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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Sciences Po at a glance .................................................................................................................. 4
Programme curriculum ................................................................................................................... 5
The 2017 team ............................................................................................................................... 5
Overview of the programme ........................................................................................................... 8
Course structure ............................................................................................................................. 9
List of Courses ............................................................................................................................. 10
Course syllabus ............................................................................................................................ 11
Essay topics for the February - March 2017 session .................................................................. 16
Research resources ..................................................................................................................... 21
Course planning ........................................................................................................................... 24
Field trip to Brussels ..................................................................................................................... 28
2017 class .................................................................................................................................... 29
Useful information ......................................................................................................................... 30
Campus map ................................................................................................................................ 30
The library .................................................................................................................................... 31
Computers and Photocopies ........................................................................................................ 32
Transportation ............................................................................................................................... 33
Around sciences Po ...................................................................................................................... 34
Saint-Germain des Prés ............................................................................................................... 34
Cultural attractions near Sciences Po .......................................................................................... 34
Bars and restaurants near Sciences Po ....................................................................................... 36
Contacts ......................................................................................................................................... 37
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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 five 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 13,000 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 doted 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 CURRICULUM
THE 2017 TEAM
Dean of the programme
Jérôme Creel has been the Academic Dean of the European Studies Programme since 2006. He
is the Director of the Research Department of the OFCE (Observatoire Français des Conjonctures
Economiques), a research centre affiliated to Sciences Po, and an associate professor at ESCP
Europe. Holding a PhD in economics from University Paris-Dauphine, his recent works have dealt
with reforms of the Stability and Growth Pact, and the relationships between financial stability,
monetary policy and economic performance. Jérôme Creel participates in iAGS reports, and in the
OFCE team working as Expert for the European Parliament Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee for the Monetary Dialogue with the ECB.
Programme coordination – Office of International Affairs
Marie Azuelos works at the Office of International Affairs of Sciences Po since 2012. She
manages Sciences Po’s partnerships in Asia and the Pacific and has been the coordinator of the
European Studies Programme for the past 5 years. She holds a Master’s Degree in European
Affairs from Sciences Po. Prior to joining Sciences Po, she was successively European projects
manager at the Paris Chamber of commerce and industry and Deputy Director for international
affairs at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, one of the leading Schools of Engineering in France.
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 logistical coordination of the
programme.
Catherine Capelle is the Administrative Coordinator of the Centre, in charge of the financial
issues.
Faculty
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 decentralization as well as on analyzing non-neutrality of different
interbank network architectures in the propagation of liquidity shocks and its role in recent financial
crises.
Éloi Laurent is Senior Economist and scientific advisor at OFCE. A former aide in the French
Parliament and for the French prime minister, he has been a visiting scholar at NYU, Columbia
University, and at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University. Dr. Laurent holds a PhD
in economics from Sciences Po and a master's degree from the University Paris-Dauphine.
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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, the European Online Academy, and the 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.
Riva Kastoryano is a research director at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research),
affiliated with CERI (Centre de Recherches Internationales) at SciencesPo. Her work focuses on
identity and minority issues (and more specifically to their relations to states in France, Germany,
the United States), on Turkey - EU relations, as well as transnational relations and the emergence
of a non-territorial nationalism.
Sandrine Levasseur holds a PhD in Economics on the introduction of the Euro. She held a
postdoctoral position at the University of Athens in 2000, and was Visiting Fellow at the European
Commission in 2005. Since 2001, she has been economist at OFCE. Her main fields of research
are the enlargements of the European Union to Central and Eastern European countries, foreign
direct investment and, more generally, all issues related to Economic and Monetary Union. As a
secondary field of research, she is also interested in the French real estate and housing sectors.
Francesco Saraceno majored in Economics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" with a thesis
on Money and Economic Growth. He obtained his PhD 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 in the OFCE.
