerous ballet, concert, and theatre performances are scheduled to complete the academic program. Excursions further complete the cultural calendar: planned activities for 2004 include longer day trips to Chartres, Giverny, and Versailles as well as a weekend excursion to Provence to the renowned Avignon International Theatre Festival.
Links
Useful information on the city of Paris
The city's most comprehensive cultural guide