EUROPEAN STUDIES PROGRAMME 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SCIENCES PO AT A GLANCE ...... 3
PROGRAMME ...... 4 The team ...... 4 Overview of the programme ...... 7 Course structure ...... 8 Course syllabus ...... 9 Recommended readings ...... 11 Course planning ...... 14 Institutional visits in Paris ...... 15
USEFUL INFORMATION ...... 16 The library ...... 17 Computers and photocopies ...... 18
TRANSPORTATION ...... 19
AROUND SCIENCES PO ...... 20 Saint-Germain des Prés ...... 20 Cultural attractions near Sciences Po ...... 20 Bars and restaurants near Sciences Po ...... 21
CONTACTS ...... 23
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SCIENCES PO AT A GLANCE
Since its creation in 1871, Sciences Po has been France’s preeminent university for the social sciences. Its alumni include a Secretary General of the United Nations, four Managing Directors of the International Monetary Fund, numerous corporate leaders and six of the last seven President of the Republic, including François Hollande.
Sciences Po has long outgrown its French roots, and is open to the world. Today, some 46% of our 12,000 students are international, from 150 countries. The education we offer is emphatically outward looking. We seek to provide students with the essential tools that will enable them to make sense of a complex world. Our goal is to open minds and develop critical thinking.
Sciences Po’s aim is to offer a multidisciplinary higher education based on the teaching of a range of social and human sciences (history, economics, law, political science and sociology) and oriented towards action and assuming responsibility. Sciences Po's teaching, research, documentation and publications have made it a unique institution in higher education landscape in France and particularly competitive on the international scene.
The Paris campus is located in the heart of Paris, close to the political centres of power and cultural attractions. It is composed of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century buildings and its neighbours include ministries, embassies, corporate headquarters, publishing houses, the Assemblée nationale... in short, many centres of French decision- making. Students are also exposed to the strong cultural flavour of the Saint Germain district: renowned cafés sheltering a new generation of philosophers, art galleries and architecture, shops and cinemas, and restaurants. World-class historical and cultural attractions (the Louvre, Notre Dame, Musée d’Orsay, the Sorbonne, the National Museum of the Middle Ages-Cluny) are within walking distance. The Paris campus offers numerous courses on the historic, economic, political and sociological facets of France, Europe and the World, all taught by world-renowned professors.
Instruction is provided by a staff of some 1.400 teachers, a great majority of whom are solidly established as practitioners in their respective fields. This unusual type of faculty is anchored by a nucleus of tenured professors teaching full-time at Sciences Po.
The research arm of Sciences Po is composed of 11 research centres which provide a framework for some 200 researchers. The budget dedicated to research at Sciences Po represents one of the most important in Social Sciences in France today.
The library houses a nearly million volume collection of works in Social Sciences and 20th century history, being one of Europe’s richest collections of this kind. Sciences Po is also provided with an invaluable tool for the dissemination of knowledge in the Social Sciences field with the Presses de Sciences Po.
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PROGRAMME
THE TEAM Programme coordination – Sciences Po International office Centre for Asia, the Pacific, Africa and the Middle East
Anna Dall’Oca works with the International Affairs division to manage Sciences Po’s cooperation in the Asia- Pacific region. Passionate about international cooperation, education and cross-cultural communication - with a keen interest in the Asia-Pacific, she has lived and worked across Australia, China and Thailand, as well as in Italy, France, Spain, the UK and the United States. Anna has supported the advancement of international programmes and high-level policy dialogues with the International Crisis Group, the European Union, the UN, and most recently, with a G20 public-private research partnership. She holds a BA in Asian Studies from Ca' Foscari University (Italy) and Master’s Degrees in Political Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (UK) and in International Relations and Anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK).
Marie Valin-Colin and Sophie Eclappier are the assistants to the Centre for Asia, the Pacific, Africa and the Middle East of Sciences Po, in charge of the administrative follow-up of the programme.
Faculty
Francois Lafond is President of Blue Networks and Opportunities think tank, senior member of the Institute of European Democrats (Brussels) and associate professor in Sciences Po (Euro-American campus). Previously, he was the executive director of EuropaNova (2013-2016), secretary general of the French Aspen Institute (2012-13), and director of the Paris office of The German Marshall Fund of the US (2008-2011). Before, François Lafond was a special adviser of the Italian Minister for Regional Affairs (2007-8), of the Italian undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs (2006-7) in Roma.
Catherine Wihtol de Wenden is senior researcher at CNRS (CERI, Sciences Po), specialist of international migrations. She also teaches at Sciences-Po (college, masters, Ph.D.). She is the author of over 20 books and 200 articles. She has been president of the research group migration of the International Sociological Association from 2002 to 2008. She won in 2012 an ANR on Globalisation of Migrations and Governance.
Anton Granik is Professor of Economics and Applied Econometrics at Reims Management School. He obtained a B.A. with Honours in Economics from New York University in 1995. In 2003 he obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University where he specialized in macroeconomics and econometrics. His most recent research focuses on macroeconomics models of corruption and fiscal decentralisation as well as on analysing non-neutrality of different interbank network architectures in the propagation of liquidity shocks and its role in recent financial crises.
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Jacques Le Cacheux is Professor of Economics at the University of Pau and has been the Director of its Economics Research Department since 1993. He also teaches at Sciences Po, Stanford University in Paris, European Online Academy, and Collège des Hautes Etudes Européennes. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the European University Institute (Florence) He works on European integration issues, taxation and international macroeconomics. He has been a member of various European research projects and networks financed by the European Commission, and rapporteur of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission.
Thomas Roman holds a Master’s degree in contemporary political history from Paris’ Institut d’Etudes Politiques (“Sciences Po”) for research focused on nationalism in France at the beginning of the 20th century. Associated with the Center for History at Sciences Po and formerly a researcher associated with the French National Library, he currently teaches at Sciences Po as well as at other institutions and programs, both French and American, in Paris. Co-director of study abroad programs in France and Belgium, he is also editor-in-chief of the on-line literary review, Parutions.com.
Francesco Saraceno majored in Economics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" with a thesis on Money and Economic Growth. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economic theory in 1999, with a thesis on Demand Complementarities in a Trade Model. At Columbia University, he specialized in macroeconomics and industrial organization. In 2000, he joined the Council of Economic Advisors for the Italian Prime Minister's Office. In 2002, he moved to Paris to work at the OFCE (Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Economiques), one of Sciences Po research departments.
Jacques Rupnik was educated at the University of Paris and at Harvard, is currently Director of Research at CERI and Professor at Sciences Po as well as visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and Charles University in Prague. Since he joined CERI, Sciences Po in 1982 he has been writing and lecturing about East and Central European history and politics and European integration. He was advisor to president Vaclav Havel in the 1990’s. Executive director of the International Commission for the Balkans, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1995-1996) and drafter of its report Unfinished Peace (1996), member of the Independent International Commission on Kosovo (1999-2000) and co-drafter of The Kosovo Report (Oxford UP, 2000). Among the various positions held: advisor to the European Commission (2007 – 2010). Member of the board of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague 2010-2017. Member of the board of directors of the European Partnership for Democracy in Brussels (2008-2013). He has been a visiting Professor in several European universities and in the Department of Government, at Harvard University where he is regularly Visiting Scholar at the Center for European Studies.
French language teachers
Sandra Lo-Ré holds a CAPES (Certificate of Aptitude to the Teaching of Second Degree Education) in Modern Literature and teaches French as a Foreign Language since 2004.
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Alexandra François has a Master’s degree in FLE (Teaching French as a Foreign Language) and a Postgraduate degree in Philosophy from the Sorbonne University. She has been teaching French for over 15 years. She taught for one year in Japan.
Teaching Assistant
Aurelien Bouayad is a Ph.D. Candidate at Sciences Po Law School. He received a M.A. in Law from Sciences Po, a M.A. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from EHESS (Paris), and a B.A. in Philosophy from Paris- Sorbonne. His doctoral research examines the articulation of minority rights and environmental regulations through social-legal analysis of prominent ecological conflicts. He investigates in particular the concrete processes involved in the legal treatment of cultural diversity in legislation and adjudication, with a particular focus on the protection of sacred natural sites. Aurelien is currently Visiting Researcher at Fundação Getulio Vargas (Rio), and was Visiting Fellow at the STS Program at the Harvard Kennedy School (Fall 2013), and Visiting Doctoral Researcher at SOAS in London (Spring 2014).
