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.


Saturday, November 12: Orientation meeting in Champaign and in Decatur.

Tuesday, Dec. 27, Leave for Paris

Wednesday, Dec. 28, Arrival in Paris, Orientation.

Thursday, Dec. 29, 10-2 and for half of class 4-5:30 p.m. 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 article "African Women in France Battling Polygamy" and "Polygamy, Disrupted Reproduction, and the State: Muslim Migrants in Paris".
AND
4-5:30 p.m: Half of the entire class to go to the Centre de Danse du Marais for course on African dance with renowned instructor from Congo, Lucky Zébila. (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)
6 p.m. Cocktail party for the group at the FIAP

Friday, Dec. 30, 9:30-noon AND 5-7 p.m. Meet at FIAP at 9:30 a.m. Sociological study of Belleville and the market (métro Couronnes).
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5-7 p.m. Discussion with anthropologist Paul Vieille at the FIAP. Room TBA. Political and Anthropological Analysis of the riots of October-November 2005 in France, Lecture/Debate.
Read to prepare for discussion, "The Way We Live Now: Eurabia?", "A Crime of the Young Stalks France's Urban Wastelands", "Sexism in the Cités", "Muslim Groups Try to Mediate Peace", and "Solidarity with Murad and Munir".

Saturday, December 31: FREE

Sunday, January 1: FREE

Monday, Jan. 2: Noon-3 p.m. AND 5-7 p.m. Visit to the Musée Dapper, art appreciation activity.
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5-7 p.m. Discussion of C'était hier Sabra et Chatila with Madeleine Aba at the FIAP. Room TBA.
Also read "To Write in a Foreign Language".

Tuesday, 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 (metro: Jussieu) for art appreciation activity.
Read "Muslims of France", "Secular France Struggles with the Veil", "The Other Side of the Veil", and "The Secular Principle".

Wednesday, Jan. 4: FREE

Thursday, Jan. 5: 6:15-8:15 p.m. for ALL and 4-5:30. p.m. (see below).
6:30-8:30 p.m. Discussion of Evelyne Accad's L'Excisée at the FIAP. Room TBA.
Read The Excised" and also "To Write in a Foreign Language".
AND FOR SOME:
Half of the entire class to go to the 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).

Friday, Jan. 6: 9 a.m. to noon OR 2 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). Please bring magazines or newspapers in English to distribute to students. Half the class goes for the morning session, half for the afternoon.

Saturday, Jan. 7: 10:30-2 p.m. At 10:30 a.m. at FIAP, discuss Vietnamese stories in packet
"The Trauma" and "The Man who Believed in Fairy Tales". Visit to the Vietnamese / Asian neighborhood. Lunch at Pho 14. Bring maps in packet.

Sunday, Jan. 8: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit to multicultural church and lunch at Lebanese restaurant.

Monday, Jan. 9: 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visit to Women's Immigrant Association in Saint-Denis.

Tuesday, Jan. 10: 9:20-noon AND 5-7 p.m. Visit to Technical Lycée for discussion of pertinent social issues with students and their instructors Hassen Hadjadj, Isabelle Thery, and Yves Simon. Please bring magazines or newspapers in English to distribute to students. 95 rue du Dessous des Berges, metro: Bibliothèque.
AND
Meeting with Cameroonian author Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury. Discussion of Essential Encounters.
7 p.m. Welcome dinner offered by the FIAP.

Wednesday, Jan. 11: 9:15-1 p.m. AND 5-7 p.m. 9:15-1 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 sample of American snack to share at the lunch provided by the students.
AND
5-7 p.m. Discussion with Ezza Agha Malak at the FIAP. Room TBA.
Read excerpts from Anosmia or Nostalgia for a Forbidden Sense.

Thursday, Jan. 12: FREE

Friday, Jan. 13: Departure from the FIAP at 8:30 a.m.

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