Catherine Wihtol de Wenden is a political scientist, senior researcher at CNRS (CERI Sciences
Po), author of 20 books and more than 150 articles. As a specialist of international migrations, she
has worked on Migration in France, in Europe and in a global perspective. She has been president
of the research Group Migration of the International Sociological Association and recently
commissioner of the exhibition Frontières at the national Museum of Immigration in Paris. She
teaches at Sciences Po and at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Her recent books include :
Atlas des migrations, Autrement, 2016, L'immigration, Eyrolles, 2016 and Migrations. La nouvelle
donne, FMSH, 2016.
Hélène Périvier holds a PhD in Economics, and works at the OFCE. Her research deals with
gender equality, labour market, social and family policies. She is in charge of the programme
PRESAGE: A research and academic programme on Gender studies at Sciences Po.
Guillaume Daudin graduated from the ENSAE and did his PhD thesis both at the London School
of Economics and Paris I. He worked and taught at HEC, Cambridge, Stanford, OFCE (Sciences
Po’s Economic Research Centre) and Edinburgh University. He has been a Professeur des
Universités since 2008, first in Lille I (EQUIPPE team) and now in Paris-Dauphine (LeDA-DIAL).
He is also an associate researcher at the OFCE. He works on early modern economic history and
trade globalization. His thesis has been published under the title “Commerce et prospérité: la
France au XVIIIe siècle”. His most recent publication study French domestic trade during the 18th
century, the Bureau de la Balance du Commerce in the 18th century and value-added trade flows
nowadays.
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Paul Hubert is a researcher at OFCE – Sciences Po, where his studies mainly focus on
macroeconomics and monetary policy. He is also an academic visitor of the Monetary Assessment
and Strategy Division at the Bank of England. Paul Hubert holds a PhD in Economics from
Sciences Po obtained in 2010 and a BA in International Economics from Paris-Dauphine University
in 2004. He was an analyst at the French Trade Commission in Vancouver in 2005, a research
assistant to Prof. Jean Boivin in 2006 at Columbia University, and a visiting researcher at the
European Central Bank in 2011 and at the Bank of England between 2013 and 2015.
Nicolas Fescharek holds a PhD from Sciences Po. He has written his dissertation, "European
role convergence by default?: the contributions of the EU Member States to security provision
and Security Sector Reform during the military intervention in Afghanistan (2001-2014)" under
the supervision of Prof. Anne Marie Le Gloannec. He teaches European Foreign Policy at
Sciences Po.
Charlotte Halpern is associate research professor in political science at the Centre d’Etudes
Européennes of Sciences Po in Paris. Her main research interest is state restructuring and policy
change in Europe. She has done extensive research on infrastructure and environmental
policies. She has published in leading political science journals such as Comparative European
Politics, West European Politics, Environment and Planning C and the Revue Française de
Science Politique.
French Language Professors
Anne-Lise Chabot holds a PhD on French Literature from the University of Paris VIII.
Martine Desroches holds a Teaching Certificate of French as a foreign language and a Ph.D. in
English Literature from the University Sorbonne Paris III. She has been teaching French at
Sciences Po since 2006.
Tutors
Elena Canale is an Italian graduate student passionate about European affairs. She came to Paris
five years ago to study in Sciences Po and specialized in European law. She is currently writing
her master' thesis on European asylum right.
Lise Handal is French-Palestinian and has grown up on the border between France and Germany.
Passionate about Europe, she is currently a first year student in a Dual Master's Degree in
European Affairs at Sciences Po and in International Affairs at the University of St Gall in
Switzerland.
Léonore Marteville is a French graduate student at Sciences Po School of Public Affairs, studying
European Affairs and focusing on international relations. She pursued her undergraduate degree
at Sciences Po Le Havre campus followed by a one year exchange at the Australian National
University in Canberra, Australia.
Max Neugebauer is a German graduate student within the Sciences Po - Fudan University dual
degree programme "Europe and Asia in global affairs". Having worked and studied in China,
Europe, and North America, he is looking forward to apply his skills in a job in the public sector in
the EU or another international organization with a particular focus on the relationship between
Europe and Asia.
