Schedule of Activities

The schedule of activities is as follows but is subject to change without notice in order to accommodate invited guests of the course. Times here account for travel as well. Your assignments may be handwritten if you do them while in Paris . If you wish to type your assignments, you have until January 22nd to turn all assignments in by email or by regular mail. Please note that due to the registrar’s schedule, students may receive a ‘M’ (missing grade) or ‘I’ (incomplete) which will be changed by the instructor once work is received. Keep in mind that it is imperative that you at least take notes throughout the entire course, especially after every class experience. The registrar is highly opposed to long-term incompletes.

Pre-departure: Orientation and pre-departure meetings.

Thursday, Dec. 28, Leave for Paris

Friday, Dec. 29, arrival in Paris , on-site orientations.

Saturday, Dec. 30, 10-2. Meet in lobby of FIAP at 10 a.m. Sociological study of Barbès, the Marché Déjean, the African immigrant neighborhoods of Paris , and the Parc des Buttes Chaumont. Bring maps in course packet. Finish Loukoum in packet and read articles “Polygamy, Disrupted Reproduction, and the State: Muslim Migrants in Paris ”, and “African Women Eliminating Borders”.

Sunday, Dec. 31, 3-5 pm. Visit to the Musée Dapper, art appreciation activity. 35 rue Paul Valéry. Métro: Victor Hugo or Charles de Gaulle-Etoile.

Monday, Jan. 1. FREE

Tuesday, Jan. 2: Meet at FIAP at 9:30-11 a.m. Sociological study of Belleville and the market (métro Couronnes).

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Cocktail party at the FIAP at 6 pm

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7-9 p.m. Discussion with anthropologist Paul Vieille at the FIAP. Room TBA. Lecture/Debate on Immigration and Ethnicities. Read Maillard article “The Muslims in France and the French Model of Integration”

(Discovery activity opportunity during the day)

Wednesday, Jan. 3 10:30-3 p.m. Visit of the Grande Mosquée de Paris (Place du Puits de l’Ermite, métro: Monge). Souk and tearoom after tour, followed by the Institut du Monde Arabe (métro: Jussieu) for art appreciation activity. Read: "The Muslims of France ".

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5-7 p.m. Discussion of C’était hier Sabra et Chatila and Montjoie, Palestine ! with Madeleine Aba at the FIAP. Room TBA.

Thursday, Jan. 4: 2-3:30 OR 3:30-5 pm. Centre de Danse du Marais for course on African dance with renowned instructor from Congo , Lucky Zebila. (41 rue du Temple , métro: Hôtel de Ville.) Athletic attire suggested. Shoes are not worn in the studio. (Please see sign-up sheets to confirm your session).

( Opportunity for Discovery activity during the day)

Friday, Jan. 5: Leave FIAP at 10 a.m. MacVal Museum , Visit to the MacVal, contemporary art museum of the suburbs. Line n°7 direction Mairie d’Ivry, get off at station, Porte de Choisy. Then bus n°183 direction Orly Terminal Sud. Stop: Moulin de Saquet-Pelletan (directly in front of museum).

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Visit of Etel Adnan at FIAP. Read Sitt Marie-Rose and excerpts in packet of Paris When its Naked, “To Write in a Foreign Language”, and “The Body and the City—Evelyne Accad and Etel Adnan’s Beirut ”.

Saturday, Jan. 6: 4-7 p.m. at FIAP. Presentation of self-discovery activity and THEN discussion of Evelyne Accad’s Poppy from the Massacre. Read also “ Beirut , The City that Moves Me”, and “A Lebanese Anguishes from Paris ”.

Sunday, Jan. 7: 10-11:30 or 11:30-1 p.m. AND 1:30-7 pm. Middle Eastern dance at Sun City , metro Guy Môquet. Both men and women should bring a long scarf that can be tied around the waste. Women should wear a long skirt or leggings. Shoes are not worn in the studio. Lunch at Lebanese restaurant for 1:30, metro: Victor Hugo. Proceed as a group for sociological study at a multicultural church in Saint-Denis.

Monday, Jan. 8: 10:15 am to 12:15 pm AND 2 to 7 pm. Visit to Lycée Paul Valéry and discussion with French students and their instructor, Monique Hartman (38 boulevard Soult: métro Porte Dorée). Bring magazines or newspapers in English to distribute to students and also samples of American snacks to share with French students who will be doing the same.

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Visit to Women’s Immigrant Association in Saint-Denis (Femmes du Franc-Moisin).

Tuesday, Jan. 9: 8-10 am OR 11 to noon AND everyone from 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Discussion of pertinent social issues with French students and their instructor, Françoise Séquestra-Karo. Formal reception to follow. Appropriate attire required (no jeans).

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Visit to Technical Lycée for discussion of pertinent social issues with students and their instructors Hassen Hadjadj, Isabelle Thery, and Yves Simon. 95 rue du Dessous des Berges, metro: Bibliothèque.

Please bring magazines or newspapers in English to distribute for all students.
7 p.m. Welcome dinner at the FIAP for our group.

Wednesday, Jan. 10: FREE

Thursday, Jan. 11: FREE

Friday, Jan. 12: 5-7 pm. Meeting at FIAP with Cameroonian author Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury. Discussion of Essential Encounters.

Saturday, Jan. 13: 10 am at FIAP. Visit of the Vietnamese neighborhood. Discuss Linda Le’s Slander. Visit to the Vietnamese / Asian neighborhood. Lunch at Pho 14. Bring maps in packet.

Sunday, Jan. 14: Departure from the FIAP at 9:30 a.m.