New for Spring 2026!
Explore the history of contemporary France and current French society from the point of view of the fighters and movements that have made this history: women and men of the people, rebels, immigrants, natives of the colonies, soldiers, resistance fighters, deputies, ministers and presidents. From the monarchy to the Republic, from the French Revolution to the French and European revolutions of the nineteenth century, from the construction of a colonial empire to its emancipation, from the First World War to the Second, from the liberation of France and Europe to the emergence of new challenges, the aim of this course is to understand and know France… its symbols, its values, its principles. A great deal of space will be given to primary sources, multiple documents and their analysis: paintings, caricatures, posters, texts, speeches, images and archive videos.
Prerequisite: FRE 202 (or four semesters of college-level French)
Department: French
Location: Strasbourg
Semesters: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3