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OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAMME The aim of the European Studies Programme organised by Sciences Po is to give the students from the University of Sydney Business School a comprehensive view of the current debates in Europe and about Europe. In an intellectually-rich environment in Sciences Po, a team of professors involved in academic research, policy discussions and learning on the European Union will shed light on current debates, on their causes, and on their solutions.
Those debates still have most of their roots in the history of Europe since World War II and thus, they coincide with the construction of the European Union (EU) dating back to 1957. It was not a surprise that the 2012 Nobel Prize for Peace was attributed to the EU: it gave the legitimate weight to the historical achievements of European governments and citizens.
Going back to the history, it shall be reminded that the EU six founding partners (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg and the Netherlands) initially pursued two main objectives – international security and customs union – but the opposition between them on how to establish International security led Europe to tackle economic issues almost exclusively until the 1980s. As a consequence, some economic convergence emerged, but many divergences remained on issues which were still dealt with at the domestic level.
The scope for integration has started to reach social, security and political matters only in the 1980s. Within a few decades, a surge of European integration occurred with the enlargement process, from 15 EU Member States in 1995 to 28 in 2013, and with the adoption of a Single Currency, the Euro, shared by 18 EU Member States (then members of the Eurozone).
This surge of European integration made the political process ever more difficult and intensified divergences within the EU, in sharp contrast with the initial objective of creating a stable and wealthy area. Tensions among EU countries regarding security, migration, sustainable development the value of the Euro vis-à-vis the US Dollar, and the optimal size of the Eurozone have been examples of the heterogeneity of views on the future of Europe coming from the Europeans themselves. The global financial crisis which hit the EU in 2008 did not help fixing economic and social discrepancies and differences in points of views about the European project. Over the past few years European governments have had difficulties to organise a coordinated response to the economic and social slump, to the financial failure and to the Middle-East geopolitical tensions. Recently, Eurozone countries have had to manage a dramatic economic crisis, in Greece and in so-called “peripheral countries” which has questioned the survival of one of Europe’s main economic achievements: the Euro. Another achievement, the freedom of movement within the Schengen area (which gathers most EU countries) has been disrupted by a few countries because of the substantial flows of migrants from Syria, Iraq, or East Africa which have escaped wars and dictatorships since 2015.
The forward and backward steps of the European integration process certainly need to be understood if one wishes to know where the EU stands, in comparison with other countries in the world, and where it may go. Different disciplinary fields from Social Sciences will be called for in this respect: economics, history, international relations, political science and sociology. They should help to learn about the past, present and future of Europe.
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COURSE STRUCTURE
Foundation courses – “Europe: what are we talking about?” – 8 teaching hours
This bloc is comprised of 4 courses of 2 hours each; it presents a short but comprehensive view of Europe and of its different facets: a long history, quite diverse values and identities, a common political project and different views on politics.
Economics of the Euro area – 10 teaching hours
This bloc is dedicated to understanding the extent to which the Euro area has been so specific and why it faces so many difficulties like the sovereign-debt crisis.
History of France – 2 teaching hours
See the description below (cf. course syllabus)
Tutorial – 4 teaching hours and advising throughout the program
The teaching assistant will deliver two tutorial sessions and be in charge of the students’ academic advising and of the grading of their essays.
French language classes – 13 teaching hours
The language courses are comprised of 13 courses of 1 hour each and offered at three different levels:
o Level 1 – Full Beginner o Level 2 – Intermediate o Level 3 – Advanced
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COURSE SYLLABUS
The political system of the European Union
François Lafond
The European Union could be described as the most sophisticated organization in which supra-national logics and decisions have been promoted despite the permanence of powerful Member States. The history of the European integration is the result of such permanent “struggle” among national interests and an emerging “European sovereignty”. These two sessions will describe this evolution of the European integration process in its different institutional, political, and legal dimensions. We will examine the European institutional framework, its policies and impacts. We will scrutinize how the succession of difficulties (Greek economic situation, refugees/migrants waves, Brexit, rise of anti-European parties, …) have been managed at the European and National levels and what are the possible scenarios the Member States and the European Union may put in place in order to overcome these “existential” challenges.
