DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE:
Professor Edward Berenson

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE:
Professor Michel Beaujour

DEGREE PROGRAMS COORDINATOR:
Associate Professor Herrick Chapman

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE:
Associate Research Scholar Frédéric Viguier

Established in 1978 through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of French Studies (IFS) is a multidisciplinary program devoted to the study of modern and contemporary France. The Institute’s program focuses on French history, culture, society, and politics and emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach that draws on the strengths of the humanities and social sciences faculty at New York University.

The Institute offers a variety of programs that provide innovative, comprehensive training for those interested in an advanced knowledge of France. The M.A. program prepares students for careers in international business and banking, the media, government, and cultural organizations or in teaching French civilization in secondary schools or two-year colleges. Dual degree and joint M.A. programs prepare students for professional careers in business, law, and journalism. For example, the Institute’s dual degree master’s program with the Leonard N. Stern School of Business offers a liberal arts program of social and cultural studies to complement training for corporate management. The IFS also offers a dual degree program with the NYU School of Law and a joint degree program with the Department of Journalism.

The master’s program also serves as the first part of a course of study that leads to the Ph.D. The Institute’s Ph.D. programs are designed to train graduates for careers in higher education. The Ph.D. program in French studies prepares students for an academic career devoted to research and teaching in the field. Joint Ph.D. programs combine work in French studies with rigorous disciplinary training in history, social science, or French literature. Students who earn the joint Ph.D. enjoy the prospect of academic careers either in French departments or in anthropology, history, or political science departments.

Finally, the Institute offers a Certificate of Achievement in French Studies for individuals whose professional work, education, or interests move them to devote one or two terms of part- or full-time study to acquire a deeper knowledge of contemporary France.

In addition to its teaching programs, the Institute fosters research by faculty, postdoctoral fellows, doctoral students, research associates, and visiting scholars in a wide range of areas pertinent to modern and contemporary French society, culture, politics, and history. The Institute also sponsors the French Studies Colloquium—a public lecture series—and weekly luncheon seminars, all designed to advance scholarly research, promote and exchange ideas, and encourage interaction among students, scholars, and professional people in the New York region.

The Institute is home to the journal French Politics, Culture, & Society, published in collaboration with Harvard’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

Faculty

Edward Berenson, Professor, History, French Studies; Director, Institute of French Studies. Ph.D. 1981 (history), Rochester; B.A. 1971 (sociology), Princeton.
Modern French social and cultural history; modern European history.

Herrick Chapman, Associate Professor, History, French Studies. Ph.D. 1983 (history), M.A. 1977 (history), California (Berkeley); M.P.A. 1972 (public and international affairs), B.A. 1971 (public and international affairs), Princeton.
Twentieth-century French history; European social and economic history; the comparative history of public policy.

Stéphane Gerson, Associate Professor, French, French Studies. Ph.D. 1997 (history), M.A. 1992, Chicago; B.A. 1988 (philosophy), Haverford College.
French civilization; French cultural history.

Tony R. Judt, Erich Maria Remarque Professor of European Studies; Professor, History, French Studies; Director, Remarque Institute. Ph.D. 1972 (history), B.A. 1969 (history), Cambridge.
French history; modern European history; the history of ideas.

Martin A. Schain, Professor, Politics. Ph.D. 1971 (politics), Cornell; B.A. 1961 (politics), New York.
Politics and immigration in France, Europe, and the United States; politics of the extreme right in France; political parties in France.

Kenneth E. Silver, Professor, Art History. Ph.D. 1981, M.A. 1975, Yale; B.A. 1973 (fine arts), New York.
Modern art and urban subjects; gender and sexuality. .

George R. Trumbull IV, Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow. Doctorat 2005 (history), Yale; B.A. 1999 (history), Princeton.
French and francophone history; North African and Middle Eastern history; history of the social sciences.

MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRENCH STUDIES

Bruce Altshuler, Museum Studies; Emily Apter, French; Michel Beaujour, French; Claudie Bernard, French; Thomas Bishop, French; J. Michael Dash, French, Social and Cultural Analysis; Denis Hollier, French; Judith Miller, French; Susan Carol Rogers, Anthropology; Richard Sieburth, Comparative Literature, French; Jindrich Zezula, French.

VISITING FACULTY, 2000-2006

Marc Abélès, Anthropology, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (Paris).

Christian Baudelot, Sociology, Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris).

Stéphane Beaud, Sociology, Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris), Université de Nantes.

Pierre Bouvier, Sociology, Université de Paris X Nanterre (Paris).

Fred Constant, Politics, Université des Antilles-Guyane (Martinique).

Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, History, Université de Paris VII Denis-Diderot (Paris).

Steven Englund, writer and historian (Paris).

Eric Fassin, Sociology, Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris).

Nancy Green, History, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris).

Danielle Hervieu-Léger, Sociology, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris).

Olivier Ihl, Political Science, Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Grenoble).

Dominique Kalifa, History, Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris).

Cyril Lemieux, Sociology, Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Paris).

Emmanuelle Loyer, History, Université Charles de Gaulle-Lille III (Lille).

Elikia M’Bokolo, History, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris).

Frédérique Matonti, Politics, Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Paris).

Michel Offerlé, Politics, Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris).

Pascal Ory, History, Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris).

Pascal Perrineau, Politics, Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Paris).

Christophe Prochasson, History, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris).

Jacques Revel, History, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris).

Daniel Rivet, History, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris).

Emmanuelle Sibeud, History, Université Paris VIII Saint-Denis (Paris).

Irène Théry, Sociology, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris).

Anne-Marie Thiesse, Sociology, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris).

Florence Weber, Sociology, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris).

Patrick Weil, Political Science, Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris).