Week 1

Tues, June 1: Arrival; Orientation to life in Paris

Wed, June 2:Art and Empire under Napoleon III -- Visit to the Louvre and the Opera Building

Thurs, June 3: Conservatism in the World of the Arts -- Visit to the Musée d'Orsay

Fri, June 4: Impressionism and the World of Parisian Artists and Intellectuals -- Visit to Notre Dame and the subterranean ruins of ancient and medieval Paris; Impressionist Painting Scavenger Hunt

Sat and Sun, June 5-6: Free time -- Opportunity to get to get to know Paris better or make trips outside the city

Mon, June 7: Haussmann and the Creation of Modern Paris -- Walking Tour of 19th century Paris -- Groups Prepare Reports on Boulevards

Tues., June 8: 1870-71: War and Defeat, Revolution and A Massacre -- Group Projects at the Musée Carnavalet

A Gallery at the Paris Opera

Galeries Lafayette Department Store Today

Week 2

Wed., June 9: The Creation of a Consumer Culture -- Visits to Historic Paris Department Stores

Thurs., June 10: The Consumption of Spectacle

Fri., June 11: A New Urban Experience -- Optional Walking Tour of the Americans in Paris

Sat. and Sun., June 12-13: Free time -- Opportunity to rest or make trips outside the city; Optional Trip to Fountains at Saint Cloud

Mon., June 14: Science, Progress, and Colonialism

Tues., June 15: New Ways of Seeing Paris: Photography, Post-Impressionism, and Cinema -- Begin Scavenger Hunt at the Musée d’Orsay

Week 3

Wed., June 16 -- New Directions in the Arts: Debussy and Rodin -- Trip to the Musée Rodin

Thurs., June 17 -- Sex and Gender in the Belle Epoch -- Group projects at the Musée d’Orsay

Fri., June 18: The Press, Crime, and The Dreyfus Affair

June 19-20: Free time -- Opportunity to rest or make trips outside the city

Mon., June 21: Decadence and the Idea of Decline -- Visit to the Musée Gustave-Moreau

Tues., June 22: The World of Montmartre -- Visit to the Musée de Montmartre and walking tour of the district

July 1-- Looking into the 20th Century: Proust, Picasso, and The Rites of Spring

Students at the 17th Century Musée Carnavalet