Exchange program, course descriptions, spring semester 2015-2016

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
EXCHANGE PROGRAM
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Academic year 2015/2016: Spring Semester
SOMMAIRE
Sommaire ......................................................................................................................................................... 1
Certificate: Journalism & Communication .................................................................................................... 4
Basics of journalism ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Le pouvoir des images façonne-t-il notre vision du monde ? ........................................................................ 4
Strategies of influence.................................................................................................................................... 5
Media and politics .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Journalisme politique et démocratie .............................................................................................................. 5
Corporate communication in the age of restructuring, crisis, and litigation ................................................... 6
Certificate: International Affairs & Strategy .................................................................................................. 7
The global cold war ........................................................................................................................................ 7
Religions and relations internationales en Europe, XIXe-XXe siècle ............................................................ 7
« Body, mind and soul at war » ...................................................................................................................... 8
Le pouvoir des images façonne-t-il notre vision du monde ? ........................................................................ 8
Far right politics in Europe and the US .......................................................................................................... 8
La guerre au XXe siècle ................................................................................................................................. 9
The politics of climate change : representations and responses ................................................................... 9
NATO in the XXIst Century .......................................................................................................................... 10
The changing practices of contemporary diplomacy ................................................................................... 10
International migration.................................................................................................................................. 10
The changing role of non-state actors in international affairs ...................................................................... 11
Introduction to Political Science ................................................................................................................... 11
Traite européenne, esclavage et abolitions. De l’histoire à la mémoire ...................................................... 12
Scattered Africans, an introduction to Africana studies: a transatlantic history of the African diaspora ...... 12
Geopolitics of violence in Africa ................................................................................................................... 13
Sécurité, une approche transdisciplinaire .................................................................................................... 13
L’Afrique des sports : enjeux politiques et géopolitiques ............................................................................. 14
The political economy of the welfare state ................................................................................................... 14
Introduction à l’Islam : religion et civilisation ................................................................................................ 14
An introduction to cultural diplomacy ........................................................................................................... 15
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Géopolitique ................................................................................................................................................. 15
Geopolitics of religion ................................................................................................................................... 16
African strategies in international politics ..................................................................................................... 16
Wars of memory ........................................................................................................................................... 17
An interdisciplinary introduction to laws in sub-Saharan Africa ................................................................... 17
Britain and the United States – the special relationship: myth or reality? .................................................... 18
France et Antilles, XVIIIe-XXe siècles : une histoire transatlantique ........................................................... 18
Totalitarisme et démocratie .......................................................................................................................... 18
Democratization in the Arab world : from « Authoritarian exceptionalism » to the « Arab spring »............. 19
Mondialité(s) littéraire(s)............................................................................................................................... 19
Russian foreign policy .................................................................................................................................. 19
The politics of Asylum: critical approaches to refugee governance and law ............................................... 20
The United States in the world since 1898 .................................................................................................. 20
Certificate : Business & Economics ............................................................................................................ 21
Contemporary issues in corporate law and governance .............................................................................. 21
Monetary policy ............................................................................................................................................ 21
The business of wine, Champagne, and luxe marketing ............................................................................. 22
Corporate finance ......................................................................................................................................... 22
Introduction to econometrics using stata ..................................................................................................... 23
État et économie : approches sociologiques des politiques économiques.................................................. 23
Statistics ....................................................................................................................................................... 23
Economics analysis fundamentals: macroeconomics ................................................................................. 24
Introduction to development economics ...................................................................................................... 24
The global financial crisis in the US and the Eurozone ............................................................................... 24
Strategies of influence.................................................................................................................................. 25
Introduction to finance .................................................................................................................................. 25
Calculus III ................................................................................................................................................... 25
Corporate communication in the age of restructuring, crisis, and litigation ................................................. 26
Les politiques de l‘emploi et du marché du travail ....................................................................................... 26
Calculus IV ................................................................................................................................................... 27
Certificate : European Affairs ....................................................................................................................... 28
Social Inequalities in Europe ........................................................................................................................ 28
The European Union and national political systems .................................................................................... 28
British political and social history 1945-2001 ............................................................................................... 29
Gouvernement et démocratie entre les nations, l’Europe et le monde ........................................................ 29
Les lieux de pouvoirs de la politique française ............................................................................................ 30
Society and Politics in Europe’s XXth century ............................................................................................. 31
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Policies and policy making in the European Union ...................................................................................... 31
Far right politics in Europe and the US ........................................................................................................ 32
Introduction to French theory ....................................................................................................................... 32
Une histoire politique de l’Europe 1850-1940 .............................................................................................. 33
NATO in the XXIst century ........................................................................................................................... 33
Penser la démocratie à l’aulne de l’intégration européenne ........................................................................ 33
Britain and the United States – the special relationship: myth or reality? .................................................... 34
France et Antilles, XVIIIe-XXe siècles : une histoire transatlantique ........................................................... 34
War and violence in eastern Europe (1914-1953) ....................................................................................... 34
British political speeches in North American comparative perspective ....................................................... 35
Russia’s foreign policy ................................................................................................................................. 35
Additional Courses ........................................................................................................................................ 37
Habiter en ville au XXIe siècle ..................................................................................................................... 37
Theories of justice: the good society, from Plato to Rawls and beyond ...................................................... 37
Droit administratif ......................................................................................................................................... 38
War on screens ............................................................................................................................................ 38
Horror & Desire: figures of the monster in British literature ......................................................................... 39
Images de la “French Theory” ...................................................................................................................... 39
Introduction au cinéma français (1895-1995) .............................................................................................. 40
Sociology of law ........................................................................................................................................... 40
Musique, société et politique en Afrique subsaharienne ............................................................................. 41
L’éducation en période coloniale en Afrique ................................................................................................ 41
Femmes, genre et politique en Afrique ........................................................................................................ 41
Echoes of Africa: a survey of black subjectivities dreams and expressions ................................................ 42
US power and the construction of the post-war economic order ................................................................. 42
Political anthropology of religions in sub-Saharan Africa............................................................................. 43
Éthique et politique chez Montaigne ............................................................................................................ 43
Humanisme et modernité (1890-1914) ........................................................................................................ 44
Introduction to legal philosophy ................................................................................................................... 44
Le États-Unis sont-ils un empire ? (Histoire & géopolitique de l’idée impériale américaine) ...................... 45
« The Dream Factory » Éléments d’analyse culturaliste du cinéma hollywoodien ...................................... 45
Dans l’ombre d’un élu local, le quotidien d’un cabinet politique .................................................................. 46
Les écrivains français et les batailles des idées .......................................................................................... 46
The theory and practice of multiculturalism ................................................................................................. 47
Contemporary sub-saharan African cinema ................................................................................................ 47
The political workshop.................................................................................................................................. 48
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CERTIFICATE: JOURNALISM & COMMUNICATION
Basics of journalism
Type: elective
Professor: Laurent Zecchini
An introduction to the art, craft, importance, realities and romance of journalism in the digital age : why a
professional approach is even more important today. Topics will include the profession’s diversity and
development, its exciting present and uncertain future, its role in a democratic society, the challenges of the
Web journalism and social media. Students will be introduced to the techniques of reporting, interviewing,
organizing information material, dealing with sources, respecting ethics and deontology, with strong
emphasis on writing for several formats, especially print.
Le pouvoir des images façonne-t-il notre vision du monde ?
Type: elective
Professor: A. Thevenin
Le succès des photographies et des films et leur diffusion grandissantes depuis 150 ans participent à
façonner notre vision du monde passé et présent. Cet enseignement électif propose de s’intéresser à
l’histoire de ces images. Depuis le XIXe siècle, les images fixes ou animées produisent des impressions de
réel, souvent confondues avec la réalité de la vie des sociétés. Le cours portera tout d’abord sur l’évolution
de la place et du fonctionnement économique de ces médias visuels depuis leur apparition. Nous proposons
ensuite d’analyser la singularité de chacun de ces médias qui souvent « biaisent » les informations par
l’ellipse ou par l’action sur nos émotions. L’idée conductrice de cette conférence : les images peuvent nous
apporter une somme considérable de connaissances sur la réalité du monde à condition de disposer d’outils
pertinents pour les décrypter. Le cours propose donc des outils de décryptage en s’appuyant sur des
exemples de films. Il repose sur une littérature universitaire et critique ainsi que sur des photographies, des
films de cinéma, de news ou documentaires.
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Strategies of influence
Type: elective
Professor: Nicholas Dungan, Atlantic Council
“Strategies of Influence” is a highly interactive elective course encouraging maximum student participation
and leadership. The course explores the nature of influence, legitimate and non-‐coercive methods of
influence and different ways of exercising that influence. Ranging from the philosophical to the intensely
practical, the course considers forms, methods and networks of influence, but also offers training on how to
give a successful speech, how to go on television with no time to prepare, how to exercise influence in
organizations and how to create your own persona as an influencer. Eight class sessions will be devoted to
perspectives on influence plus hands-‐on case studies, while three sessions are expected to be led by
invited guest lecturers who are recognized influencers themselves.
Media and politics
Type: elective
Professor: Charles Giol
This course will provide students with both a historical and contemporary approach to the relationship
between media and politics, from the emergence of modern media to contemporary digital media. When and
where have governments exercised tight control over the media throughout history? Does it still happen
today? When and how have media freed themselves to become a “fourth power”? Did and do media
influence politics in return?
Journalisme politique et démocratie
Type: elective
Professor: Patrick Jarreau
La naissance et l’essor du journalisme sont contemporains de la revendication démocratique. En Angleterre,
puis en France et aux États-‐Unis, plus tard dans toute l’Europe, la liberté de la presse a été et demeure une
composante essentielle de l’État de droit. Le journalisme politique, qui rend compte des décisions des
gouvernements, enquête sur les pouvoirs, critique leur exercice, met en question leurs motivations et leurs
objectifs, conteste leur efficacité ou leur légitimité, est indispensable à l’exercice de la citoyenneté. Comment
évolue-‐t-‐il, aujourd’hui, sous l’effet des mutations techniques et économiques, du développement des
nouveaux médias numériques que sont les moteurs de recherche et les réseaux sociaux, de la
concentration des entreprises de communication, du renforcement de régimes autoritaires dans certaines
parties du monde ?
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Corporate communication in the age of restructuring, crisis, and
litigation
Type: elective
Professor: Grégoire Halbout, Université François Rabelais
TBA
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CERTIFICATE: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS & STRATEGY
The global cold war
Type: elective
Professor: Alessandra Bitumi, Sciences Po
The course explores the East-West antagonism and its increasingly global reach within the standard
chronological framework of 1945-1991. Understood as a global process, the Cold War will be examined in its
political, military, economic and cultural dimension. The course will also explore the social and cultural
impact of the confrontation between capitalism and communism. Particular attention will be dedicated to the
origins of the conflict, the interplay between periods of tension and détente, and the relationship between the
European/North Atlantic core and its global periphery - as well as the Cold War’s unforeseen end. Following
an introductory lecture on historiography, the framework will be broadly thematic.
