France
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Topics in Francophone History: The Great War
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Revolutions
This course seeks to provide a framework for understanding revolutions historically and comparatively. We will spend much of our time on the French Revolution before turning to the Russian Revolution. We will read a great…
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Sites of History: France
This course, taught in France, explores the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of modern France. What better way to understand the bohemian life of the Belle Époque than to walk up to the top of the…
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Texts: Persian Letters
This course will focus on the Persian Letters. Published under cover of anonymity in 1721, this curious and clever epistolary novel rapidly became a runaway bestseller, catapulting its author, quickly unmasked as Charles Louis Secondat,…
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French Colonial History
On August 26, 1789, the French National Assembly voted to adopt the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.” Its first article began, “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” Yet…