This program has reached its capacity and we are no longer accepting applications for the 2012 course.

TCNJ Maymester in Paris – May 23-June 14, 2012

HON 347 – Paris Before the Great War:  Art and Literature (1 unit, Liberal Learning Elective in Literary, Visual and Performing Arts and Global – Students needing a Liberal Learning course in Gender may request this from Assistant Provost Bob Anderson)

Program Directors: Dr. Lois Fichner-Rathus, Professor of Art History and Dr. Ellen Friedman, Professor of English and Women and Gender Studies

No Pre-Requisites, Language Requirements, or GPA Restrictions – Open to all students (including current first-year students)

Application Forms Available Here

Paris before the Great War explores the cultural and artistic crosscurrents in Paris from 1865 to 1914 and their relationship to and role in the birth of modernism. Through a dual focus on art and literature—the work, its history, theory, and criticism—students will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the actual context of Paris and the rich physical, social, aesthetic, and philosophical milieu of the period from the Belle Époque to the outbreak of World War I. Designed as an interdisciplinary Honors course, Paris before the Great War is not tied to a major. Rather, it provides an enriched learning experience for students of art, literature, art history, history, and philosophy as well as focused exposure to arts and humanities for students outside these disciplines.

Excursions

Paris is your laboratory – you will visit many of the major museums with your two instructors – there are too many to list here!  In addition to studying art and culture in the French capital, you will also have a three-day, two-night excursion to Nice in the south of France.  Professors Friedman and Fichner-Rathus will be discussing the details of the program with students at two information sessions: Wednesday, October 26, at 3pm in AIMM 230 and Wednesday, November 2, at 12noon in Social Science 131.