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OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAMME
The aim of the European Studies Program organized by Sciences Po is to give Japanese students
a comprehensive view of the current debates in Europe and about Europe. In an intellectually-rich
environment at 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 organize 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
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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 UK referendum on EU, where the ‘leave’ beat the ‘remain’ has paved the way for an era of EU
disintegration or for an EU impetus: EU citizens are watching the EU more closely now and they
expect reforms and results.
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.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Common bloc – “Europe: what are we talking about?” – 16 teaching
hours
The common bloc is comprised of 8 courses of 2 hours each; it presents a short but
comprehensive view of Europe (including the consequences of Brexit), and of its different facets: a
long history, quite diverse values and identities, including about gender issues and sustainable
development, and different views on politics. Four disciplines will thus be involved: history,
sociology, economics and political science.
Thematic blocs – 20 teaching hours
The thematic blocs are comprised of 5 courses of 2 hours each. The students are requested to
choose two out of the three thematic courses.
“Economics of the Euro area”: There has been a long tradition in economics of studying
monetary unions, but the Euro area is specific in many respects: economic policies, labour
markets, finance, etc. 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. The
reasons why the European Union lags behind the United States and Japan, in terms of incomes
per head and also in terms of reactivity to a shock like the 2008-2009 recession, and why the EU is
being caught up by emerging economies will also be discussed.
“Europe and its external relations”: At its birth, European construction was meant to tackle
security issues and not only economic issues. Actually, Europeans had to wait until the end of the
1980s to see their governments promoting a coordinated strategy in this field. Events in Russia
and Ukraine have accelerated the requirement for a European foreign policy. Coordination in other
fields, like trade and budget, came earlier, although European governments and institutions still
face difficulties speaking with a single voice. Ecological issues are also at stake and require a
common EU policy.
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“Migration and identities”: “Union in diversity” was intended to be the European Union motto in
the Constitutional Treaty. This diversity reflects the heterogeneity of member countries: different
spoken languages, different habits, different levels of development, etc. Three main angles will be
tackled: the 13 newcomers (11 Central and Eastern European countries, Cyprus and Malta), which
have formed the latest enlargement waves, the likeliest newcomers (Macedonia, Serbia, etc.) and
a specific case: a long-standing candidate country, Turkey, at the border with Middle-East
countries. The immigration and migrant policy will also be dealt with in this bloc.
French language courses – 10 teaching hours
The language courses are comprised of 5 courses of 2 hours each and offered at three levels:
beginner, intermediate and advanced. Participation is not mandatory. However, students
confirming enrolment in these classes are requested to attend all of them.
LIST OF COURSES
Common bloc: “Europe: What are we talking about?”
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The (long) history of Europe until 1957
Contemporary history of Europe: with and without the UK
Democracy at the European Level
The domestic impact of EU policies in a comparative perspective
Welfare State, Labour Market and Gender in Europe
Identity issues
The Economic performance of European economies
The European Strategy against Climate Change
Optional blocs
Economics of the Euro Area
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Economics of
Integration
Structural reforms
A European Capitalism:
what phone number?
Single monetary policy
during a global crisis
Fiscal rules and
sustainability
Europe and its External relations
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Biodiversity and
Ecosystems: the EU global
role
The European Foreign
Policy (1)
The European Foreign
Policy (2)
The European Budget
European Trade Policy with
the rest of the world
Migrations and Identities
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The latest EU
enlargements
The future of EU
enlargements
The Common
Immigration Policy
Turkey: Identity and
Political Issue
North-South
Relationships
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COURSE SYLLABUS
The History of Europe: Once upon a time…
Jacques Le Cacheux
The course is meant to give an overview of the making of the European economy, starting well
before the treaty of Rome (1957). It is also designed to put the major features of the European
integration process and trends into a broader, global perspective, in order to identify a number of
characteristics. These elements of historical perspective and global context frame the
understanding of Europe in the making.
Contemporary History of Europe
Jérôme Creel
The course will review the different stages of European Union integration from the creation of a
Community for Coal and Steel to the adoption of the Single Currency, the Euro. These stages will
show that the philosophy of the EU project has changed many times during a short period of time.
