I love teaching, and I love Paris. And for years I dreamed of bringing the two together in a course on the city's great 19th century flowering, taught in Paris itself. In the summer of 2008 I at last realized my dream, and the experience greatly exceeded my expectations.

The 19th century is still very much alive in Paris, and everything that we covered in the morning classes surrounded us as we walked the streets in the afternoon. The views captured by the Impressionists, the great department stores that introduced the French to consumer culture, the sites of the great exhibitions that brought the Eiffel Tower to Paris, the studios of the artists, the paintings, the sculptures, the museums, but most of all the streets themselves carried us back to an earlier Paris.

Now I am ready to do it all again, this time armed with the experiences of the first time through and some new ideas.

Students' Comments and Photographs from the 2008 Class

For more information about this course contact Professor David Pace at dpace@indiana.edu. (Please include the word "Paris" in the subject field.)

A Knowledge of French is not Required for this Course.

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