Program Details
Program Dates: TBD Summer 2022
Application Period: October 1, 2021 – February 1, 2022
Program Overview
Language of Instruction: English
The African and African American Studies Program (AAAS) offers an FSP in Paris, France, entitled Afro/Black Paris: The African Diaspora in the City of Light. The AAAS Paris FSP takes place in one of the most extraordinary destinations in the world. It embodies experiential learning, and is intensive, interdisciplinary, and immersive. Comprised of three courses taught in English, this Program offers a unique opportunity to explore "another Paris," the exceptional and lived-experience that we refer to as Afro/Black Paris, described by former students as "life-altering!"
Nowhere has a metropolis in mainland Europe been so historically and socially transformed by a fascinating diversity of people from countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas. What accounts for that presence? What are the lived experiences of people who self-identify and/or are identified as "b/Black," that is, "n/Noir.e.s."? What are the implications of this lived reality in France today? These are among the questions we will explore.
Students enrolled at Dartmouth's exchange partner schools, including Spelman, Morehouse and schools participating in the Twelve College Exchange are eligible and welcome to apply.
Faculty Directors
Professor Trica Keaton – Dartmouth College (Currently)
Professor Françoise Vergès – Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (Summer 2018)
Laurella Rinçon – National Curator of African Art, Ministère de la Culture (Summer 2018)
Prerequisites
Preference will be given to students who have taken at least one course in AAAS, and are interested in learning, not only, about Afro/Black Paris, but also, about Paris and France.
Student Life
Living Accommodations: TBA
Students will stay in hotels during overnight fieldtrips.
For more information, please contact:
Professor Trica Keaton at trica.d.keaton@dartmouth.edu
or visit the AAAS website at http://aaas.dartmouth.edu/foreign-study/paris-foreign-study-program
Financial Information - Forthcoming