This required course is resolutely interdisciplinary in nature, exploring France through historical, political and sociological perspectives. It offers both a theoretical introduction through a series of lectures/discussion sessions, as well as onsite visits venue and a series of formal presentations by students. Students will come to terms with why France is what it is today: its tensions, aspirations and challenges and enquire how the present has evolved out of the past, and how the past has led to the present in France of today.
3 units · Letter (ABCD/NP)
This required course is resolutely interdisciplinary in nature, exploring France through historical, political and sociological perspectives. It offers both a theoretical introduction through a series of lectures/discussion sessions, as well as onsite visits venue and a series of formal presentations by students. Students will come to terms with why France is what it is today: its tensions, aspirations and challenges and enquire how the present has evolved out of the past, and how the past has led to the present in France of today.
Offered in Autumn 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.