France
Academic Content
Lectures
IFDS lectures are given at a mix of academic environments and field locations. Please note the following lecture listings are tentative and subject to change:
- Historical Overview of the Jewish people in France (as compared to Jews in the U.S.)
- Historical Overview of the Muslim people in France (as compared to Muslims in the U.S.)
- Jews and Muslims in the French Melting Pot: Comparative Policies of Integration
Laicité (as Compared to American Secularism)
- Expulsion, Collaboration, and Contemporary Anti-Semitism : A History of Anti-Jewish Sentiments in France
- Racism, Colonialism, and Islamophobia: A History of Anti-Muslim sentiments in France
- Living together: Mixed Neighborhoods
Diversity within the Jewish Community: Ashkenazi and Sephardic, Practicing and "Secular", Orthodox and Liberal...
- Diversity within the Muslim Community: "Secular" Muslims, Sufis, Muslims from Various Origins, Converts, Islamist Movements…
- Religiosity and Secular Identity in the Context of Laïcité
- Jews and Muslims in Algeria: The Colonial Creation of Difference
- World War II and the Shoah: Jewish and Muslim Experiences
- The Middle East Conflict and Its Interpretation by Contemporary Jews and Muslims in France
- International Islamist Movements and the Effect of these Movements on Muslims in France
- Jewish Women and Muslim Women: Religious Observance and Equality
- Inter-faith and Inter-Community Efforts: Scouts, Schools, Friendship Associations, Chaplains...
Co-curricular Site Visits & Field Trips
Please note the following trips are tentative and subject to change:
- Visits to the Neighborhoods of Belleville, Canal St Martin, Marais, and a suburban Neighborhood
- Religious Institutions: Mosques, including the Great Mosque of Paris; a Reform or Conservative Synagogue; and a Traditional Synagogue
- Museums and Institutes: Jewish Museum, Holocaust Memorial, Institut des Cultures de l'Islam
- Schools and Institutions of Learning: A Muslim Institution of Learning, A Jewish School, a Catholic school
We are pleased to announce
that the 2009 International
Faculty Development Seminar
Religious Diversity and Conflict
in France has been featured In the June 8th Reuters Blog ‘French, U.S. Imams Talk About Being Muslim Military Chaplains’.
The seminar, running for eight days in early June, incorporates talks by major scholars of religion and society with a focus on daily life (schools, hospitals, prisons, and the army) through the perspective of the chaplain.
In 2009, four U.S. chaplains representing various religions were able to participate due to the support of the U.S Embassy in Paris.
