Can Cities Save the Day? French elections, sanctuaries, social ties, and the witness of IFE alumni (now) city planners
Increasing attention is being paid in Europe and America to how politics and policy at the municipal level can open up avenues of change. Recent France-wide municipal elections brought this theme to the fore. Speaking of Europe turns to three program alums who are now seasoned urban...
Should They Stay or Should They Go? Humanities questioned abroad as well
Arts, humanities, and even social sciences are under pressure in university systems in many places, but they are also fighting back a bit everywhere. Some suggest that their fight is the university’s own fight, against utilitarian oversight and authoritarian overreach.
A Historian’s Timely Clarity on Elites and Demagogues: Reading Gerard Noiriel’s Le Peuple Français: Histoire et polémiques
One of the first French scholars to study the history of immigration, Gérard Noiriel has devoted his career to this subject in the context of historical research on workers’ movements, xenophobia, racism and populism. An eminent social historian, Noiriel is also widely known in France and...
Perfecting French While Simplifying it: A new IFE placement in municipal social services with the City of Strasbourg
If IFE students find their internship useful for mastering the complexities of French, a recent student at a new placement with the City of Strasbourg’s Health and Human Services worked on simplifying the French language, for better access to public services.
Off to a Good (and Typical) Start: Early internship placements in Marseille
The first handful or so of IFE student experiences are in the books as IFE builds its network of local partners in its new home on the Mediterranean.
Immigration is a many-faceted subject, at IFE too
Immigration is one of the major issues facing the global community, and the “immigration question” is of course a huge bundle of questions, challenges, answers, policies, programs, activist initiatives and a million personal stories. Opportunities to dig into specific aspects of...