Religions and relations internationales en Europe, XIXe-XXe siècle
Type: elective
Professor: Frederic CHOEN, Sciences Po
L’objectif de ce cours est donc de ressaisir les grands enjeux politiques contemporains, derrière les
considérations sociales, économiques, morales et juridiques qui semblent dominer nos vies politiques et font
croire à une possible dépolitisation de notre monde. Si nos aspirations démocratiques semblent de plus en
plus portées à s’affranchir de tout cadre politique clairement défini, contre l’idée même de gouvernement, au
nom de l’émancipation de la société civile et de l’individu, ce cours visera toutefois à montrer que les défis
majeurs de notre temps sont avant tout des problèmes politiques qui exigent de redonner au point de vue
politique toute son importance. Ainsi, à travers l’étude des grands courants idéologiques contemporains et la
discussion des thèses des principaux analystes politiques actuels, nous soulèverons la question du meilleur
régime, en nous interrogeant surtout sur les conditions du bon gouvernement en démocratie dans un
contexte mondialisé, troublé par les crises économiques, la montée des inégalités sociales et la persistance
des états de guerre.
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« Body, mind and soul at war »
Type: Specialization - History
Professor: Guillaume Piketty, Sciences Po
This seminar intends to address the impact of war violence, possibly extreme, on the bodies, the sensitivities
and the minds of the people who deploy and/or experience it. And this, both during the event itself and after
the guns have fallen silent. We will take into account the chronology, the specificities of the context and of
the experience, and the tactical and strategic analyses. But we will focus mainly on the individual experience:
situation “on the field”, feelings and emotions, personal evolutions and transformations, etc. We will consider
the 19th and 20th centuries, but we won’t ban incursions in the longer time. We will work in a comparative
perspective. As often as possible, our work will rely on testimonies, souvenirs, private writings and novels,
and also on pictures, movies and documentaries.
Le pouvoir des images façonne-t-il notre vision du monde ?
Type: Elective
Professor: A. Thevenin
Le succès des photographies et des films et leur diffusion grandissantes depuis 150 ans participent à
façonner notre vision du monde passé et présent. Cet enseignement électif propose de s’intéresser à
l’histoire de ces images. Depuis le XIXe siècle, les images fixes ou animées produisent des impressions de
réel, souvent confondues avec la réalité de la vie des sociétés. Le cours portera tout d’abord sur l’évolution
de la place et du fonctionnement économique de ces médias visuels depuis leur apparition. Nous proposons
ensuite d’analyser la singularité de chacun de ces médias qui souvent « biaisent » les informations par
l’ellipse ou par l’action sur nos émotions. L’idée conductrice de cette conférence : les images peuvent nous
apporter une somme considérable de connaissances sur la réalité du monde à condition de disposer d’outils
pertinents pour les décrypter. Le cours propose donc des outils de décryptage en s’appuyant sur des
exemples de films. Il repose sur une littérature universitaire et critique ainsi que sur des photographies, des
films de cinéma, de news ou documentaires.
Far right politics in Europe and the US
Type: Elective
Professor: Caterina Froio, Sciences Po
From Charleston to the European parliamentary elections the far right is a very heterogeneous political
family including better known political parties and less visible street-based, often violent, social movements
and subcultural organizations. The aim of the course is to understand and explore the dynamics of far right
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mobilization in Europe and the US, with a particular focus on populist and anti-establishment politics. The
focus of the class will be on the comparative analysis of the causes and manifestations of radical right
populism across different nations and political contexts. The course shall introduce students to theories
explaining individual and contextual conditions facilitating (and inhibiting) far right mobilization and political
success. With regard to academic skills, the focus will be on comparing and synthesizing different theories,
critically assessing the merits of theoretical and empirical studies, posing new research questions and
deducing testable hypotheses. The first sessions of the class shall provide the theoretical and analytical tools
necessary to tackle the panorama of US and European far right. In addition, the course aims at mapping
parties and social movements across countries, investigating their ideological features, historical origins and
the patterns of opportunity structures that led to their emergence. The course will make extensive reference
to ongoing and past academic debates, as well as to journalistic reports, documentaries and political debates
in the observed countries. Finally, the course shall also provide students with awareness on the different
research designs and methodological techniques to study complex phenomena such as the far right,
including comparative analyses of electoral support, qualitative and quantitative frame analyses, in-depth
interviewing and ethnographic observation. For this reason, each class will have a short session dedicated to
debating methodological issues emerging from the readings and students’ presentations.
La guerre au XXe siècle
Type: Elective
Professor: Philippe PIVIDORI, ESJ, Sciences Po
C’est au cours du vingtième siècle que les populations civiles ont été de plus en plus impliquées dans les
conflits. Il ne s’agit pas de faire une histoire bataille, mais d’appréhender les guerres à l’aide de sources
privilégiant textes et iconographie. Le cours est divisé en trois grandes phases chronologiques : jusqu’en
1945 ; de 1945 à 1991 ; depuis 1991. Chaque séance suppose aussi un temps d’étude, de réflexion et de
partage autour de séquences vidéos, d’archive ou de fiction. (Philippe PIVIDORI, ESJ, Sciences Po)
The politics of climate change : representations and responses
Type: Elective
Professor: Kellan Anfinson, Sciences Po
This course examines why, despite the increasing amount of information about climate change, we have
failed to respond to this crisis. Because climate change is such a momentous, complex, and novel event,
connecting people to it is tied to how it is represented. We will address why climate change is so difficult to
represent and what kinds of responses different representations encourage. To do so, we will examine
scientific, philosophical, political, artistic and filmic approaches to climate change to see the different
connections each tries to forge. Through writing and discussion, this course engages students in critical and
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productive thinking on the climate crisis. The goal is to understand the limits of some explanations of it while
thinking about and producing new ways of representing it.
NATO in the XXIst Century
Type: Elective
Professor: Aude Vogel, PwC
This course will provide students with the necessary keys to understand the Alliance and the NATO
environment: its stakeholders, its challenges and perspectives through the lenses of history, diplomacy and
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The changing practices of contemporary diplomacy
Type: Specialization – Political Science
Professor: Christian Lequesne, Sciences Po
The objective of this course is to show the students how diplomacy, as a political activity, is working in 2015.
The course will consider diplomacy still as an activity mainly conducted by States in an international
governance where they have to compete with other actors (non-State actors of various forms, international
organizations). The course will be divided in three parts. The first part (lectures 1 to 4) will present the main
actors of contemporary diplomacy. Part 2 (lectures to 5 to 8) will concentrate on the art of diplomatic
negotiations, both bilateral and multilateral. Finally, part 3 (lectures 9 to 12) will consider the management of
diplomacy in specific issue areas.
International migration
Type: Elective
Professor: Thibaut Jaulin, Sciences Po
This course looks at the movement of people in the context of globalization, and at the management of
migration at the national and international level. It provides an introduction to migration studies and to
transnational studies. It explores current trends in international migration, including conflict-induced
migration; the migrants’ multifaceted transnational practices; and migration policies both in the countries of
destination and origin. The course adopts an interdisciplinary perspective (political science, sociology,
demography) and builds on empirical and theoretical material. Particular emphasis is placed on case studies
in Europe and in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Among various issues, the course critically
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discusses the establishment of a common European migration policy, and current policy responses to
refugee crisis in the Middle East.
The changing role of non-state actors in international affairs
Type: Elective
Non-state actors have participated in international affairs for centuries yet their role remains largely
unexplored. This course reviews the history of non-state actors in international affairs and examines the
different types of non-state actors. The course evaluates the interaction of these actors with states,
international organisations and each other. It then assesses future roles of non-state actors in international
affairs. The course builds on a project, initiated between Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International
Affairs in London, and Egmont, the Belgian Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels.
Introduction to Political Science
Type: Lecture
Professor: Emiliano Grossman, Sciences Po
This course presents the central concepts and facts concerning contemporary political life and political
systems. Beyond the central question of democracy and authoritarianism, we will concentrate on the issue of
political order, comparative political institutions and, more generally, the question of comparison. Moreover,
we will present the major contemporary approaches to the analysis of politics. Here we will confront
institutionalist and behaviourist approaches to more economic or rational- choice approaches of politics. We
will illustrate the use of various methodologies that are regularly used in political science. These range from
in-depth interviews to country case-studies and quantitative and formal modeling. Beyond concepts and
objects of political science this course will concentrate on a certain number of countries that will be studied
more in depth. These countries are meant to exemplify how different aspects of politics relate to each other
in a given context. This does not mean that examples may not be drawn from other countries or that we will
not resort to datasets including a lot more countries. The course is divided into two large sections. The first
section – “Systems and regimes” – will focus on the structural and institutional characteristics of politics and
political competition. The second – “Actors and individuals” – will take a bottom-up approach to politics and
show how it interacts with the structural features discussed in section one.
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Traite européenne, esclavage et abolitions. De l’histoire à la
mémoire
Type: Specialization - History
Professor: Sébastien LEDOUX
Le cours est divisé en deux parties. Il s’agit dans un premier temps de présenter aux étudiants l’histoire de la
traite européenne, de l’esclavage et de leurs abolitions dans le cadre des relations Europe-Afrique, du XVIe
au XIXe siècle. Les dimensions économiques, politiques et sociales de ce fait sont abordées pour les deux
espaces géographiques concernés. Dans un deuxième temps, ce sont les mémoires de la traite, de
l’esclavage et des abolitions qui sont présentées pour la période très contemporaine. L’évocation des
mobilisations des acteurs dans une dimension transnationale et des politiques de mémoire mises en place à
l’échelle nationale ou locale sont notamment l’occasion d’examiner les dynamiques Europe-Afrique dans le
domaine des constructions identitaires individuelles et collectives. Pour les deux dimensions, historiques et
mémorielles, il sera proposé aux étudiants des études de cas en Europe et en Afrique.
Scattered Africans, an introduction to Africana studies: a
transatlantic history of the African diaspora
Type: Elective
Professor: Maboula SOUMAHORO
Drawing from a variety of sources (books, scholarly articles, music and films), this course will introduce
students to key issues lying at the core of the study of African and Afro-descended populations of the Atlantic
world.
Departing from African-America with Saidiya Harman’s 2007 foundational essay, the course will
chronologically explore multiple locations and themes (exile, migrations, resistance, spirituality, arts,
politics…) of the Black Atlantic. This survey will cover the Americas, Europe and the African continent
through systematic comparative analyses. Students will be encouraged to reflect on a variety of articulations
of blackness and africanness among people of African descent through different historical periods and
locations.
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Geopolitics of violence in Africa
Type: Elective
Professor: Marc-Antoine PEROUSE DE MONTCLOS
This conference provides an analytical framework to understand violence in Africa Soth of the Sahara. It
reviews the main theories and academic debates that pertain to war and crime. The seminar also proposes
several case studies on Biafra, South Sudan, Mali and Somalia.
Sécurité, une approche transdisciplinaire
Type: Elective
Professor: Olivier CHOPIN, Sciences Po
Ce cours propose une introduction aux principales théories, aux problématiques centrales, et aux enjeux
saillants de l’agenda politique de la sécurité. Ce cours poursuit 4 objectifs : 1. comprendre les principales
approches théoriques de la sécurité ; 2. analyser les principaux enjeux et débats actuels ; 3. appliquer et
discuter les théories et arguments de la recherche académique sur les situations les plus contemporaines ;
4. orienter les étudiants dans une littérature très vaste, en expansion permanente, provenant de plusieurs
disciplines.
Le cours va combiner trois axes au fil des séances. Le premier axe porte sur une généalogie historique et
conceptuelle de la situation sécuritaire actuelle, au travers des grandes approches théoriques (réalisme,
libéralisme, constructivisme, théorie de l’État, dimensions éthiques) qui seront systématiquement illustrées et
analysées à travers des études de cas actuels. Le deuxième axe pose la question de la transformation des
menaces (terrorisme, menaces sanitaires, transformation des formes de la violence internationale, etc.). Le
troisième axe explore la reconfiguration des principes et des moyens de la politique sécuritaire prenant en
charge ces menaces : l’usage de la force au-delà de la coercition, les organisations internationales et la
gouvernance mondiale, les architectures de sécurité nationale, le rapport entre la sécurité intérieure et la
sécurité extérieure des États.