The course will discuss the heterogeneity of the EU, notably after the enlargement process of
2004, and conclude on the current state of the European Union.
The EU and the Brexit
Jérôme Creel
With the Brexit, the EU is confronted with a new and challenging situation. After waves of
enlargement, the EU will lose its first Member State. Will the Brexit produce contagion and how to
limit it? This situation requires to rethink the EU project and to imagine its future: will the EU
continue to be an integrating process, or will it turn into a large free trade area? What will be the
relationships between the EU and the UK? How will they frame the future partnerships between
EU and non-EU member states?
Contemporary Turkey and the European Union
Riva Kastoryano
Modern Turkey—at the intersection of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East—embodies the human
and cultural diversity that has arisen from its geographical setting and its history from the Ottoman
Empire to the Turkish Republic. Turkey has been for a long time at the center of the ongoing
debate on the limits of European integration, raising once again issues fundamental to European
identity, such as “civilization”, culture, and religion.
Today Turkey is in the middle of the turmoil that shakes the Middle East. Can Turkey still be a
bridge between the East and the West? What is the role of Islam in the regional and international
relations?
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An identity for Europe
Riva Kastoryano
What is Europe? A geographical space or a civilization? An economic project or a political one? A
new historical reality or a philosophical thought? All these questions, and many more go along with
the construction of the political Europe and its implications on identities – diverse and multiple that have been consolidated within nation-states. All these questions were and still are oriented
towards the future of the nation-states, their political traditions, their political practices and their
sovereignty. A political Europe requires therefore a new model of society, naturally plural, based
on principles redefined with regard to new articulations in order to create a common culture that
would be European. While these questions remain uncertain, many crises – Eurozone crises,
migrant crises, as well as the rise of populism in different European countries, urge the relevance
of a European identity and its aspiration to its representation as a democratic space open
theoretically to all claims and action.
Welfare state, Labour Market and gender issues in Europe
Hélène Périvier
European Welfare States used to promote the male breadwinner model, in which the man is the
family earner and the woman is in charge of the family. But the deep evolution of family structures
(growth of lone parents, divorces, complex families, postponement of birth, education of women…)
and the change in labour supply behaviour of women (growth of female employment rates in
almost all developed countries) are challenging the old European Welfare States. Gender issues
are a challenge for the European societies. It is linked to the demographic evolutions (through the
fertility rate; change in family behaviours…), to the labour force dynamic (participation of women to
the labour market, work and family life balance…), and also to the political value through the
question of social justice and gender equality. This course aims to show how the European social
and economic organizations have reacted to this “quiet revolution”, as the American economist
Claudia Goldin calls it. The European commission has asked the members states to reach some
specific targets to promote gender equality but each country has opted for different way to do so.
Europe and the Crisis
Francesco Saraceno
This class will trace the events that led from the global financial crisis to a regional crisis of the
single currency area. The lecturer will develop the different explanations as of why the EMU is in
crisis, and will give an assessment of their pertinence for explaining the current Eurozone woes.
Then, the class will conclude by an analysis of policy action during the crisis.
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Economics of Monetary Unions
Francesco Saraceno
The class will start with an analysis of the theory of optimal currency areas (OCA), which guides in
the assessment of whether countries should give up their sovereign currency to join a monetary
union. The second part of the class will assess whether the EMU can be defined as an optimal
currency area.
Is there a European Capitalism?
Anton Granik
The main objective of this course is to present a brief overview of the current state of European
capitalism. The easiest way to appreciate the peculiarities of European capitalism is to compare it,
as a starting point, to the American variety of capitalism. By focusing on the role of the state, the
organizational structure of industries (both financial and non-financial), and the nature of labour
relations, we will attempt to identify the elements that not only make the European Capitalism differ
from its American counterpart, but also result in important divisions within the European Union.
