FRE 207F is an intensive, total immersion program taught in Aix-en-Provence. Designed and led by Princeton faculty to give students an opportunity to immerse in French culture and hone their linguistic skills while exploring Provence. Daily classes include an introduction to journalistic and creative writing, grammar review, discussion of current affairs, films, and readings, as well as cultural visits and study trips. Admission by application and interview. Possibility of a Princeton-in-France internship immediately after 207F.

FRE 329F is a community-engagement program conducted entirely in French, on location, in the Northern Basque region of France. Through a combination of guest lectures, classroom conceptual learning, on-site visits, field work and active participation in cultural and community events, students will discover the Basque Country and its linguistic, cultural and natural ecosystem. They will meet a large range of community stakeholders and activists to learn about ways in which they attempt to (re)imagine life in their communities and address issues related to language rights, identity, cultural expression and preservation of nature.

The French Revolution is the key event of political modernity. This course examines both its core political concepts and their expression in the general culture of the time. Revolutionary ideas - citizenship, democracy, the nation-state, dictatorship, liberty, equality, representation, progress, human rights - reshaped the norms not only of politics, but also of literature and art. To understand these innovations, we will concentrate on: the theories that laid the foundations for the Revolution; literary and theoretical texts from the major acts of the revolutionary period; artistic and political responses to the Revolution up until today.

This course examines how Paris is made of an amalgam of spaces of memory - places, monuments, museums - which have shaped its history and the way it is experienced by residents and visitors. Students will discover the constitutive elements of the city and recognize the traces of memories that have formed the image of Paris in the collective imagination. We will see how diverse communities (African, Asian, Maghrebi and Jewish as well as African-American expatriates) changed Paris, in the aftermath of colonialism and immigration. We will gauge how a city coalesces into a mix of multiple identities and shared, personal experiences.