Seront ainsi étudiés successivement, au travers d’une approche pluridisciplinaire, les grands secteurs de la
sécurité : la sécurité internationale, la sécurité collective, la sécurité nationale, la homeland security (sécurité
intérieure), la privatisation de la sécurité ainsi que des concepts ascendants comme la sécurité sanitaire et
environnementale, ou humaine.
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L’Afrique des sports : enjeux politiques et géopolitiques
Type: Elective
Professor: Pascal CHARITAS
Cet enseignement se donne pour objectif d'exposer et d'interroger les étapes du processus qui construisent
une histoire du sport en Afrique au cours du XXème siècle et au début du XXème siècle. Le plan du cours
est constitué de deux majeures parties interrogeant le corps de l'indigène, et ses formes de contrôle puis
d'émancipation que sont l'Education physique et le sport : la période coloniale et la période postcoloniale.
Les processus de rejet, d'acculturation, d'émancipation, d'institutionnalisation du mouvement sportif africain
jusqu'à son internationalisation sur la scène sportive mondiale puis ceux d'apartheid, de boycott, de
migrations sportives seront interrogés en prenant en compte les différents modèles coloniaux et leurs
sphères d'influences postcoloniales (anglophones, francophones, arabophones et lusophones
essentiellement).
The political economy of the welfare state
Professor: Nathalie Morel, Sciences Po
The welfare state is a central topic of study in the political science sub-discipline known as political economy,
which studies the interaction between states and markets. The development of the welfare state has been
part of the nation building process of modern Western countries, giving rise to new forms of citizenship.
While the welfare state has become a crucial element of Western societies, it is also one of the most
contested issues in advanced capitalist democracies today. The course will cover major areas within
contemporary research on the welfare state, including the development of the different types of welfare
states found among advanced industrialized nations, the complex interaction between states and markets
that is at the core of all re-distributive politics, the gender aspects of welfare politics, and the politics of
reforming the welfare state.
Introduction à l’Islam : religion et civilisation
Type: Elective
Professor: Ruth Grosrichard, Sciences Po
Ce cours n’a pas pour objectif de traiter de toutes les questions relatives à l’islam et au monde musulman
des origines à aujourd’hui. Il se propose plutôt de donner quelques points de repères qui permettent de
resituer, dans une perspective historique, certains débats voire conflits actuels où s’échangent, de part et
d’autre, approximations et arguments sans fondements, sinon idéologiques. Cet enseignement se veut
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interactif et exige une très bonne connaissance de la langue française (compréhension, expression orale et
écrite; les travaux demandés seront effectués dans cette langue).
An introduction to cultural diplomacy
Type: Elective
Professor: Anahit Minasyan, UNESCO
The first part of this course introduces the concept of cultural diplomacy and an analytical framework to help
understand it. The questions that are answered during this part include: What is cultural diplomacy and what
are its objectives? How does it relate to soft power, nation branding, public diplomacy, international cultural
relations, propaganda and digital diplomacy? Who are the main actors and what are their agendas? What
are its tools, methods and current trends? Multiple examples are discussed, ranging from the Cold War Era
US and Soviet initiatives to present-day efforts. Different geo-political areas are covered when examining the
methods and tools of cultural diplomacy (e.g., cultural programmes and exchanges, cooperation
agreements, cultural institutes, regional and international treaties). The second part of the course applies the
analytical framework that students have acquired to the bilateral and multilateral contexts in which cultural
diplomacy is practiced today. Key governmental, inter-governmental and non- governmental players are
surveyed, comparing their modi operandi (e.g., Alliance Française, British Council, Confucius Institute, UN,
OIF, Council of Europe, EU, ISESCO, ICOMOS, etc.). During this part of the course, students prepare and
deliver presentations on one of those entities. The third part of the course introduces the concept of
“diplomacy of culture” and how it is practiced today by surveying UNESCO’s international cultural treaties
(Cultural Conventions). Students acquire a notion of international “soft law” instruments, including their
objectives, advantages and weaknesses, how they are negotiated and governed, what they can and cannot
accomplish and how they translate into national laws, policies and programs in the cultural field. During this
part of the course, students prepare for and hold a mock meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of the
UNESCO 2013 Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Géopolitique
Type: Elective
Professor: R.-E. Dagorn
« Ce qui est nouveau (...) dans le nouvel ordre planétaire, c’est que pour la première fois, les États-Unis ne
peuvent ni prendre leur distance avec le monde, ni le dominer ». (Henry Kissinger, Diplomatie, 1994). Cette
remarque de l’ancien secrétaire d’État américain peut aujourd’hui s’appliquer à l’ensemble des espaces
mondiaux : la puissance classique est de moins en moins efficace pour créer les espaces du politique ; et il
s’agit désormais de réfléchir à nos modèles habituels de lecture de la politique internationale et de la
géopolitique mondiale. Le cours propose trois axes de réflexion : la prise en main des principales théories
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des relations internationales et de la géopolitique (partie I) ; l’analyse de quelques grands lieux du monde
sur l’ensemble des XXe et XXI siècles (partie II) ; la mise en avant des enjeux (terrorisme, environnement,
droit) qui structurent la politique internationale depuis un siècle (partie III). Dans la situation inédite – et
positive – qui est celle de la mondialisation politique, comment penser les nouvelles conditions géopolitiques
de la guerre et de la paix dans le village planétaire ; et du pouvoir et du contre-pouvoir à l’ère de la
mondialisation ?
Geopolitics of religion
Type: Elective
Professor: Isabel Ruck, Sciences Po
The actions of religious actors and institutions in the political science realm have been greatly understudied
for the past decades. According to a study covering the period from 1980 until the year 2000, only 6 out of
1600 analyzed articles on world politics in well- known scholarly journals actually mentioned religion as an
important factor (Philpott, 2001). Nevertheless, the religious factor has never been absent from the political
scenery, rather has it taken on new forms by becoming more diluted in cultural expressions of religion itself
(Geertz, 1973; Geertz, 1980). Approached from this perspective, it appears that religion has played, and still
does in certain cases, an important role in the process of state- and nation-building and in the setting up of
legal frameworks that structure the social and political aspects of society. Thanks to the student’s input from
last year’s seminar, the focus has been shifted to an area studies’ approach of the religious question,
allowing through the study of specific country-cases a thorough analysis of the interconnection between
religion, law and politics. (Isabel Ruck, Sciences Po)
African strategies in international politics
Type: Elective
Professor: Folashade SOULEKONDHOU
Many authors in international relations treat Africa as either weak in great power politics, or as subject of
great power domination. This course aims to introduce you to Africa's international relations, African-centric
perspectives and strategies which challenge traditional academic approaches and seeks to locate Africa's
foreign policies not merely in processes of imperial domination but also in African configurations in global
politics in order to have an impact and weight in asymmetrical relations. The first part of the course will seek
to explore how international relations understands African politics and the second part will detail through the
study of specific case-studies how Africa challenges some of the ways in which we think about international
relations. By the end of the course, the students should be able to (1) demonstrate knowledge of a variety of
issues pertaining to Africa's international relations and how these issues relate to perspectives on Africa,
African “agency”, and the position of the continent in the international system; (2) Identify and debate the role
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of different actors and processes involved in the international relations of Africa and (3) articulate persuasive
arguments that integrate empirical and theoretical material and enable constructive and critical discussion.
Wars of memory
Type: Elective
Professor: Christophe DE VOOGD
Our world seems to live under the “tyranny of Memory” (Pierre Nora). “Realms of memory”, “laws of
memory”, “clashes of memory”, these are some of the overwhelming expressions one can hear in the public
debate in countries as different as France, Japan, China, Spain or South Africa. Not to speak of the Middle
East, where the destruction of the remains of antique civilisations by ISIS is only the most spectacular part of
a wide range of wars of memory. From these examples, one sees how closely memory and history are linked
with internal and external conflicts: in other words, the wars of memory are rooted in the memory of wars
and, conversely, are feeding new wars. These relations between history and memory, between memory and
war, can already be seen in the first historical writings of western civilization, originating from the
Mediterranean area, with the works of the ancient Greek historians and the central place of memory in
Roman politics. From these beginnings until today can we draw a general line? Do the wars of memory
validate the theory of the “clash of civilizations”? Is there something as a common “process of memory” at
work throughout time and space? What is the role of the worldwide web in this process? And what can be
the attitude of the historians confronted to conflicting memories? Here are some of the issues at stake, which
we will raise through the study of primary sources and collective works (papers) of the students.
An interdisciplinary introduction to laws in sub-Saharan Africa
Type: Elective
Professor: Ounia DOUKOURE-PECCHIOLI
The course invites students for a journey into “probably today’s largest living laboratory of effective legal
pluralism” (J. Frémont).
This course offers a dynamic introduction to African legal complexity, focusing on present-day
institutional frameworks, the content of several Sub-Saharan African legal systems*, as well as individuals’ or
groups’ norms, practices and representations of law. Looking at institutions, links and disjunctions in the
normative practices and experiences of people, students will explore the State, the legal, the magical and the
just in Africa.
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Britain and the United States – the special relationship: myth or
reality?
Type: Elective
Professor: Adrian Park, URCA
The idea of a 'special relationship' between the U.S. and Great Britain is a fairly recent one and, as the title of
this course suggests, it hovers between myth and reality. However, at times, especially during the inter-war
period of the 20th century, relationships between the two countries were so strained that there was open
hostility. The course reviews and unpacks the relationship before and after the Second World War, and over
the decades since.
France et Antilles, XVIIIe-XXe siècles : une histoire transatlantique
Type: Elective
Professor: Emmanuelle Loyer, Sciences Po
TBA
Totalitarisme et démocratie
Type: Elective
Professor: Y. GAMBAROTTO
Qu’est-ce que le totalitarisme ? Faut-il y voir avant tout un fait historique spécifique au XXème siècle ou
peut- on en faire un concept à part entière de la théorie politique ? L’objet de ce cours est précisément de
répondre à cette question en proposant une double lecture de la notion de « totalitarisme ». Il s’agira d’une
part d’étudier le fait totalitaire à travers l’analyse des différents régimes totalitaires, et de s’intéresser d’autre
part au totalitarisme en tant que surgissement, dans le champ théorique, d’une forme nouvelle de pouvoir.
En s’appuyant sur les travaux d’un certain nombre de penseurs politiques majeurs du 20ème siècle (Arendt,
Aron, Lefort, Schmitt, Foucault, etc.), nous ouvrirons ainsi une réflexion sur la nature et le principe du
totalitarisme (Qu’est-ce qu’un régime totalitaire ? Qu’est-ce qui le définit en propre ?) et la manière dont
celui-ci nous oblige à repenser les concepts de la théorie politique moderne (Quelle relation entre l’Etat et
l’individu dans un régime totalitaire ?). Il nous faudra enfin interroger les rapports de la démocratie au
totalitarisme en confrontant les parcours de ces deux concepts dans le champ des sciences politiques.
