French Senior Seminar

The objective of this course is to offer a panoramic vision of French literature from the Middle Ages to the 21st century through a wide variety of representative literary texts, plays and films centered on the problematic of identity. We examine major currents and literary genres from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the 21st century, studying political, social, and cultural contexts in conjunction with different conceptions of the modern subject in operation during each of the different time periods.

ST- Medicine in France

Did you know that Louis XIV was responsible for surgery being recognized as a branch of medicine in France, and Napoleon was one of the firsts to encourage vaccination? That Marie Curie discovered radium, still used today to treat some forms of cancer, and philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau played a crucial role in the creation of pediatrics? In this course, you will discover all the medical oddities and feats that shaped today's France.
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