The EMU and the Theory of Optimal Currency Areas
Francesco Saraceno
This lecture will detail the framework used by economists to assess the desirability of a currency union. Starting from Mundell's "Trilemma", the classic analysis develops a number of criteria to assess whether it is convenient for a group of countries to scrap national currencies and form a single currency area. The economic and institutional features of the EMU are then evaluated against this theoretical background to conclude that the EMU is not an optimal currency area. The issue of endogeneity will also be discussed.
Institutions for the EMU Macroeconomic Governance
Francesco Saraceno
This lecture will start from the criteria for joining the EMU set forward in the Maastricht Treaty (1992), and will then proceed to discuss monetary policy and the ECB, on one side, and fiscal policy and the Stability Pact on the other. These institutions will be showed to be consistent with the Consensus of the 1990s aimed at limiting the use of discretionary policies.
The Eurozone Crisis
Francesco Saraceno
This session will analyze how the global economic crisis has gradually evolved into a European crisis, triggered by the Greek financial and economic turmoil of 2009-10. Alternative explanation of this evolution will be given, and the class will help understand to what extent the crisis is linked to the structural flaws of the single currency construction.
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The European banking system: Towards a banking union?
Anton Granik
This course will attempt to provide a conceptual background required for understanding the current issues in European banking integration. Specifically, the following three major questions will be addressed:
1. The emergence of "banking union" as a future model of the European banking industry. 2. Banking union as a required component of greater fiscal policy coordination (fiscal union). 3. The consequences of a banking union for monetary and macro-prudential policy implementation in Europe.
The European Budget
Jacques Le Cacheux
The European budget is notoriously small and dominated by two major common policies: the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) and structural/regional policies. The agreement reached in 2006 about the new financial perspectives for the period 2007-2013 has been criticized by almost everybody, from the Commission to the EU Parliament. The current Mutliannual Financial Framework for 2014-2020 has been adopted with difficulty in November 2013 but is insufficient to face new challenges. The course analyses the many defects of the current budget and its funding, and raises questions on the possible reforms on both sides.
Migrations in the EU
Catherine Withol de Wenden
In the beginning of the 21st century, international migrations are reaching 244 millions of people (i. e. 3, 5% of the world population), with roughly the same number of flows going to the North (South-North and North-North: 120 millions) than to the South (South-South and North-South: 130 millions) which is new. No region, no country in the world is out of the migration process and all countries are involved either in emigration, immigration or transit flows, most of them in the three trends together, blurring the categories of migrants between family reunifications, foreign workers and asylum seekers. New profiles, isolated women, unaccompanied children, circulating elites and experts have entered into international mobility. However, the right to move is one among the least shared in the world: global mobility is severely segmented based on nationality, class, gender, race etc. In the meantime, the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin wall in Europe in 1989, have brought a generalisation of exit right, with the easy access to a passport, even in southern countries, along with more restricted rights to enter in OECD countries.
Europe and its neighborhoods: from EU enlargement to geopolitics
Jacques RUPNIK
For the last two decades the Eastern enlargement of the EU (widening) had been largely been considered a success in overcoming of the post-war East-West divide. That perception is now changing owing to internal changes in the EU its limited capacity to respond to the external crisis it faces: the simultaneous implosion of its Eastern and Southern neighbours. The Ukrainian (‘Euromaidan’) crisis and the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 as well as the emergence of “Islamic State” (ISIS) in the aftermath of the Arab Spring have caught the EU
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unawares. Both have confronted Europe with new security issues as well as an unprecedented migration wave. Both have brought about a rethink of EU’s Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and its relationship with Turkey.
The history of France through Paris landmarks
Thomas Roman
This course aims at giving students some focuses on the several transformations Paris has gone through over the last two centuries, going from a medieval, overcrowded and unsanitary city to the beaming capital of a centralized state, from the “New Rome” fantasized by Napoleon the First to the present “Grand Paris” urban project. A revolutionary city, a rationalized urban space, a museum city that nonetheless permanently reinvents its presents and futures, a power center shaped over time by evergetism and history. Paris also works as a mirror reflecting - or not - national realities.