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Democratization in the Arab world : from « Authoritarian
exceptionalism » to the « Arab spring »
Type: Elective
Professor: Ludmila Du Bouchet, Cambridge University
TBA
Mondialité(s) littéraire(s)
Type: Humanities
Professor: A.-L. Rigeade, Sciences Po
Goethe évoquant, dans l'une de ses conversations avec Eckerman, un roman chinois qu'il est en train de lire
annonce que « le temps de la littérature mondiale [Weltliteratur] est venu ». L'expression frappe aujourd'hui
par son actualité, par ses effets d'écho avec l'organisation mondiale de nos activités, avec les échanges que
la mondialisation suppose. Pour autant, a-t-on affaire au même phénomène? Que doit-on entendre par «
mondialité littéraire »? De quel terme même user: mondial, international, planétaire, universel? Quelle
conception de la littérature cela implique-t-il de l'envisager sous son aspect mondial? En quoi, enfin, le
contexte mondialisé infléchit-il la production littéraire contemporaine? C'est à ces questions que nous
entreprendrons de répondre en jonglant entre trois approches et trois types de documents: l'analyse
conceptuelle à travers des textes philosophiques ou de théorie littéraire; l'étude de cas, de passage de
frontières, à travers des extraits d'œuvres, mais aussi des textes critiques, des traductions, etc.; et enfin,
l'analyse littéraire de romans contemporains.
Russian foreign policy
Type: Elective
Professor: Pierre Andrieu
After 20 years period of a lower profile, after a break-up of the Soviet Union and a searching period under
Yeltsin, Putin's Russia has recovered an ambitious and robust foreign policy. Having tried different
approaches, the heavy lines of this policy appeared very distinctly : desir for power and recognition, the need
to be put on a par with the United States by becoming an indispensable partner in the major intenational
questions (Middle-East, Iran), to recover its exclusive influence in the forme USSR countries (Ukraine,
Eastern Europe, Caucasus), to reorient its attention towards the Asia-Pacific region, especially with China,
access to the Mediterranean and the Pacific, to contain the role of the OSCE and to limit the influence of the
EU in Eastern Europe. The means to lead this ambitious foreign policy are ideological ("patchwork" of tsarist
nationalism, soviet patriotism, Christian orthodoxy, "russianism" and "eurasianism"), political (Eurasian
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Union, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with China and Central Asian countries), economic (the same
EAU and SCO) and security (Collective Security Treaty Organistaion - CSTO). But the use of these means,
often inspired by the USSR or even the Russian Empire, does not seem to obey a predetermined strategy,
but rather internal or external political considerations or simply the president's will. We can see that the
limitation, due to the fall of the gas and oil prices, of financial and economic ressources allocated to this
foreign policy force those responsible to make difficult choices or even unconsidered decisions.
The politics of Asylum: critical approaches to refugee governance
and law
Type: Elective
Professor: Pauline Brucker, Sciences Po
This course will present the main features of international asylum governance and refugee law, based on
empirical and critical approach to the 20th and early 21st centuries major events that have shaped asylum
issues, policies and discourses. We will concentrate on the main institutions of asylum governance (such as
the EU, the UNHCR, the IOM or the UNRWA) and the international and regional legal frameworks relative to
refugee management and their relations to national systems. This will lead us to critically address the
category of “refugee” framed, in certain time and place, upon different political discourses and interests. The
latter will allow us to understand the modalities of “the politics of asylum”, highlighting how the management
of mobility has become a matter of tremendous importance in today’s world politics but also a diplomatic and
political tool in an increasingly multipolar and transnational world. At last, we will reflect upon the major
challenges posed in today’s world by asylum issues, reflecting among others upon the notions of “crisis”,
contestations and integration.
The United States in the world since 1898
Type: Lecture - History
Professor: Mario Del Pero, Sciences Po & Marco Mariano
This course will examine the history of United States foreign relations, from the late 19th century to today.
Foreign relations will be defined broadly and not limited exclusively to diplomacy and politics: the US role
and place in the world, the response to the deployment of America’s multifaceted global power and the
connection between domestic politics and foreign policy choices will all be examined. The course will
consider the impact of the political, geopolitical and economic transformations of the past century on the
foreign policy choices and discourse of the United States, as well as the influence of changing patterns in
domestic politics and race relations on US diplomacy. The course will also discuss the model of hegemony
built by the United States and its transformations over the years. Particular attention will be dedicated to
historiography and different ways of studying the history of US foreign relations.
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CERTIFICATE : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Contemporary issues in corporate law and governance
Type: Specialization - Law
Professor: Felicia A. Henderson, Business Development Consultant, NY Bar
Member
This course will introduce students to current issues relating to corporations, increasingly important actors in
global. The course will begin with an introduction to US corporate law, including discussion of the question
“what is a corporation” and of the sources of corporate law. This section will include an exploration of the
corporate governance structure and the powers of boards of directors, officers and shareholders. The
introductory section will also introduce students to the basic capital structure of corporations, including the
differences between equity and debt. Part I will conclude with a discussion of the effects of government
shareholding on corporate governance. The course will, then, focus on recent debates concerning corporate
“personhood,” including whether corporations should enjoy constitutional rights, such as free speech, or be
subject to criminal prosecution. The course will also explore the field of Corporate Social Responsibility,
which seeks to define standards for corporate behavior, in particular, in the fields of human rights, labor
rights and the environment.
Monetary policy
Type: Specialization - Economics
Professor: Jean Barthelemy, Banque de France
This course aims at providing main historical backgrounds, facts, figures, and theories to understand modern
monetary policy. An expected outcome of this course is that students should be able to discuss current
monetary policy issues and decisions. The course begins with stylized facts and key insights from monetary
economics in order to understand the role of money and what monetary policy is about. Then, we study the
main characteristics of Central Banks and we analyze the different monetary transmission mechanisms. The
course ends by exploring and discussing the recent use of unconventional monetary policies like quantitative
easing, collateral easing, forward guidance.
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The business of wine, Champagne, and luxe marketing
Type: Elective
Professor: Belinda Sohet, Neoma
This course is aimed at students who wish to gain knowledge and understanding about the marketing of
wine, Champagne and luxury goods. The course is divided into four sections:
1.
2.
3.
4.
The Essentials of Marketing
The Business of Wine
Champagne and Luxe Marketing
Oenotourism and the Future
The course will focus on the Principles of Marketing and the importance thereof when it comes to the
successful promotion and sale of wine, Champagne and Luxe goods. Course requirements: Students need
to have a good understanding of English, having the ability to speak and write in the language. No prior
Marketing experience is necessary, as the course will focus on the Marketing and Promotional Mix.
Corporate finance
Type: Elective
Professor: Laurent Hervé, Neoma
The objective of this course is to introduce the basic principles of corporate finance. This course will overview
fundamental problems faced by managers. We focus here on the following issues:
•
•
•
•
Interpreting and Forecasting Financial Statements
Investment Decisions
Valuation methods
Financing Sources and Capital structure of the firm.
The course presents those technical issues in such a way that students will always relate them the overall
strategy of the firm
in an international environment. Teaching methods include: formal lectures with Power-point slides
presentations, exercises, case studies with active student participation. (Laurent Hervé, Neoma)
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Introduction to econometrics using stata
Type: Elective
Professor: Nhung Luu, Paris School of Economics
TBA
État et économie : approches sociologiques des politiques
économiques
Type: Elective
Professor: Scott Viallet-Thevenin, Sciences Po
Il semble aujourd’hui naturel qu’une politique économique soit au cœur d’un projet gouvernemental. Il n’en a
pas toujours été ainsi. Ce cours vise à retracer les processus – contingents - d’adoption à l’origine des
politiques économiques, qui seront entendues au sens large : politiques conjoncturelles, politiques
industrielles et de concurrence. Dans une perspective sociologique, on mettra l’accent sur les acteurs de ces
processus, dans l’administration et les entreprises (et notamment les plus grandes). Le cours repose sur une
littérature sociologique, avec quelques incursions en histoire et en science politique. L’idée conductrice sera
de montrer l’apport des sciences sociales à l’étude des politiques économiques, au regard d’un cours de
macroéconomie. Le cours sera organisé de manière thématique, mais chaque session proposera des
éléments issus de traditions théoriques différentes.
Statistics
Type: Elective
Professor: Hector Moreno, Paris School of Economics
The goal of Statistics is to prepare students for upper-level quantitative courses in the social sciences. The
course takes place during the fall semester (12 lectures of 2 hours each). Statistics are useful for many fields
in social sciences. A course in statistics is often a prerequisite for upper-level courses in sociology and
economics (for econometrics for example). Students interested in one of these two fields are encouraged to
register for this course, but this course also suits students with a special interest in other fields of social
sciences such as law and political science. This course, which mainly focuses on statistical inference, is
open to all students who have already covered the topics of Introduction to Calculus with Algebra in highschool.
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Economics analysis fundamentals: macroeconomics
Type: Lecture
Professor: Nicolas Coeurdacier, Sciences Po
This Macroeconomics course is the continuation of studies in initial required economic background, after
microeconomics, to understand economic phenomena of open economy and global perspectives before
successfully attending further economics, finance and business courses. Based on a sound theories review,
concrete examples, high graphic reasoning and relatively limited mathematical formalization, the lectures
deal with, among other subjects, growth (crises), inflation, unemployment, fiscal and monetary policies, trade
and finance. Students have to prepare each session before attending through compulsory readings (papers,
journals, and glossary) identified by the lecture.
Introduction to development economics
Type: Specialization - Economics
Professor: Camille SAINT MACARY
The aim of this course is to provide students with the key concepts debated in the field of development
economics and increase their capacity to analyze critical issues facing policy makers in Africa. The course
will cover different themes from the macro and micro development economics field (i.e. economic growth,
institutions, poverty and inequality, microfinance, agriculture, labor markets, etc), and for each present basic
theories and concepts as well as the recent figures in Africa. The course will also introduce the ongoing
debates as discussed in the recent academic literature and media.
The global financial crisis in the US and the Eurozone
Type: Elective
Professor: Luke Fletcher, Sciences Po
TBA
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Strategies of influence
Type: Elective
“Strategies of Influence” is a highly interactive elective course encouraging maximum student participation
and leadership. The course explores the nature of influence, legitimate and non-coercive methods of
influence and different ways of exercising that influence. Ranging from the philosophical to the intensely
practical, the course considers forms, methods and networks of influence, but also offers training on how to
give a successful speech, how to go on television with no time to prepare, how to exercise influence in
organizations and how to create your own persona as an influencer. Eight class sessions will be devoted to
perspectives on influence plus hands-on case studies, while three sessions are expected to be led by invited
guest lecturers who are recognized influencers themselves. (Nicholas Dungan, Atlantic Council)
Introduction to finance
Type: Elective
Professor: Miroslaw Frydel, BEI
As this in an introductory course in Finance, the primary objective is to give students the opportunity to
discover this vast and very exciting field of science and arts. It will cover on a very high level the different
areas of Finance, its markets, instruments and players. We will discuss how companies make investment
decisions and we will look at the trade-off between risk and return. This course will combine the different
financial theories and concepts with real-world examples. It is intended to equip students with frameworks
and elementary tools and techniques which are used by analysts / officers and managers working in the
domain of Finance. In addition, upon successful completion of this course students will be prepared to take
more advance courses in the finance related fields, e.g. Financial Statements Analysis, Risk Management,
Corporate Finance / M&A, Investments, Valuations.
Calculus III
Type: Elective
Professor: Calvin Chen, Bell Labs
The goal of Calculus III is to prepare students for upper-level quantitative courses in the social sciences,
especially for econometrics. The course takes place during the fall semester (12 lectures of 2 hours each).