The domestic impact of EU policies in a comparative perspective
Charlotte Halpern
This session will serve as an introduction to how and to what extent the EU and its policies
effectively constitutes a major driver for policy change at Member states level. Drawing from
specific examples, it will examine the politics of implementation across Member States by
considering degrees of compliance, convergence and Europeanization.
North-South Relationships
Guillaume Daudin
Europe has a special relationship with developing countries because it has been the colonial
master of most of them at some point or the other. Recently, the North-South relationship has been
brought to the fore because of the discussion around the successor of the Lomé agreement. This
course will study the origins, shape and effects of the economic relations between Europe and the
South: institutional setting, trade and aid.
The Common Immigration Policy
Catherine Withol de Wenden
The course will deal with European migration crisis in a context of global era of migration and
mobilities. Among the main topics : the refugee crisis of 2015 and the European answers, the
interdependency of migration flows all over the world and the trends to build walls, camps and
borders, the global governance of migration from 2006 until today.
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Structural Reforms on the Labour, Goods and Financial Markets
Francesco Saraceno
The course attempts to clarify the debate on the economic performance of Europe, mainly in
comparison with the United States. It describes the major arguments behind the two main
hypotheses that are advanced to explain the poor growth and unemployment record of Europe in
the past three decades: On one side, the widespread "structural reforms" argument, which imputes
the slow growth to rigidities in both product and labour markets, that need to be reduced to
increase growth and competitiveness. On the other, the arguments of those who remark that
economic policy in Europe has been much more ideological than in the US, where monetary and
fiscal authorities have proven to behave pragmatically. According to this explanation, the rigidities
lie in the public rather than in the private sector. The seminar highlights theoretical and empirical
strengths and weaknesses of these two conflicting explanations.
The European Budget: Missed opportunity for reform
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 recent (March 2013) Council proposal
for 2014-2020 had first been rejected by the EU Parliament. The course analyses the many
defects of the current budget and its funding, and raises questions on the possible reforms on both
sides.
The Latest EU Enlargements / The Future of EU Enlargements
Sandrine Levasseur
The course is split in two parts. In the first one, we will focus on a description of Central and
Eastern European countries (CEECs) which entered the European Union in 2004 and 2007. The
main focus will be on on real aspects (foreign direct investment, trade and their consequences on
catching up), budgetary aspects (constraints resulting from the Growth and Stability Pact and the
Maastricht criteria) and monetary aspects (costs and benefits due to euro area membership) as a
result of EU enlargement towards CEECs. We will conclude this part by an evaluation of the
consequences of the global crisis on the 2004 and 2007 EU members.
The second part of the course will be devoted to the future of EU enlargements and their economic
consequences, distinguishing between acceding (e.g. Croatia), applied (e.g. Iceland) and potential
(e.g. Bosnia-Herzegovina) candidates. Yet, intermediate forms of integration into the European
sphere for these countries are analyzed as an alternative to full EU membership.
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European Trade Policy, Partnerships and World Trade Agreements
Francesco Saraceno
The course is split in two parts. In the first it gives a quick sketch of Ricardo's principle of
comparative advantages, the foundation for the argument in favour of free trade; it then shows how
the impressive increase in trade, in the past half century has been coupled with unprecedented
growth, but also with a strong deepening of inequality: Globalization works, but it creates winners
and losers. This is the main rationale behind the attempt of creating rules that guarantee fair trade.
This brings to the second part, in which the course describes the working of the WTO, and traces
its ups and downs. The WTO is also particularly interesting because it is one of the few instances
in which Europe is represented as a whole. The conclusion deals with the Doha round, with the
issues at stake, the reasons for its failure, and the future perspectives.
Single Currency, Single Monetary Policy
Paul Hubert
This session will present the monetary framework of the Euro area, its underlying theoretical
architecture, the statutes and strategies of the European Central Bank. We will focus on the
evolution of monetary policies implemented by the ECB and its effects on Eurozone economies
since the crisis and draw comparisons with the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the
Bank of Japan.
The implementation of quantitative easing policies and negative interest rates, together with the
consideration of financial stability and contrasted reactions to the financial crisis between the ECB
and the Federal Reserve will be dealt with.