RECOMMENDED READINGS Internet Resources
European websites
- European union : http://europa.eu
- European Commission : http://ec.europa.eu
- European Parliament : http://www.europarl.europa.eu
- Council of the European Union : http://www.consilium.europa.eu
- European Court of Justice : http://www.curia.eu
- European Court for Human Rights : http://www.echr.coe.int
French websites
- Law : http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr
- Prime Minister : http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.fr
- Ministry of International Affairs : http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
- Ministry of Justice : http://www.justice.gouv.fr
- Ministry of Economics : http://www.economie.gouv.fr
EU and international research centres
- CEPII (center of international economics) : http://www.cepii.fr/
- Centre d’études en relations internationales (center of international relations): http://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri
- Centre d’études européennes (center of european studies): http://www.cee.sciences-po.fr
- Institut français des relations internationales (institute of foreign relations) : http://www.ifri.org 11/24 EUROPEAN STUDIES PROGRAMME 2018
- Institut des relations internationales et stratégiques (institute of foreign and strategic relations): http://www.iris-france.org
- ERPA: European Research Papers Archive: http://eiop.or.at/erpa
- Institut universitaire européen (European University Institute): http://www.iue.it
- Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies: http://www.iue.it/RSCAS
- Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (OFCE/Sciences Po’s economic research center): http://www.ofce.sciences-po.fr/en and OFCE le blog: http://www.ofce.sciences-po.fr/blog/?lang=en
Think tanks and Journals:
- Foreign affairs (academic publication): http://www.foreignaffairs.org
- Foreign policy (magazine): http://www.foreignpolicy.com
- Revue Commentaire : http://www.commentaire.fr
- Revue Le Débat : http://www.le-debat.gallimard.fr
- Revue Esprit : http://www.esprit.presse.fr
- Centre for European Reform: http://cer.org.uk
- Fondation Jean Jaurès : http://www.jean-jaures.org
- Fondation Robert Schuman : http://www.robert-schuman.org
- La République des idées : http://www.repid.com
- Notre Europe : http://www.notre-europe.eu
- Bruegel : http://www.bruegel.org
- VoxEU : http://www.voxeu.org
Books and reviews
Historical data
- Eurostat website (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/) provides many recent data for EU member states.
- Maddison A. (2001), The World Economy: A Millenial Perspective, OECD.
-MADDISON PROJECT (of computing historical databases): http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/maddison- project/home.htm
European construction/ European integration
- BALDWIN, R. & WYPLOSZ, C. (2012), The economics of European integration, McGrawhill Higher Education, 4th edn.
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- Dehousse, R. (ed.) (2014, in French), L’Union européenne, fourth edition, La Documentation française.
- GILBERT, M. (2011), European Integration: A Concise History, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- PINDER, J. (2008), The European Union: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press; 2nd edn.
Introduction to European institutions
- HIX, S. & HOYLAND, B. (2011) The Political System of the European Union, 3rd edn, Palgrave.
- Nugent, N. (2010), Government and Politics of the European Union, 7th edn, Palgrave-MacMillan.
- WALLACE, H., POLLACK, M. & YOUNG, A. (eds.) (2010) Policy-making in the European Union, Oxford University Press.
Identity, frontiers and democracy
- BAFOIL, F. (2014), Emerging capitalism in Central Europe and Southeast Asia, Palgrave MacMillan.
- KASTORYANO, R. (2009), An Identity for Europe, The Relevance of Multiculturalism in EU Construction, Palgrave MacMillan.
- KASTORYANO, R. (2013), Turkey between Nationalism and Globalization, edited by Riva Kastoryano, Routledge, Global Order Studies, 2013.
- Martiniello, M., Entzinger, H. & de Withol de Wenden, C. (eds.) (2007), Migration between states and markets, Ashgate.
- SCHMIDT, V. A. (2012), “Democracy and Legitimacy in the European Union”, in E. Jones, A. Menon and S. Weatherhill (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the European Union, Oxford University Press, pp. 661-76
Economic governance
- CREEL, J. & SAWYER, M. (eds.) (2009), Current thinking on fiscal policy, Palgrave MacMillan.
- De Grauwe, P. (2007), The Economics of Monetary Union, 7th edn, Oxford University Press.