This course is a standard college level course in calculus. The prerequisite for Calculus III is material
traditionally covered in Calculus I courses, including functions, limits and derivatives, differentiation rules,
and integrals. Calculus III is intended for students who are interested in taking upper-level economics
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courses. For example, this course is a prerequisite for Columbia University’s Intermediate Microeconomics
and Econometrics courses.
Type: Specialization – Political science
Corporate communication in the age of restructuring, crisis, and
litigation
Type: Elective
Professor: Grégoire Halbout, Université François Rabelais
TBA
Les politiques de l‘emploi et du marché du travail
Type: Elective
Professor: Vanessa Albert, Hadrien Clouet
Depuis les années 1970, le marché du travail s’est profondément recomposé. Dans le contexte de montée
ininterrompue du chômage et du sous-emploi, de nouveaux statuts sont apparus, travail et emploi se sont
différenciés, et les acteurs repositionnés. Les politiques de l’emploi ont pris leur essor au lendemain du
premier choc pétrolier et dès lors, les dispositifs visant à favoriser l’emploi, à intervenir sur certains
déséquilibres du marché du travail ou encore à pallier les inégalités sociales afférentes, se sont multipliés.
Parallèlement, les institutions publiques et les dépenses qui en découlent ont pris de l’importance. Ce
développement a pris en France des formes spécifiques, mais connaît des dynamiques similaires dans
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l’ensemble des pays industrialisés. À la frontière des enjeux économiques et sociaux, les politiques de
l’emploi sont actuellement au cœur des débats publics. Ce cours adoptera donc une perspective
pluridisciplinaire, confrontant les approches économiques et sociologiques, afin d’expliquer les fondements
de cette politique publique et d’illustrer les dilemmes des décideurs publics. Il présentera les difficultés à
élaborer une législation et des outils adaptés, qu’ils soient généraux ou ciblés, à concevoir puis modifier des
dispositifs imbriqués et complexes, mais également l’originalité et les effets de ces politiques. Les questions
d’emploi et de travail reposent sur l’action d’une multitude d’acteurs parmi toutes les franges de la société –
entreprises, travailleurs, demandeurs d’emploi, retraités, ministères, agences publiques, ou encore syndicats
- dont on étudiera le rôle et les interactions. Enfin, il s’agira de présenter les méthodes d’évaluation
complémentaires des différentes approches disciplinaires en s’appuyant sur les nombreux travaux existants.
L’enseignement comporte douze conférences, chacune traitant d’une dimension particulière des politiques
contemporaines de l’emploi et/ou du marché du travail.
Calculus IV
Type: Elective
Professor: Calvin Chen, Bell Labs
This course is a standard college-level course in calculus. The prerequisite is Calculus III or equivalent.
Calculus IV is intended
for students who are interested in taking upper-level economics courses. The following topics and
corresponding sections of the course textbook (Calculus, Early Transcendentals, by Stewart) are likely to be
covered by the instructor: Multiple Integrals (Chapter 15), Vector Calculus (Chapter 16), Second-Order
Differential Equations (Chapter 17). (Calvin Chen, Bell Labs)
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CERTIFICATE : EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
Social Inequalities in Europe
Type: Specialization - Sociology
Professor: Ettore Recchi, Sciences Po
Social inequalities form a core research object of sociology. Starting from classical theorizations and
concepts, this course adopts a multi-dimensional approach to social inequalities and applies it to the
comparative study of European societies. Lectures draw on empirical works and outline country differences
in occupational structures, educational attainments, cultural practices, social participation and political
influence as ‘capitals’ that form the social bases of inequalities. The course will also discuss the institutional
mechanisms by which inequalities are created, reproduced, and buffered. Particular attention is paid to
stratification outcomes along gender, cohort and ethnicity lines. In the light of the process of European
integration, but also of differentiation stemming from the current economic crisis, the issue of the
convergence/divergence of inequalities in Europe shall be ultimately addressed.
Textbook: Mau, S. and Verwiebe, R. (2010) European Societies: Mapping Structure and Change. Bristol:
Policy Press.
The European Union and national political systems
Professor: François Lafond, Europanova
The European Union has been described as the most sophisticated organization in which supra-national
logics and decisions have been promoted and taken despite the permanence of powerful Member-States.
The non-linear history of the European Union is the result of such “struggle” among national interests and a
new emerging “European sovereignty”. The financial and economic crisis have deeply illustrated these
tensions, in particular with one of the most successful result of this European project: the Euro. Lately in
2014, the three main European institutions have been renewed opening a new era of the European Union.
This 24 hours course will describe the evolution of this “unique” European integration process in its various
institutional, political and economic dimensions. After a rapid introduction of the Europeanization concept (1
course), we will examine the European institutions and the European governance (2 courses), followed by
the Europeanization of the political parties and their role in the new elected European Parliament (2
courses). Then, we will focus our attention on the Europeanization of the national Parliaments, with in a
second step the French case (2 courses). We will also understand better the policymaking of some common
policies, from the most integrated -CAP, Competition, Trade, and Monetary policies- to the less one Common Foreign and Security Policy- (2 courses). To conclude, three lessons will be dedicated to the main
challenges the Member States and the European Union have to address in the forthcoming years in order to
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continue to play a relevant role in the globalized world: convergence processes and budget consistency,
institutional constellation and democratic deficit, and European Sovereignty vs National Interests.
British political and social history 1945-2001
Type: Elective
The post-war period in British history saw the development of a modern political state which regarded the
well-being of its citizens as one of its prime responsibilities. Hence the growth of the welfare state with care
of the population "from cradle to grave" as its principal slogan. The introduction of the welfare state came
about as a result of the surprising victory of the Labour Party in the 1945 election. And the popularity of the
new National Health Service guaranteed a cross-party consensus on this issue for the rest of the century.
However, successive governments found it increasingly difficult to fund the welfare state during periods of
high unemployment and low economic production rates towards the end of the century. Britain also saw the
birth of a teenage culture during the 1950s and '60s inspired first by the rebellious sounds of Bill Haley and
Elvis Presley from "across the pond" but quickly followed by indigenous musicians such as Cliff Richard, The
Beatles and The Rolling Stones. A liberalising of society also occurred with the legalisation of homosexuality,
abortion, relaxed divorce laws and the abolition of the death penalty. But internal tensions existed as job
opportunities were reduced and traditional working class employment in coalmining, steel and shipbuilding
and car manufacturing began to disappear. A disaffected working class could be persuaded by unscrupulous
politicians that unemployment was a direct result of immigration and racial conflicts began to mark the
political scene during the 1980s and '90s. Our period ends as it began with a landslide victory for the Labour
Party. The dynamic young leader, Tony Blair, had claimed the Party as his own, unofficially re-naming it
"New Labour". But what kind of Labour Party was it? And what would Blair's legacy be? Could he possibly
compete with Clement Attlee whose social vision for the future remained one of the key elements of British
society as the new millennium dawned?
Gouvernement et démocratie entre les nations, l’Europe et le
monde
Type: Elective
Professor: Frédéric Cohen, Sciences Po
Alors que la réflexion politique et les grands enjeux nationaux et internationaux furent longtemps dominés
par la recherche du meilleur régime, la plupart des penseurs politiques contemporains estiment au contraire
cette question maintenant résolue et donc dépassée. Nous chercherons à discuter ce point de vue car, s’il
est vrai que la disparition de la menace totalitaire, l’absence d’alternatives sérieuses, et l’apparition d’un
consensus politique et intellectuel autour de la validité des fondements de la démocratie libérale ont fini par
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consacrer celle-ci seul régime politique effectivement légitime et acceptable, force est pourtant de constater
que cet avènement ne se fait pas sans résistance ni désenchantement et qu’il s’accompagne dans le même
temps d’une indétermination préoccupante, non seulement au sujet du cadre ou de la forme politique
(Région, Nation, Europe, Monde) propre à la démocratie, mais aussi quant à ses modalités de
gouvernement. Nous tâcherons donc de comprendre l’ampleur des transformations que nos régimes
démocratiques et nos conceptions de la démocratie subissent à la faveur des bouleversements
internationaux récents que nous résumons généralement sous le nom de « mondialisation », phénomène
que l’on caractérise par l’avènement d’une société civile mondiale composée d’acteurs transnationaux de
toute sorte et par l’affaiblissement des régulations étatiques nationales. Puis, nous évaluerons en retour les
effets de ses mutations sur l’état du système international, eu égard à cette situation politique ambiguë, la
fois d’unification et de fragmentation du monde, qui s’affiche sous la bannière de la mondialisation et que
l’on perçoit également dans des processus complexes tels que le projet d’intégration européenne, lequel
peine à devenir un projet véritablement politique.
Les lieux de pouvoirs de la politique française
Type: Elective
Professor: Marc Foucault, Éducation Nationale
Cette conférence a pour objectif de faire découvrir aux élèves la réalité des différents lieux de pouvoirs
politiques et administratifs à
travers une approche la plus concrète possible de leurs acteurs, de leur
organisation et de leur fonctionnement. Ministères, Parlement, pouvoirs locaux, postes diplomatiques,
institutions communautaires, partis politiques, mais aussi syndicats, organes de presse ou instituts de
sondage feront l’objet de cette « immersion ». On interrogera le quotidien des acteurs de ces lieux de
pouvoir, élus, militants, membres de cabinet ou hauts fonctionnaires, comme l’exceptionnel de leur activité,
congrès, conseils ou prestations médiatiques. On relèvera la singularité de ces différents pouvoirs et leur
organisation propre mais on repérera aussi leurs proximités et leur imbrication au sein de la sphère publique.
La conférence permettra aux élèves d’utiliser leur formation juridique, économique et sociale et de la
confronter à de nombreux exemples concrets. Les étudiants étrangers pourront développer leurs
connaissances des institutions françaises et européennes mais aussi faire profiter le module de leur propre
expérience nationale. La proximité avec l’élection présidentielle française sera aussi l’occasion d’un travail
hebdomadaire sur la campagne électorale, d’une analyse des stratégies des différents candidats, de leur
communication, de leurs équipes.
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Society and Politics in Europe’s XXth century
Type: Lecture - History
Professor: Vanessa Lambert, Sciences Po
This course will explore Europe’s twentieth century with an emphasis on social, cultural and political history.
The goal will be to deepen students’ knowledge of contemporary European history through a study of the
multiple dimensions of twentieth- century European society and politics in Eastern and Western Europe
alike. We will also discuss the historical debates around each topic in lecture and section. Readings will
therefore include primary and secondary sources and students will work on examining both with a critical
eye.
Policies and policy making in the European Union
Type: Elective
Professor: Natasha Wunsch, UCL
This course is devoted to a close scrutiny of EU policy-making, from the inception of policy items to the
implementation of
these policies, through the decision-making apparatus and its different stages and actors. Particular attention
is paid to the institutional, practical, and political aspects of this process. The goal is to familiarize the
students with the core elements of Europeanization, in order to bolster their empirical knowledge of the EU
machinery and its outputs, and to prepare them for further policy studies in European, international, and
domestic contexts. The combination of oral and written exercises, as well as individual and group projects,
and substantial periods of discussion, will allow the students to strengthen a variety of presentation and
analytical skills in addition to the substantive knowledge acquired in the course of the semester.