Fiscal Policy in the Euro area: The Stability and Growth Pact
Paul Hubert
This session will be dedicated to the implementation of fiscal policies in the Euro area and its
relative success so far. The reasons that have led to limit the scope of public finances in this part
of the world are in contradiction with the macroeconomic diagnostic of the last years. Mainstream
economics and political economy arguments can be advocated to explain the emergence of strict
fiscal rules in Europe. This course will deal with the gap between US and European’s use of fiscal
policies during the current crisis and relate this gap to the existence of the Stability and Growth
Pact and its recent reform: the Fiscal Compact.
The EU Strategy against Climate Change: Objectives, Policies,
Challenges
Eloi Laurent
The class will focus on the following issues: Climate change in the context of our ecological crises;
global and European impacts of climate change; the case of France; European policies against
climate change: adaptation and mitigation policy.
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Biodiversity and Ecosystems: the EU Global Role
Eloi Laurent
What are biodiversity and ecosystems and why should we preserve them? What is the state of
biodiversity and ecosystems globally and in Europe? What are economics of biodiversity and
ecosystems? Finally, what is the EU strategy to protect biodiversity and ecosystems?
European Foreign Policy I & II
Nicolas Fescharek
When the European Community was created, it was not supposed to be a foreign policy actor.
Why did it become one? What kind of actors is it? In which areas? And is it successful?
ESSAY TOPICS FOR THE FEBRUARY - MARCH 2017 SESSION
This document intends to propose some research topics and directions to the students involved in
the European Studies Programme. Additional essay topics within one of the four subjects are of
course welcome, provided the tutor has given her/his prior agreement.
1st topic: “Migration and Identity: borders of the European Union”
The key topic in the EU since 2015 has been the migrants’ issue, from Syria and elsewhere, and
the ability of the EU to control its borders. A few years ago, the large wave of enlargement of the
EU during the 2000s had already raised the question of borders in Europe (question raised in topic
3) as well as that of the EU’s identity if any. The on-going economic and social crisis has also
exacerbated (un)employment issues and it has provoked new inner waves of migration from
Ireland, Portugal and Greece.
The following questions around migration and identity could be chosen as essay topics:
o
Identity: Is there or can there be a European identity? What is the relationship between
national and European identities? How do we measure the feeling of identification of
European citizens (or some European citizens like UK citizens) vis-à-vis Europe, or
European values, or European institutions?
o
European values: Do Europeans share common values and, if yes, what are they? Have
values been changing in Europe and, if so, in what direction? What are the implications for
European unity? Does the EU promote its values internationally?
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o
Migration policies: Is it necessary to build a common European migration policy? How have
the Arabic revolutions and conflicts at the borders of the EU (in Ukraine and Syria) changed
the migration policies of EU Member States? Does the EU need, and if yes how, to manage
migration flows? How to guarantee freedom of movement in the EU and strict control of
foreigners at the same time? How is the European migration policy like? How does
immigration influence the emergence of transnational identities within Europe? What have
been the achievements of FRONTEX, EU’s providing assistance to migrants? How do EU
countries manage the flows of migrants during good or bad economic times?
2nd topic: “Institutional reforms of the European Union”
Since the referendum on Brexit on June 23, 2016, the EU will lose a member state for the first time
in its history. It has opened a very uncertain transition period: when and how will Brexit occur?
Essays could focus on the following topics:
o
What will be the relationships between the UK and the EU, on trade, finance, budget,
labour mobility, migration, etc.?
o
The European debt crisis has shed light on the governance drawbacks of the EU. Will
Brexit overcome tensions? Will a federal Union be more or less likely? What are the
realizations and prospects for implementation of the Report of the Five Presidents
(European Commission, Council of the EU, ECB, Eurogroup and European Parliament) to
overcome the political and economic crisis?
o
According to the former president of the Commission, Jacques Delors, “the EU is an
unidentified political object”: is it (still) true? Is a federal Union necessary to circumvent the
current weaknesses of EU economic governance? Would moving to a more federal Union
jeopardize the independence of the central bank? In what respect is the EU different from
other international organisations? Has there been a democratic deficit in the EU? Does the
concept of “leaderless Europe” (Hayward, 2008) (still) fit the EU? France and Germany
have long been said to be the engine of European integration; will the couple continue to
have a specific role in the future EU-27?
