Syllabus

Winter Session Abroad- Paris, France

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 indicate start times and do not necessarily account for travel time.
Your assignments may be handwritten if you do them while in Paris. You can leave your completed work with your instructors upon leaving Paris, or if you wish to type everything, you must send the remaining work by email: For Professor Toman: http://us.f504.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=cheryl.toman@case.edu. For Professor Accad: http://us.f504.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=evaccad@aol.com or http://us.f504.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=e-accad@uiuc.edu. Keep in mind that it is imperative that you at least take notes throughout the entire course, especially after every class experience.
Note: The registrars of both schools are highly opposed to long-term incompletes. All grades must be turned in by the instructors on January 22nd. As we need time to grade these papers ahead of time, we expect you to send us the rest of the assignments BEFORE January 22nd.
NOTE: Your self-discovery activities must be scheduled around these activities. (See syllabus)

Friday, Dec. 28: Leave for Paris

Saturday, Dec. 29: arrival in Paris, on-site orientations.

Sunday, Dec. 30: Meet at residence hall at 9:30 a.m. for discussion. Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Metro : Laumière (Bring map in packet)
Institut du Monde Arabe, rue des Fossés Saint-Bernard, Metro : Jussieu Assignments : Keep reading Loukoum. Read Maillard’s “The Muslims of France”.

Monday, Dec. 31: 11 a.m. Fem’Chic en Spectacle, 2 rue Livingstone, Metro Anvers. Visit of Montmartre Musée Dapper, 35 rue Paul Valéry, Metro : Charles de Gaulle-Etoile or Victor Hugo

Tuesday, Jan. 1: FREE

Wednesday, Jan. 2: 11 a.m. Cité nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration, Palais de la Porte Dorée 293, avenue Daumesnil, metro : Porte Dorée. Read, « To Write in a Foreign Language ».

AND 5 p.m. Discussion with anthropologist, Paul Vieille. Metro: Place Clichy
Assignments: Keep Reading Loukoum. Read both articles on the Muslims of France
Self-discovery activity…

Thursday, Jan. 3: 10:30 a.m. Musée 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).
AND

5 p.m. Discussion of Evelyne Accad’s Poppy from the Massacre. Read also “Beirut, The City that Moves Me”, and “A Lebanese Anguishes from Paris”.

Friday, Jan. 4: 9:30 a.m. Sociological study of immigrant neighborhoods. Belleville market, Metro: Couronnes and African market, Metro: Barbès / Chateau Rouge. (Bring maps in packet) Discussion of Loukoum and Sargent and Cordell’s “Polygamy, Disrupted Reproduction, and the State”.
AND

1:30-3:30 p.m. 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. Studio Chopin) Athletic attire suggested. Shoes are not worn in the studio.

Saturday, Jan. 5: Meeting to begin at 11 a.m. Visit to Women’s Immigrant Association in Saint-Denis (Femmes du Franc-Moisin).

AND Lunch and visit of Saint-Denis

AND 3:30 p.m. Observation activity / Charisma Church, 15 boulevard de la Libération / 24 rue Charles Michels, Saint-Denis

Sunday, Jan. 6: 10-11:30 OR 11:30-1 p.m. Middle Eastern dance class at Sun City Gym, 90 avenue de Saint-Ouen, 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.

AND 1:30 Group lunch at Mont-Liban restaurant. 42 boulevard des Batignolles, metro: Rome.

Monday, Jan. 7: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 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 hosting a lunch for you.

AND Discussion with Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury and Cheryl Toman, 5 p.m. at Residence Hall. Read Essential Encounters with introduction.

Are you working on your self-discovery activity?

Tuesday, Jan. 8: 10:30 a.m. Visit of the Grande Mosquée de Paris (Place du Puits de l’Ermite, métro: Monge). Souk and tearoom after tour. Art appreciation activity. Read: Viorst’s "The Muslims of France".

AND
HALF GROUP: 2 – 4 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). 123 rue Saint-Jacques. Metro: Cluny La Sorbonne / Luxembourg / Saint-Michel. Bring English magazines or newspapers to share with students.

Work on self-discovery activity…

Wednesday, Jan. 9: 10:30 a.m. Visit to the Vietnamese / Asian neighborhood. Early Lunch at Pho 14 (voluntary). 129 avenue de Choisy. Bring maps in packet Discuss Linda Le’s Slander at ETSL.

AND
1:30 – 3:30 p.m. 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.

Thursday, Jan. 10: FREE (Have you completed your self-discovery activity for tomorrow?)

Friday, Jan. 11:
HALF GROUP: noon to 1 p.m. Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Discussion of pertinent social issues with French students and their instructor, Françoise Séquestra-Karo. Appropriate attire required (no jeans). 123 rue Saint-Jacques. Metro: Cluny La Sorbonne / Luxembourg / Saint-Michel. Bring English magazines or newspapers to share with students.

AND FOR ALL: 4 p.m. at Residence Hall, Discussion of C’était hier Sabra et Chatila and Montjoie, Palestine! with Madeleine Aba. Presentation of Self-Discovery Activity (Five minutes each group).

Saturday, Jan. 12: Departure from Residence Hall at 8:30 a.m.