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Far right politics in Europe and the US
Type: Elective
Professor: Caterina Froio, Sciences Po
From Charleston to the European parliamentary elections the far right is a very heterogeneous political
family including better
known political parties and less visible street-based, often violent, social movements and subcultural
organizations. The aim of the course is to understand and explore the dynamics of far right mobilization in
Europe and the US, with a particular focus on populist and anti-establishment politics. The focus of the class
will be on the comparative analysis of the causes and manifestations of radical right populism across
different nations and political contexts. The course shall introduce students to theories explaining individual
and contextual conditions facilitating (and inhibiting) far right mobilization and political success. With regard
to academic skills, the focus will be on comparing and synthesizing different theories, critically assessing the
merits of theoretical and empirical studies, posing new research questions and deducing testable
hypotheses. The first sessions of the class shall provide the theoretical and analytical tools necessary to
tackle the panorama of US and European far right. In addition, the course aims at mapping parties and social
movements across countries, investigating their ideological features, historical origins and the patterns of
opportunity structures that led to their emergence. The course will make extensive reference to ongoing and
past academic debates, as well as to journalistic reports, documentaries and political debates in the
observed countries. Finally, the course shall also provide students with awareness on the different research
designs and methodological techniques to study complex phenomena such as the far right, including
comparative analyses of electoral support, qualitative and quantitative frame analyses, in-depth interviewing
and ethnographic observation. For this reason, each class will have a short session dedicated to debating
methodological issues emerging from the readings and students’ presentations.
Introduction to French theory
Type: Elective
Professor: Meir Bar MEYMON
Since the fifties and mainly during the sixties and seventies, a wave of new philosophical and political
thinking emerged, producing new methods and tools to analyze the human political existence while
overthrowing old orders. The majority of these philosophers and thinkers came from France. French Theory
is an allusive term that applies to existentialism, certain aspects of feminism, structuralism, and
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poststructuralism that is also know as postmodernism. In this course we will read principal texts of French
theorists such as Sartre, Camus, Levinas, Althusser, Barthes, Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, de Beauvoir, and
Irigaray. We will try to understand some keys aspects, such as power/knowledge, subjectivity, discourse,
center and margins, hegemony, and interpellation.
Une histoire politique de l’Europe 1850-1940
Type: Elective
Professor: Philippe Pividori, CSJ, Sciences Po
Le libéralisme et la démocratie connaissent un développement important à partir de la seconde moitié du
XIXème siècle. L’essor du libéralisme conjugue la défense des libertés politiques (appelées publiques par
les juristes), économiques et sociales. Cependant, le libéralisme, s’il favorise l’aspiration à la démocratie
politique, n’est pas synonyme de cette dernière : maintien d’un suffrage censitaire, exclusion d’une
démocratie sociale (qui suppose intervention de l’État). Bien sûr, les réalités européennes sont plus
complexes et enchevêtrées que la théorie. Ce quasi siècle d’étude permet d’appréhender le passage d’une
Europe autoritaire ou peu démocratique à un « modèle européen libéral » autour de trois types d’évolution :
en douceur dans les cas français et britannique ; avec plus de rugosité pour l’Europe centrale et la Russie
d’avant 1914 ; enfin, les années 20 et 30 font montre d’une brutalité spécifique à cette transition.
NATO in the XXIst century
Type: Elective
Professor: Aude Vogel, PwC
This course will provide students with the necessary keys to understand the Alliance and the NATO
environment: its stakeholders, its challenges and perspectives through the lenses of history, diplomacy and
policy makingEndFragment .
Penser la démocratie à l’aulne de l’intégration européenne
Type: Elective
Professor: Alienor Ballangé, Sciences Po
À une époque où la démocratie représentative semble de plus en plus concurrencée par d’autres modalités
de participation et de délibération, de quelle manière se compose et se recompose l'expérience
démocratique ? En interrogeant les expressions de « populisme européen », de « mouvements de
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résistance populaire » et de « post-démocratie européenne », notre enseignement abordera les nouveaux
modes d’expression d’une citoyenneté en pleine évolution. Nous nous concentrerons notamment sur la
place que peut occuper le peuple dans cet « hiver de la démocratie ». Il s’agira alors de déterminer dans
quelle mesure ces modalités, souvent désignées comme des « radicalités », marquent un processus de
sortie hors de l’ordre démocratique ou si elles contribuent à la mutation de celui-ci, notamment dans le
contexte spécifique de l’Union européenne.
Britain and the United States – the special relationship: myth or
reality?
Type: Elective
The idea of a 'special relationship' between the U.S. and Great Britain is a fairly recent one and, as the title of
this course suggests, it hovers between myth and reality. However, at times, especially during the inter-war
period of the 20th century, relationships between the two countries were so strained that there was open
hostility. The course reviews and unpacks the relationship before and after the Second World War, and over
the decades since. (Adrian Park, URCA)
France et Antilles, XVIIIe-XXe siècles : une histoire transatlantique
Type: Elective
Professor: Emmanuelle Loyer, Sciences Po
TBA
War and violence in eastern Europe (1914-1953)
Type: Elective
Professor: Paul Lenormand, Sciences Po
The subject of this course is Eastern Europe between the age of empires collapsing during WWI and the
early Cold War. Eastern Europe is broadly defined as the lands between Germany and Russia, but we will
also look at neighboring regions and other international actors, if relevant. From Estonia to Yugoslavia, we
are also going to travel to Kazakhstan or Greece. The focus is not so much the – quite heterogeneous –
societies of Eastern Europe as such, but rather the logics of violence prevailing in the countries of the region
during that period. In short, we will try to explain the high levels of violence resulting in massive casualties
and widespread persecutions, as well as the ideological implications of these phenomena. Main events will
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include the First World War, the political regimes during the 1920’s and 1930’s, Nazi and Soviet policies, the
fate of Jews and other national minorities, the Second World War, wartime and postwar mass violence and
the Sovietization of Eastern Europe. Special attention will be paid to the agency of great powers, but the role
of individual actors, smaller groups and communities will also be scrutinized. Also, though East European
historiography has been predominantly national, we will emphasize the transnational side of the story,
looking at the legacy of multinational empires, fascism, Marxism, Jews and minorities across the state
borders.
British political speeches in North American comparative
perspective
Type: Elective
Professor: Catherine Heyrendt-Sherman, URCA
The aim of the class is to analyze sets of British political speeches, often combined with American and/or
Canadian ones.
The focus will be on the historical circumstances and the identity of the speakers, but also, importantly, their
strategies and the rhetorical devices used. The construction and quality of the argument as well as the
stylistics (choice of words, figures of speech) will be under scrutiny, bearing in mind the speaker’s target
audience and objectives. Each week, a different theme will be covered, such as: imperialism, public welfare,
public spending, war speeches, the Third Way, European construction, the Commonwealth, the monarchy,
Scottish independence, constitutional and institutional reform, party leadership and election campaigning.
The selected speeches will feature dramatically opposed and/or complementary views, and either offer a
perspective over several decades or illustrate a heated debate that took place within a few weeks. Overall,
the period covered will span over a century, from the late 19th century to today. The speakers will often be
from different political parties, and from different sides of the Atlantic. They may include: Joseph and Neville
Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Harold Macmillan, Lester Pearson, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan,
Brian Mulroney, George H. W. and George W. Bush, Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Tony Blair, Bill Clinton,
Stephen Harper, David Cameron, Alex Salmond, Jeremy Corbyn.
Russia’s foreign policy
Type: Elective
Professor: Pierre Andrieu
After 20 years period of a lower profile, after a break-up of the Soviet Union and a searching period under
Yeltsin, Putin's Russia has recovered an ambitious and robust foreign policy. Having tried different
approaches, the heavy lines of this policy appeared very distinctly : desir for power and recognition, the need
to be put on a par with the United States by becoming an indispensable partner in the major intenational
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questions (Middle-East, Iran), to recover its exclusive influence in the forme USSR countries (Ukraine,
Eastern Europe, Caucasus), to reorient its attention towards the Asia-Pacific region, especially with China,
access to the Mediterranean and the Pacific, to contain the role of the OSCE and to limit the influence of the
EU in Eastern Europe. The means to lead this ambitious foreign policy are ideological ("patchwork" of tsarist
nationalism, soviet patriotism, Christian orthodoxy, "russianism" and "eurasianism"), political (Eurasian
Union, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with China and Central Asian countries), economic (the same
EAU and SCO) and security (Collective Security Treaty Organistaion - CSTO). But the use of these means,
often inspired by the USSR or even the Russian Empire, does not seem to obey a predetermined strategy,
but rather internal or external political considerations or simply the president's will. We can see that the
limitation, due to the fall of the gas and oil prices, of financial and economic ressources allocated to this
foreign policy force those responsible to make difficult choices or even unconsidered decisions.
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ADDITIONAL COURSES
Habiter en ville au XXIe siècle
Type: Specialization - Sociology
Professor: Morgan Poulizac, Sciences Po
Cet enseignement électif propose un regard croisé entre la France et les États-Unis sur les modes de vie
urbains et la fabrication des villes. A travers une présentation historique et politique des grands enjeux
urbains, l’enseignement offre une introduction aux questions d’urbanisme et aux politiques publiques
appliquées à la ville. Aujourd’hui, plus de 70% de la population française et américaine vit en ville. Elles sont
le produit d’histoire mais aussi la conséquence de politiques publiques destinées à limiter les impacts
négatifs de leur expansion. Cette urbanisation a connu un développement sans précédent au cours des
cinquante dernières années, développement auquel les villes ont du s’adapter. Vivre en ville, c’est donc y
travailler, mais c’est également pouvoir y fonder une famille, se déplacer et se divertir… Les villes
américaines et françaises présentent des cultures et des profils urbains différents, elles sont cependant
confrontés aux mêmes enjeux : lutter contre la pauvreté, continuer à attirer les plus productifs et lutter contre
le changement climatique. Comment s’y adaptent-elles ?
Theories of justice: the good society, from Plato to Rawls and
beyond
Professor: Olivier Ruchet, Sciences Po
What do we mean, when we claim that something, be it a situation, an action, a decision, or a piece of
legislation, is just, or that it is unjust? Is it just for a political community to reflect the respective “natural”
abilities or talents of its members in the way it allocates resources, or should it on the contrary organize
corrective measures to redress the effects of these different abilities? On which theoretical and normative
elements can such a judgment be based? What is the difference between equality and fairness? Should the
appreciation of justice proceed from an evaluation of the good of a society as a whole, or should it always be
probed on an individual basis? Should the right be given precedence over the good, or should it be the
contrary? On a different level, should the quest for social justice be concerned merely with socioeconomic
factors and redistribution, or should it also encompass the recognition of symbolic injustices, and the attempt
to resolve them? Are there just one or several forms of justice (social, political, penal...)? In order to provide
the necessary tools to reflect on these abstract questions and on the contemporary debates about justice,
we will read some of the most influential accounts of the notion in Western political philosophy, and analyze
their respective thrust and merit. In the first part of the course, we will focus on ancient and medieval
accounts of justice and the good society, both in Greek philosophy and in the Christian and Muslim religious
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doctrines. Next, we will turn our attention to the social contract theories of justice elaborated in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and to the utilitarian account of the problem put forward in the
nineteenth century. The familiarity acquired with these different traditions will then allow us to approach the
powerful reformulation of justice theory by John Rawls in the second half of the twentieth century. A careful
reading of Rawls' works will occupy several of our sessions, and we will devote the others to an analysis of
some of the most important objections raised against them, from the libertarian and egalitarian critiques, to
the multicultural and feminist rebuttals. (Olivier Ruchet, Sciences Po)
Droit administratif
Type: Elective
Professor: Maud Woitier
Ce cours a pour objet le droit administratif général. Il va s’articuler autour de quatre grands axes : ce qu’est
le droit administratif, ce que regroupe le droit administratif, les enjeux de ce droit et les principes structurels
de ce droit. Pour une parfaite appréhension de cette matière, il apparaît nécessaire de le placer sous l’angle
du droit européen mais également international.