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3rd topic: “Europe and the rest of the world”
There are a few elements of context to take into account:
First, the geopolitical and economic tensions (due to the current crises) have led to question the
relationships between Europe and the Arab world and some EU countries have decided to go to
war in the Middle-East.
Second, the project of a European defense has gained a bit of momentum after France started
organising its return within NATO.
Third, the EU has a long history of common policies dedicated to its economic relationships with
the rest of the world; they relate to agriculture and trade. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is
the eldest policy in the European Union. Despite tough criticisms, the CAP is still a prominent item
of the European budget. The EU has exclusive competence in trade policy and takes all decisions
for the member states and has a major influence in economic diplomacy. In crisis times, the EU
can be tempted to resort to protectionism.
Fourth, large movements in supply and demand (from emerging economies) of oil have led to large
swings in the price of oil and other raw materials: they have either jumped or plummeted and
destabilized the global economy.
Essays could focus on the following topics:
o
Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, is it feasible for the EU to organise a united front in
its intelligence services in order to provide a solid basis for fighting non-state actors? To
what extent has the European economy been hit since the attacks in terms of tourism or
capital inflows? Should the EU have responded differently to the Syrian war and how? To
the rise of the Islamic State and how?
o
Is the EU likely to be recognized as a fully-fledged international player? When it comes to
dealing with conflicts right at its borders, the EU has not been a very active player. How did
the EU intervene during the Georgian war of summer 2008: was this intervention efficient?
How has the EU responded to tensions in former European colonies, like Côte d’Ivoire, or
in Lybia? Should the EU have responded differently to the annexation of Ukraine by
Russia?
o
Is the EU more protectionist than other industrialized countries (and in particular the US or
Japan)? What are the consequences for the developing countries? Should European firms
or citizens fear or support the forthcoming Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?
Have the prospects of the ASEAN Economic Community been built on the EU
achievements?
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o
Given the quite recent Ebola epidemic, and the massive immigration from Africa, how
would you define the EU’s role as a peacekeeper and a pandemic-restrainer? What would
be the appropriate role of the EU when it comes to dealing with worldwide epidemics?
Given that public health is not an exclusive competency of the EU, what should be the EU’s
role in dealing with the crisis? What if it went global?
o
Concerning raw materials, how has the EU responded to its energy needs? How has the
EU secured its access to oil and natural gas? Would the utilisation of shale gas improve
EU’s energy autonomy?
o
There are large disparities between EU member states when it comes to attitude towards
preserving the environment and energy sufficiency. While Denmark and Northern states
have clearly stated environment protection as a priority, the environmental commitment of
Southern states remains doubtful. What have been the EU policies when it comes to the
environment? Should climate change and energy efficiency and sufficiency become
priorities for the EU? Will the achievements of the recent COP-21 be achieved?
4th topic: “The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)”
The Euro is still a teenager and it faces many difficulties, including its survival. Indeed, 11 EU
members adopted the common currency in 1999. They have agreed to give up their monetary
autonomy and to leave it to a common and independent central bank, the ECB. Eight other
members have joined since then, the last one – Lithuania – on January 1st 2015. Meanwhile, the
on-going debt crisis has postponed European recovery and has required harsh solutions and a
potential change of governance, including a banking union in progress. The situation in Greece
has been dramatic and led some commentators to discuss about Greece exiting the Euro area, the
“Grexit”.
Essays could focus on the following topics:
o
Why has the EMU been implemented? Is European integration complete? Were the first
years of EMU a success? Are there more advantages with the Euro than there are
drawbacks? How have European countries dealt with the divergence within the Euro area
between the core and the periphery?
o
Have the reforms of fiscal rules (embedded in the Stability and Growth Pact) gone in the
good direction and why? Why has there been a sovereign debt crisis in Europe? What can
be said about the current solutions to it? Are there some alternative strategies to fight the
growing threat of fiscal unsustainability in some EU countries?