- FITOUSSI, J.-P. & LE CACHEUX, J. (eds.) (2010), Report on the State of the European Union, Crisis in the EU Economic Governance, vol. 3, Palgrave MacMillan.
- LAURENT E. & LE CACHEUX J. (2014), Report on the State of the European Union, Is Europe Sustainable?, Palgrave MacMillan.
Europe and international relations
- CAMERON, F. (2012), An Introduction to European Foreign Policy, 2nd edn, Routledge.
- HILL, C. and M. SMITH (2011), International Relations and the European Union, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press.
- LE GLOANNEC A.-M. (2007), Non-state actors in international relations: the case of Germany, Manchester University Press. 13/24 EUROPEAN STUDIES PROGRAMME 2018
Please note that you have access to a wide variety of electronic resources (online journals, newspapers, e-books, catalogues…) on the website of the Sciences Po Library:
http://www.sciencespo.fr/bibliotheque/en
COURSE PLANNING
Please refer to the attached schedule.
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INSTITUTIONAL VISIT IN PARIS
On June 25, the group will visit the Australian Embassy in Paris (4 Rue Jean Rey, 75015) at 3 pm. The group will meet the Programme Coordinator, Anna Dall’Oca, at 2 pm outside Sciences Po building J located at 13 rue de l’Université, 75007 (please refer to the map at page 16), and will transfer to the Embassy via public transport.
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USEFUL INFORMATION
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THE LIBRARY Founded in 1871, the Sciences Po Library gathers the richest social sciences collection on the European continent: political science, economics, history, geography, law, international relations, sociology, are the areas in which it excels. The library gives the students access to 550,000 books, 11,000 journals, 3,100 of which are currently received, 7,500 online periodicals, 18,000 press clipping files, etc. About 70 % of these collections are scientific books and journals. Nearly half of all items are in English.
The Sciences Po student card acts both as School ID and library card. It is required to enter the library building and to borrow items.
Location The main locations of the library are at the 27 and 30, rue Saint-Guillaume.
Opening hours – 27 rue Saint Guillaume 9.30am-6pm from Monday to Friday Closed on Saturdays
Opening hours – 30 rue Saint Guillaume 9.30am-9.30pm from Monday to Friday Closed on Saturdays
How to borrow a book? All borrowed items must be registered at the circulation desk on the ground floor. Documents from the reading rooms may be borrowed directly either at the circulation desk or using the self-service issue machine. You also may have to order books from the “magasins”: for that, you must fill in and deposit a fetch request on display in all reading rooms. Materials will be available 45 minutes later and kept at the circulation desk for you. Most books and reviews can be borrowed for a week.
The Sciences Po online library The library presently offers access to 40 of the main online databases in the field of social sciences, to more than 7,500 journals online in full text as well as to more than 140 CD-Roms and DVD-Roms. Some of these databases as well as the online catalogue are freely accessible from any computer out of the campus. To get more information or use the online services, go to www.sciences-po.fr/docum/
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COMPUTERS AND PHOTOCOPIES
Your Sciences Po account As you receive the student card, an email account will be created on this pattern: [email protected]. Your initial password will be composed either of the last 6 numbers of your student card or of your date of birth (ddmmyy). With this account and password you will be able to access your student space online (www.sciencespo.fr/en, and then identify yourself using Google Apps), through Gmail.
How to use the computers on the campus and in the library? Sciences Po students have direct access to several computer rooms. Enter your email ID and password to open a new session. The most important computer rooms are the following: o 27, rue St-Guillaume, Garden level: Gymnasium (14 workstations - internet access only) o 56, rue des Sts-Pères (C stairs, 4th floor): room 409 (9 workstations) o 9, rue de la Chaise (ground floor): room 900 (15 workstations) o 28, rue des Sts-Pères (B stairs, ground floor) o 199 boulevard Saint-Germain (basement) o At each level of the library (27 and 30 rue Saint Guillaume)
Where to print documents? You can find free access printers in the computer rooms of the 3rd floor of the 27 rue Saint Guillaume, and at every level of the library. You will need your email ID and password to use them.
Wifi at Sciences Po and in Paris Wifi should be accessible everywhere in Sciences Po. To connect to the wifi, you have to download a security protocol (Windows) or a certificate (Mac). A clear and complete tutorial is available at : http://cri.sciences- po.fr/wifi.htm Also notice that most of the municipal gardens and libraries offer a free wifi access everywhere in Paris.
