Explore the art of French, engage with its cultures and rediscover your own through others’ perspectives. The Department of French Studies offers about 30 courses in French language, literature and ...

A semester-long study of topics in French. Topics and emphases will vary according to the instructor. This course may be repeated for credit with different topics. See the New and Topics Courses page ...

In his insightful new book, The Revolution to Come, Dan Edelstein offers some surprising answers to these questions and explores how the idea of revolution has changed over time. What was once called ...

Most people think of revolution as a violent overturning of political institutions. Parisians storming the Bastille on July 14, 1789, became a model of popular action later adopted, in 1917, by the ...

Throughout the 18th century, France faced a mounting economic crisis. A rapidly growing population had outpaced the food supply. A severe winter in 1788 resulted in famine and widespread starvation in ...

The storming of the Bastille this week (July 14) in 1788 heralded the French Revolution, but why did the French people rebel against King Louis XVI, an inoffensive, even well-meaning member of the ...