Paris Since Antiquity

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This course traces the evolution of the city of Paris from its origins as a backwater of the Roman Empire, to its importance as a center of Enlightenment thought in the 18th century, its emergence as the ‘capital of modernity’ in the 19th century, and on through its contested status in the 20th and 21st centuries. We will explore the city through the lenses of protest and revolution, leisure and consumption, public health and urban planning policies, and immigration and multiculturalism, amongst others.