War on screens
Type: Elective
Professor: Guillaume Piketty, Sciences Po
This seminar intends to address the sometimes complicated relationships between war and cinema: films
used as a means to prepare war and then to wage it; war as it is described (or not) in movies; cinema used
to (try to) tell what war is for the combatants and for the civilians who endure it and/or on the home front.
Whilst wars of the 20th and 21st centuries are the primary focus of the seminar, incursions in a wider
chronology will occur occasionally. Our work will be based on the study of movies: content and
screenplay(s), director(s) and actors, if possible context of production and of financing, reception, etc. Te
films that we will mainly use are indicated bellow. But, of course, mentions by the students of their own ideas
in terms of movies during their presentations will be very welcomed. We will occasionally use series. We will
also rely on the books from which some of the films were made. For example All Quiet on the Western Front,
Capitaine Conan, Heart of Darkness (for Apocalypse Now), Army of Shadows, The Silence of the Sea, La
chambre des officiers, The Railway Man.
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Horror & Desire: figures of the monster in British literature
Type: Elective
Professor: Laurence Chamlou, URCA
A critical attention will be given to monsters who proliferate in British literature. Either vampires or deformed
characters, they
have turned into myths in our imagination. The course will be based on the study of two novels: Dracula by
Bram Stoker and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Extracts taken in both novels will be closely
analysed and compared, revealing a complex literary structure. The last four courses will be based on movie
adaptations: Dracula by Francis Ford Coppola and two different adaptations of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Images de la “French Theory”
Type: Elective
Professor: Fabrice Bourlez, ESAD
Depuis une petite dizaine d’années, déferle – enfin – en France une série de traductions droit venue des
U.S.A. Ces textes, écrits outre-Atlantique dans les années 90, sont d’un ton et d’une liberté scientifique
inédits. Ils s’occupent aussi bien d’histoire de l’art que des questions de genre, ils s’emparent de la haute
culture comme de la culture populaire, ils impliquent la philosophie comme la psychanalyse dans leurs
déconstructions conceptuelles et leurs revendications politiques. Signés de la plume d’universitaires américain-e-s enseignant en faculté de lettres (Butler, Jameson, de Lauretis, Mitchell, Spivak...), ces ouvrages et
ces recherches renvoient « à » et s’appuient « sur » un corpus de textes identifiés sous le seul nom global
de « french theory ». Sous cette appellation, on mélange joyeusement les concepts des grands pontes de la
pensée (sociologique, politique, philosophique, esthétique et psychanalytique) qui connut ses beaux jours en
France, au tournant de mai 68. Alors même que l’image qui se dégage de l’usage de la french theory
renvoie à une perte des origines, à un deuil de l’original au profit de la copie et à une prolifération des
doubles, le cours s’efforcera de mettre en lumière quelques-unes des théories françaises qui entrent en jeu
dans cette pensée made in USA. Sorte de retour à la source, donc. Cependant, il s’agira moins de
comprendre ce qu’ont « vraiment » pensé Baudrillard, Deleuze, Derrida, Foucault, Lacan ou Lyotard, de
dissiper toutes les ombres qui règnent dans leurs pensées, que de saisir comment chacun à sa manière
nous a libérés des amarres qui nous rattachaient encore au sol des certitudes. Autrement dit, il s’agira de
voir comment chacun d’entre eux a ouvert le champ de la pensée aux infinis miroitements des surfaces, aux
déplacements perpétuels propres à la création de nouveaux concepts. Ainsi le cours souhaiterait-il se
présenter non pas comme une introduction à la french theory ni comme un retour aux origines de la french
theory mais comme une propulsion dans les mouvements mêmes des images qui animent et justifient son
succès et sa vivacité théorique actuelle. Ne pas arrêter les images mais s’arrêter sur les images.
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Introduction au cinéma français (1895-1995)
Type: Elective
Professor: Brigitte Rollet, UVSQ
Le cinéma français s’inscrit dans le cadre plus large de la culture (mais également de l’industrie) en France.
A travers l’histoire hexagonale du septième Art se dessine toute une série de faisceaux, réseaux ou va et
vient entre la France et ses voisins proches ou lointains, anciens/futurs alliés ou ennemis. Ce cours se
propose d’analyser les enjeux et les singularités de cet art pas comme les autres en France : de la
suprématie du cinéma français des premiers temps (jusqu’à la Première Guerre mondiale où les Etats- Unis
prennent le relais), à la défense en 1993 d’une « exception culturelle » à la française que menacerait le
GATT, en passant par le réalisme poétique des années 1930, la création du CNC à la Libération, ou la
Nouvelle Vague qui émerge dans le sillage de la Cinquième République, entre autres. Cette approche
interdisciplinaire du médium permettra également d’envisager les grands mouvements du cinéma français,
les institutions qui s’y rattachent, ainsi que les relations particulières que la France entre- tient, d’une part,
avec sa propre langue et sa culture, d’autre part, avec ses voisins européens ou d’outre-Atlantique. La
présence dans le corpus de quelques films marquants tels Zéro de conduite, Les Enfants du paradis, Et
Dieu créa la femme, A bout de souffle, Cléo de 5 à 7, Diabolo Menthe, La Haine, servira également
d’introduction aux multiples formes d’intertextualité et à un questionnement sur les genres
cinématographiques pensés sous divers éclairages (national, sexuel, esthétique, etc.). (Brigitte Rollet,
UVSQ)
Sociology of law
Type: Elective
Professor: Sebastian Billows & Lise Cornilleau, Sciences Po
The aim of this course is to introduce students to a sociological approach to law. Law is not as rational as
one might expect: crafting and implementing law is a social process shaped by power relations, institutions,
professional groups, and social movements. The course will be divided into two phases. The first phase will
address the relation between social structure and law. To achieve this, we will explore the role played by law
in classical sociological theory. The second phase will be more empirical and will focus on three specific
areas of sociological inquiry that help us understand how law shapes society and how society shapes law.
The first topic is the intersection between law and professions. Understanding the power of law in society
requires deconstructing the dichotomy between lawyers and laypeople. Where does the quasi monopoly of
the legal profession over legal matters come from? How do laypeople handle law in their everyday lives?
The second empirical topic addressed in this course is the relation between law and social movements. This
relation is a problematic one, since law has often been used by states to maintain power relations in their
current form. Under what conditions does law become an instrument for social change? Why do lawyers
sometimes end up embracing political causes? The third and final topic is the relation between law and the
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economy. The theoretical assumption here is that law provides a constitutive framework for economic action.
Why are legal devices important in order to understand how markets work? Is law still relevant to account for
globalization?
Musique, société et politique en Afrique subsaharienne
Type: Elective
Professor: Vladimir CAGNOLARI
Les séances sont centrées sur un cours magistral par l’enseignant, illustré par des exemples musicaux
commentés. Il sera suivi d’une discussion autour des exposés faits par les étudiants. L’objectif de ce cycle
est certes d’acquérir des connaissances sur les grands courants et personnages qui ont joué un rôle
déterminant dans l’évolution de l’art le plus populaire et le plus influent du continent. Mais avant tout, le
cours a pour but d’initier les étudiants à s’intéresser au passé et au présent à travers de sources différentes
de celles qui sont couramment employées. Les musiques populaires révèlent en effet des réalités
sociologiques, politiques et culturelles peu développés dans les livres d’histoire ou les analyses de
l’actualité. La langue d’enseignement sera le français.
L’éducation en période coloniale en Afrique
Type: Elective
Professor: Aude CHANSON, Sciences Po
Ce cours a pour objectif d’étudier la question scolaire en Afrique coloniale du milieu du XIXème au milieu du
XXème siècle. Des études de cas précises seront analysées afin de mieux saisir les différents enjeux autour
de cette question sociétale. Nous essaierons de traiter au fil des séances les différents empires coloniaux
européens : allemand, anglais, belge, français, italien et portugais. Les thématiques abordées analyseront
les contenus scolaires, la formation du corps enseignant, les différentes structures scolaires présentes en
Afrique coloniale ainsi que l’étude des différents acteurs politiques, économiques et religieux. Il est
intéressant de noter que l’éducation en Afrique ne se limite pas aux seuls Africains. C’est pourquoi, en plus
des communautés africaines, la question de l’enseignement des populations indiennes, arabes mais aussi
européennes sera étudiée. La problématique du genre sera également abordée. On interrogera enfin cet
héritage colonial aujourd’hui auprès des populations africaines (en Afrique ou en diaspora).
Femmes, genre et politique en Afrique
Type: Elective
Professor: Emmanuelle, BOUILLY
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Cet enseignement se propose d'analyser dans une perspective transdisciplinaire - alliant science politique,
sociologie, histoire et gender studies- la participation et l'intégration des femmes africaines à la vie politique
tant à l'échelle nationale que continentale (Afrique subsaharienne et Afrique du Nord). L'activité politique des
Africaines – aussi bien conventionnelle (droit de vote, métier politique, militantisme partisan, instances
électives et gouvernementales) que non-conventionnelle (mouvements sociaux, militantisme associatif,
résistances par "le bas") – et leurs interactions avec le champ politique seront étudiées au prisme du genre.
L’enseignement s’appuiera sur des études de cas en période coloniale et postcoloniale. Parmi les thèmes
abordés : les résistances à la colonisation, les luttes de libération nationale, les féminismes africains, les«
émeutes du pain », les politiques de "promotion de la femme" (développement, parité etc.), les effets de
l'accès aux arènes politiques, la division sexuelle du travail politique et militant, les carrières de leaders
féminines, les mobilisations LGBT ou celles de migrantes.
Echoes of Africa: a survey of black subjectivities dreams and
expressions
Type: Elective
Professor: Maboula SOUMAHORO
What is Africa? This is a significant intellectual question that this course will seek to explore. Can the
continent be confined to its physical and geographical materiality? Is the African continent a discourse, a
project, or a desire? Each developed, envisionned or expressed by its inhabitants as well as the members of
its diapora? Surveying both specific historical periods and contemporary times, students attending this
course will be invited to examine, journey through, and interpret the various historical, political, and cultural
elements, figures, and movements that have contributed to shaping global visions and understandings of the
African continent.
US power and the construction of the post-war economic order
Type: Elective
Professor: Luke Fletcher, Sciences Po
TBA
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Political anthropology of religions in sub-Saharan Africa
Type: Elective
Professor: Anaïs MENARD
The course addresses the place and role of religion in various contemporary African societies, with reference
to indigenous religious systems, Christianity and Islam. The course provides students with an introduction to
the anthropology of religion and link it to contemporary socio-political issues. It also invites students to reflect
on the implications of anthropological knowledge for policymaking.
The objectives of the course are:
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-introduce anthropological concepts related to the study of religion
-illustrate these concepts with specific ritual practices throughout the African continent
-understand the social and political significance of religion and (past and present) ritual practices
-situate the pluralistic religious context of African societies within wider social and historical dynamics
-identify the implications of anthropological knowledge about religion for public and development
policies
We will try to answer the following questions: How are or were religions represented? How do religions
intersect with public life (health, gender and sexuality, local and national politics, development)? How do
various religions and ritual practices influence each other locally? Is the dichotomy between tradition and
modernity useful to explain African ritual practices? Should we analyse African religious landscapes with the
concept of syncretism? Is secularism a useful conceptual tool to understand state construction, democracy,
and long-term dynamics of social change? How can the anthropology of religion inform public policies?