Where to make photocopies? You can find Xerox machines in the different buildings of Sciences Po. To use them, you have to buy a card from one of the distributors located on the left of the “Small Hall” (27 rue Saint Guillaume) or in the basement of the 13 rue de l’Université. A simpler way to make photocopies is to go to one of the two little shops located in rue de la Chaise: Digicop or Service Express.
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TRANSPORTATION
The Paris Visit Card With your “Carte Paris Visite”, you have access to the entire RATP network, including metros, buses, RER trains (inside Paris), trolleys, and Noctiliens (night buses). This card only works from Mondays to Fridays.
From the CIUP residence to Sciences Po, the most convenient ways are (about 30 minutes):
- by rail: Cité universitaire to Chatelet (RER B), then from Chatelet to Saint Germain des Prés (line 4)
IMPORTANT: you may view your itineraries using an online tool from the public transportation website (“RATP”): http://www.ratp.fr/itineraires/en/ratp/recherche-avancee (English version)
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AROUND SCIENCES PO
SAINT-GERMAIN DES PRÉS
Sciences Po is located in the central Rive-Gauche quarter Saint Germain des Près named for its 7th century abbey of which only a church is still standing. Its commercial growth began upon the 1886 completion of its Boulevard Saint-Germain and the opening of its cafés and bistrots namely its "Café de Flore", "Les Deux Magots" and “Lipp” terraces. Its fame came with the 1950's post-WW II student "culture emancipation" movement that had its source in the nearby University. Many jazz clubs appeared here during those times, and the major figures of the “Existentialist” movement, including Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, used to meet at the cafés of Saint- Germain. Located near the École des Beaux-Arts, this quarter is known for its artistry in general, and has many galleries along its rue Bonaparte and rue de Seine. Very near is the “place de l’Odéon” named for the 17th theatre standing between the boulevard Saint-Germain and the Luxembourg gardens. Today it is best known for its Cinemas and Cafés. The land just to the south of the Seine river to the East of the Boulevard Saint-Michel, around its Sorbonne university, has been a centre of student activity since the early 12th century. The neighborhood surrounding is filled with many student-oriented commerce such as bookstores, stationery stores and game shops.
CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS NEAR SCIENCES PO
The surroundings of Sciences Po are very rich with cultural heritage and World-class historical sites are within walking distance. Here are only a few suggestions:
Notre-Dame Cathedral: one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. Access: from 8am to 7pm. Metro stations: Cité, Saint Michel, or Hôtel de Ville.
Musée d’Orsay : housed in the former railway station, the Gare d'Orsay, it holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography, and is probably best known for its extensive collection of impressionist masterpieces by popular painters such as Monet and Renoir. Access: every day except Monday, from 9.30am to 6pm/ 9.30am to 9.45pm on Thursdays. Free entrance for people under 25 on Thursday evenings (6pm to 10pm). Metro stations: Solferino or Assemblée Nationale (within walking distance from Sciences Po).
National Museum of the Middle Ages –Cluny: houses a variety of important medieval artifacts, in particular its tapestry collection, which includes La Dame à la Licorne (The Lady and the Unicorn) from the tapestry cycle of the same name. There are also works of gold, ivory, antique furnishings, and illuminated manuscripts.
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Access: Every day except Tuesday, from 9:15 to 5:45. Metro station: Cluny la Sorbonne, Saint Michel or Odeon (within walking distance from Sciences Po).
The Centre Pompidou: The museum of Modern art at the Centre Pompidou houses the largest collection of Modern and Contemporary art in France. It is open every day from 11am to 10pm. The entrance is free for people under 25 on Wednesday from 6pm to 9pm. Metro Station: Rambuteau, Hôtel de Ville, Châtelet.
Saint Germain des Prés : The Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, built in the 6th century in the fields (prés) just beyond the outskirts of early medieval Paris, was the burial place of Merovingian kings (within walking distance from Sciences Po).
The Latin Quarter: It houses higher education establishments and a great number of monuments including in particular the Panthéon (access from 10am to 6pm), the church of Saint Etienne du Mont, or the Sorbonne University. Metro station: Maubert Mutualité, Cardinal Lemoine.
