(in Polish) Seminar of French social sciences and humanities / Séminaire français de Sciences Humaines et Sociales

general courses

MA, PhD students

Classroom

4EU+Courses

This interdisciplinary seminar encompasses all fields of social sciences in the French and Francophone areas. Its wide range of topics will allow students to familiarize themselves with the diversity of complex and original theories, scientific analyses, and polemics of the contemporary French-speaking world. This will ground their understanding of their echoes in broader Polish, European, and global contexts.

This seminar is based on the program of the Center for French Culture and Francophone Studies of the University of Warsaw. The Center main purpose is the promotion of achievements in social sciences and humanities from the French-speaking world. The lectures will be organized in two series. The first one will be comprised of meetings and debates with French-speaking guest academics from various fields of social sciences and humanities, who will present their research, as well as foundational lectures on classical texts. Discussion and dialogue are here conceived as the main instruments for education. The second series will be seminar sessions to conduct, in French, interdisciplinary studies of social phenomena in the light of a broad spectrum of social sciences, from anthropology and philosophy, to sociology, political science, and history. Active participation to the seminar is expected from the students, in the form of team elaboration of talking points and debate material.

After completion of the course, the student:

- will know the most important new theories in French humanities and social sciences;

- will be able to use concepts and categories from the French humanities and social sciences for research and analytical purposes.

A final grade will be given on the basis of attendance, essay and activity:

1. Presence during meetings (absences from one class are allowed).

2. Active participation in discussions during classes.

3. Essay: The essay should contain 6 pages in French, the structure of a scientific work, ie. contain a thesis, research questions, references to theory or empirical data. The lecturers will assess the correctness of the argument and the narrative style. The work should contain footnotes and a scientific bibliography. The editorial guidelines will be send during the semester. The essay should be related to the topic of the meetings. The work will be checked as part of the university's anti-plagiarism program. The work should be sent by e-mail to one of the course coordinators.