[Athena] Understanding Sarkozy's France - lectures in St Andrews

[Jean-François PICARD <jean-francois.picard AT mouchez.cnrs.fr>]

Dear Colleagues,

Please see details below of two lectures forthcoming in November at the
University of St Andrews. The series will continue next semester with
two further talks, the first of which, by Professor Olivier Laügt
(Bordeaux University) on the reform of the universities, will take place
in March.

These talks are designed especially for a general audience with no prior
expertise in French politics, and all are most welcome.



The University of St Andrews
School of Modern Languages
School of International Relations
Centre for French History and Culture

With the kind support of the Russell Trust

*UNDERSTANDING SARKOZY’S FRANCE*

Since his election in 2007, President Nicolas Sarkozy has launched
controversial reforms of French social,
political and economic institutions. What exactly is his agenda? How is
he attempting to apply it? What
will be the effects? Who is reacting and how?

This 2009&#8208;10 lecture series is for all those who have an interest in
France – whether intellectual, cultural,
commercial or recreational – and who wish to understand the current
period of change. The speakers, all
eminent scholars, will tailor their remarks to the needs of a
non&#8208;specialist audience. Lectures are in
English, or French with English translation, and will be followed by a
Question & Answer session.


Dr Sudhir Hazareesingh

Balliol College, University of Oxford

French Politics in the Age of Nicolas Sarkozy
18 November at 5.15pm in United College, School 6

*****

Professor Bertrand Badie

L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris

Sarkozy's Foreign Policy, or French Soft Neo-­Conservatism
27 November at 5.00pm in United College, School 6

*****

For more information and directions to the venue, please contact the
organising administrator Mrs Barbara Fleming, email bf AT st-andrews.ac.uk;
tel 01334 463656.






Dr Stephen Tyre
Lecturer in Modern History
University of St Andrews
St Andrews KY16 9AL
Scotland
Tel. 01334 462902
Email st29 AT st-andrews.ac.uk

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