Éthique et politique chez Montaigne
Type: Humanities
Professor: J. Balsamo, URCA
Auteur majeur des lettres françaises de la Renaissance, dont l’œuvre a constitué une référence continue
pendant quatre siècles, Montaigne (1533-1592) fait l’objet aujourd’hui d’un intérêt tout particulier, en France
et à l’étranger, parfois au risque des effets de modes et des lieux communs du discours de vulgarisation. La
modernité de ses Essais (1580-1595) avait été soulignée dès leur parution ; la critique a confirmé leur portée
novatrice : l’invention d’une nouvelle manière de penser et d’écrire (le genre de l’essai) au service d’une
forme inédite de représentation de soi, dans le cadre d’une réflexion critique. Aux approches traditionnelles,
littéraire et philosophique, corrigées par une exigence de rigueur philologique et historique, s’ajoute une
perspective politique : les Essais sont maintenant reconnus comme une œuvre fondamentale, à la fois
théorique et pratique : inscrits en leur temps, ils éclairaient le scandale des guerres de religion et
proposaient une solution inédite, en soulignant la primauté de l’ordre civil et de l’éthique qui le garantit ; lus
aujourd’hui, ils offrent des clés originales pour comprendre les exigences du politique, les conditions de la
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liberté du citoyen dans une société aliénante, les valeurs qui déterminent sa responsabilité, le rapport à la
loi, les formes de l’engagement, les limites du compromis. Le but de ce séminaire monographique est de
permettre aux étudiants d’aborder le discours complexe des Essais d’une manière approfondie, à la fois
dans une perspective analytique, reposant sur la lecture précise et le commentaire du texte (l’œuvre
complète, des chapitres emblématiques, des pages négligées), et dans une perspective thématique, centrée
autour du politique et de ses liens problématiques avec l’éthique et le religieux, dont Montaigne fait « l’essai
» critique. Évaluation des étudiants sous forme de commentaires de textes, de notes de lectures ou
d’exposés oraux, et de travaux écrits sur table.
Humanisme et modernité (1890-1914)
Type: Humanities
Professor: Colette Camelin, URCA
À la fin du 19e siècle, les progressistes associaient le régime républicain à la modernité et à l’humanisme,
fondés sur la confiance dans les progrès techniques, économiques, sociaux et démocratiques qui
libéreraient l’homme : « Débarrassé de toute contrainte et de toute exploitation, l’individu humain […] pourra
tendre à plus de force, à plus de pensée, à plus d’amour aussi » (Jaurès, 1894). Le 20e siècle commence
par une révolution scientifique, technologique et sociologique la plus importante de l’histoire de l’humanité,
provoquant de vives réactions chez les écrivains : de l’enthousiasme de Rivière et Apollinaire, par exemple,
à la critique violente de Péguy contre « cette chienne, cette gueuse de société moderne » qui lui paraît nuire
au développement de la personne humaine. D’autres auteurs, comme Proust, cherchent une « vérité » de
l’être humain dans une relation complexe à la modernité. La Première Guerre mondiale est une catastrophe
qui a fracturé le projet rationnel et humaniste du 19e siècle. Après les guerres mondiales et les
totalitarismes, ce projet a-t-il un sens aujourd’hui ? Nous proposons d’étudier les tensions entre humanisme
et modernité à partir de textes du début du 20e siècle (Jaurès, Péguy, Rivière, Barrès, Bergson, Colette,
Apollinaire, Proust) mis en relation avec des penseurs actuels de la modernité tels que Arendt, Morin,
Latour, Taylor, Fœssel, Stengers. Le cours aura lieu en français. La majorité des textes proposés est en
français, mais il y a aussi quelques textes en anglais. Les étudiants anglophones pourront rendre leur devoir
écrit en anglais s’ils le souhaitent.
Introduction to legal philosophy
Type: Humanities
Professor: Nofar Sheffi, Sciences Po
What is it to think theoretically about law? This course will be devoted to the study of the major topics known
as “legal philosophy”, “legal theory” or “jurisprudence.” It will construe “legal theory” broadly to include
scholarly reflection on domestic and international law and legal institutions that draws on philosophy,
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economic theory, psychology, anthropology, political theory, history and sociology. The examination and
confrontation of the various approaches which have emerged in history is intended to help students
articulate, and question, the way they see law and expose them to a range of materials that consider
theoretical dimensions of the study, practice, teaching, and research of law.
Le États-Unis sont-ils un empire ? (Histoire & géopolitique de l’idée
impériale américaine)
Type: Elective
Professor: René-Eric Dagorn, Sciences Po
TBA
« The Dream Factory » Éléments d’analyse culturaliste du cinéma
hollywoodien
Type: Elective
Professor: S. Hubier, URCA
Depuis les roaring twenties, les studios californiens ont élaboré une puissante industrie dont l’efficacité
économique et idéologique ne s’est jamais affaiblie. Certes, de nos jours, Nollywood et Bollywood, les
cinémas indien de Bombay et du Nigéria, produisent plus de films que Hollywood. Cependant, leur influence
demeure bien moindre : Hollywood reste le modèle pour les cinéastes du monde entier ; aussi bien pour
ceux qui tentent de le copier que pour ceux qui s’y opposent. Comment expliquer ce succès ? D’abord, le
cinéma hollywoodien est fondé sur des hiérarchies budgétaires très strictes et il repose sur un star system
qui assure sa propre promotion. Ensuite, il est parfaitement compartimenté en genres qui, standardisés,
assurent le plaisir de ses spectateurs. Outre le fait que ce cinéma de genre (exploitation film) recoupe
quantité d’hypogenres – western, blaxploitation, film catastrophe, film de guerre, hixploitation, peplum,
policier, science-fiction, fantastique, film d’horreur, women in prison film, etc. – il apparaît bel et bien comme
une usine, certes, mais une « usine à rêves ». Ainsi, son organisation économique spécifique s’accompagne
de schèmes idéologiques et psychologiques qu’il conviendra de dégager dans une perspective culturaliste.
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Dans l’ombre d’un élu local, le quotidien d’un cabinet politique
Type: Elective
Professor: Albane Siwiecki, Bertrand Gasiglia
Descriptif du cours Ce cours tentera, de façon pragmatique, de relater nos expériences respectives de
collaborateurs de cabinet auprès d’élus locaux. En tant que praticiens, nous aurons à coeur de plonger les
étudiants dans la vie quotidienne d’un cabinet, de leur faire ressentir l’atmosphère qui y règne, afin qu’ils
puissent mesurer la prégnance de l’instabilité, de la précarité même, dans un climat assez permanent
d’urgence. Il s’agira surtout de mettre en exergue les valeurs propres à un collaborateur de cabinet, ce qui
fait la spécificité de ce « personnage de l’ombre », qui se distingue par son sens du devoir de réserve, sa
discrétion et sa loyauté. Chaque séance débutera par une mise en situation au travers d’un exercice
pratique, en lien avec des cas concrets issus d’expériences personnelles, afin de confronter les étudiants à
la réalité du travail de cabinet. Ce cours s’attachera également à être en lien avec l’actualité dans le cadre
notamment des exercices d’évaluations demandées. Afin de véritablement faire ressentir à l’étudiant les
différentes logiques de temps qui se confrontent et se superposent dans la vie de cabinet, nous adopterons
une structuration par échéance, en partant de la gestion du quotidien, à celle du moyen-long terme, en
n’oubliant évidemment pas ce qui caractérise un cabinet, la gestion de l’urgence, de l’imprévu voire de la
situation de crise. La dernière séance sera consacrée à un jeu de rôle et à un bilan.
Les écrivains français et les batailles des idées
Type: Elective
Professor: Emmanuel Echivard, ESJ
Qui ne connaît pas la phrase de Gide : « on ne fait pas de bonne littérature avec de bons sentiments » ?
L'histoire littéraire, celle des mouvements et des genres littéraires est aussi l'histoire des guerres entre
écrivains, ou des polémiques entre les créateurs et les pouvoirs. Le texte littéraire n'est pas seulement le lieu
d'un divertissement. Le texte est une prise de position, une pensée incarnée dans une écriture. Polémique,
parce que s'opposent, dans le champ de bataille de la littérature, des visions du monde, des morales, des
styles de vie. Le cours invite à retrouver dans l'écriture le goût de l'ironie, de la connotation, du non-dit, de la
satire, à en faire les instruments d'une morale de l'engagement. Il permettra une traversée d'enjeux autant
esthétiques que politiques, politiques parce qu'esthétiques. Il aboutira à énoncer les enjeux et la valeur de la
littérature. Trois types de séances sont proposées : des lectures commentées de textes, des cours de
théorie de la littérature, des ateliers d'écriture, mise en pratique de la théorie.
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The theory and practice of multiculturalism
Type: Elective
Professor: Marcus Carlsen Haggrot, Oxford
Modern societies are characterised by important religious and cultural diversity. Virtually all contemporary
societies encompass religious minorities, immigrant groups, national minorities and/or indigenous peoples –
which raises the question of how public policy should respond to such diversity. How should the state deal
with religious and cultural diversity within its citizenry? This course surveys different answers to this very
question; it examines recent work in normative political theory that debates how liberal democracies ought to
respond to religious and cultural diversity. The course is divided into two main parts. The first part introduces
and examines models and arguments that are articulated at a relatively high level of institutional abstraction.
It introduces three main models for public management of diversity: The traditional liberal model, which
seeks to manage diversity with a combination of benign neglect and universal rights of citizenship; the
libertarian model which grants all groups the utmost freedom to pursue their cultural/religious projects; and –
last but not least – the liberal multiculturalist model, which attempts to accommodate minoritarian ways of life
all while protecting basic liberal rights. The first part also attends to issues of gender and social solidarity and
it aims furthermore to problematize the notion that cultural groups are identifiable, and can be the object of
public policy The second part attends to range of specific institutional means by which the state can provide
accommodation for minorities. These means include: Legal exemptions for minorities from otherwise
generally applicable laws; the so-called “cultural defence”; language rights for linguistic minorities; selfgovernment rights; the legal recognition of customary law and multicultural education.
Contemporary sub-saharan African cinema
Type: Elective
Professor: Melissa THACKAWAY
The objective of this course is to study, contextualize and understand contemporary sub-Saharan African
cinema. Through the prism of questions of representation, we shall focus on this cinema’s diversification –
both aesthetic or geographic – and continuities since the late 1980s. Alternating the viewing and analysis of
a corpus of six contemporary feature films, we shall study these works’ cinematic form and content. Analysis
will focus on the films’ themes in this period (history/memory; women, exile, territoriality, diaspora, cultural
hybridity…), and their styles and genres (fiction, documentary, aesthetic diversification…). We shall also
consider divergences between African auteur cinema and more recent Nollywood-esque productions.
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The political workshop
Type: Elective
Professor: Christophe DE VOOGD
“The Political Workshop” will have three goals and means:
1. Providing the students with an appropriate “toolbox” in order to understand and use the various
effects of political rhetoric, ranging from the structure of the speech to the stylistic devices and the
most adequate strategy of argumentation and counter-argumentation.
2. Illustrating the various issues at stakes in the political process with classical examples, videos of
actual speeches as well as famous political fictions (Yes Minister, House of Cards…). How does one
put an issue on the political agenda? How does one handle it? How to react to an emergency
situation? Etc.
3. Organizing debates and show-cases with the students on major issues to improve their art of
argumentation. This very interactive course will involve the students, who will present show-cases of
the following types:
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