The Saint Sulpice Church: erected in the 17th century over an ancient Romanesque church originally of the 13th century, it is the second largest church in Paris. Metro: Saint Sulpice (within walking distance from Sciences Po).
The Louvre: The Louvre is said to be the most visited and famous museum in the world. It is also one the biggest so you had better plan your visit beforehand. It displays about 35,000 works of art drawn from eight departments: Eastern Antiquities, Egyptian Antiquities, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities, Islamic Art, Sculptures, Decorative Arts, Paintings Prints and Drawings. For further information: http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home. It opens from 9a.m. to 6p.m. every day except Tuesday. Free entrance to the permanent collections on the first Sunday of each month, and for people under 26 every Friday evening from 6pm to 10pm. Metro station: Palais Royal Musée du Louvre (within walking distance from Sciences Po).
BARS AND RESTAURANTS NEAR SCIENCES PO
Where to have lunch or dinner?
The University restaurants or “Resto U”: You can have a complete lunch for 2,80€ at the two resto U located near Sciences Po. The food won’t be top French cuisine but it is not as bad as it used to be. The best and most crowded is Mazet (5 rue Mazet, near rue Saint André des Arts). The other one, not as good and almost as crowded is Mabillon (3bis rue Mabillon, near the metro station). You need to have a student card and to buy a CROUS card (2€) to pay for your meal.
The Sciences Po cafeterias: there are two little cafeterias in Sciences Po: one is located at the garden level of the 27 rue Saint Guillaume, the other at the ground floor of the 26 rue des Saints Pères. Sandwiches, quiches and salads are sold there for affordable prices.
The Vesuvio: It is one of the rare cheap restaurants in Saint Germain. It sells mostly pizzas and pasta. Location: 1 rue Gozlin, in front of the church of Saint Germain des Prés.
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La croissanterie: it is a cheap place where you can eat sandwichs, salads, pizzas, pasta French “tartes” and deserts in a cafeteria style. Location: 168 Boulevard Saint Germain
Ladurée : It is the most famous French « patisserie », well known for its « macarons » and various French deserts. It is quite expensive but very delicious. The little café in a 19th century style deserves at least a glance. Location: 21 rue Bonaparte.
Where to have a drink?
Le Basile: so close to Sciences Po (27 rue Saint Guillaume) that some think it is a part of the school, this café is frequented mostly by students and teachers who would rather study in a colorful ambiance than in the library. Location: 34 rue de Grenelle.
Le Bizuth: Very cozy with its purple sofas and lounge atmosphere, good place to relax after a day of class. 202 Bd Saint Germain.
The Coolin: A very popular Irish pub located in the Marché Saint Germain. Location: 15 rue Clément.
The Long Hop: An English pub this time, with a very nice ambiance and international frequentation. Location: 25 rue Frederic Sauton.
Le Flore: Not a cheap place at all, but a mythic café with a very pleasant and very touristic terrace. Location: 172 boulevard Saint Germain
The 10 bar: a very nice place to listen to traditional French songs and drink sangria for cheap prices. Location: 10 rue de l’Odéon.
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CONTACTS
At Sciences Po:
International Office – Centre for Asia, the Pacific, Africa and the Middle East: 13 rue de l’Université – 75007 Paris (5th floor)
- Anna Dall’Oca (programme coordinator): 01 45 49 55 87 [email protected]
- Marie Valin-Colin (assistant on the programme): 01 45 49 76 05 [email protected]
- Sophie Eclappier (assistant on the programme): 01 45 49 53 65 [email protected]
- Aurélien Bouayad (TA): 06 79 97 37 48 [email protected]
- Medical care: 13 rue de l’Université, courtyard – 01 45 49 59 99 / [email protected]
International calls
Dial the international code 00 followed by 33 for France, then the number without the first 0. Example for a Paris number: 00 33 1 40 00 00 00.
National calls
All French numbers have 10 digits and begin with 0. The prefix for Paris and Ile-de-France numbers is 01. Mobile numbers start with 06.
Emergency numbers:
- Firemen and First Help: 18 - Police : 17 - Ambulance : 15 or 112
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