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o
Is it likely that Greece will leave the EU? What would be the consequences of a EU27
minus 1? What would be the repercussions of such an event on the system and on its
legitimacy?
o
What are the characteristics of the European banking union? Would the financial and
sovereign-debt crisis have been avoided and how, with a banking union?
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RESEARCH RESOURCES
Internet Resources
European institutions websites
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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
European Central Bank: http://www.ecb.europa.eu/
EU and international research centres
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Bruegel: http://www.bruegel.org
CEPII (center of international economics): http://www.cepii.fr/
Center for European Reform: http://www.cer.org.uk/
Centre d’études en relations internationales (center of international relations):
http://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri
Centre d’études européennes (Center for European studies): http://www.cee.sciences-po.fr
Center of European Policy Studies: https://www.ceps.eu/
ERPA: European Research Papers Archive: http://eiop.or.at/erpa
European Policy Center: http://www.epc.eu/
Fondation Robert Schuman: http://www.robert-schuman.eu/fr/
Institut français des relations internationales (Institute of foreign relations):
http://www.ifri.org
Institut des relations internationales et stratégiques (Institute of foreign and strategic
relations): http://www.iris-france.org
Notre Europe: http://www.notre-europe.eu
Institut universitaire européen (European University Institute): http://www.iue.it
Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (OFCE/Sciences Po’s economic
research department): http://www.ofce.sciences-po.fr/en
Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies: http://www.iue.it/RSCAS
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Other online publications
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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
La République des idées: http://www.repid.com
VoxEU: http://www.voxeu.org
Books and Reviews
Historical data
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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
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BALDWIN, R. & WYPLOSZ, C. (2012), The economics of European integration,
McGrawhill Higher Education, 4th edn.
CREEL J. (ed.) (2016, in French), L’économie européenne 2016, Paris: La découverte.
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.
STIGLITZ J. (2016), The Euro: How a common currency threatens the future of Europe,
W.W. Norton & company.
Introduction to European institutions
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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.
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Identity, frontiers and democracy
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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, Routledge,
Global Order Studies, 2013.
Economic governance
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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.
iAGS Report (2015), Give recovery a chance, http://www.iags-project.org/
LAURENT E. & LE CACHEUX J. (2014), Report on the State of the European Union, Is
Europe Sustainable?, Palgrave MacMillan.
Europe and international relations
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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.
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COURSE PLANNING
FIELD TRIP TO BRUSSELS
(Detailed programme to be provided upon arrival)
Visits to the European Commission
(External Action)
The European Parliament
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2017 CLASS
Title
Firstname
Lastname
Home University
Title
Firstname
Lastname
Home University
Ms
Mio
BERGER
Keio University
Ms
Miho
NISHIDA
Keio University
Mr
Akihiro
FUTAMURA
The University of Tokyo
Ms
Haruka
NISHIMURA
Keio University
Ms
Chinami
HAMASAKI
The University of Tokyo
Mr
Naoyuki
OKADA
Keio University
Ms
Shino
IHARA
Keio University
Ms
Aki
OTA
Tokyo University of
Foreign Studies
Mr
Tatsuhiro
ISHIDO
Tokyo University of
Foreign Studies
Mr
Ignatius
Krishnaya
SANTOSO
Sophia University
Ms
Yitian
JIN
The University of Tokyo
Ms
Kana
SHIBATA
Keio University
Ms
Hinako
KANEYAMA
Tokyo University of
Foreign Studies
Mr
Hiroki
SHIZUYA
Keio University
Ms
Miyuko
KATAYAMA
Keio University
Ms
Maaya
TAKATA
Doshisha university
Mr
Kai
KATO
The University of Tokyo
Ms
Shiori
TANAKA
Keio University
Mr
Tsukasa
KAWABATA
Hokkaido University
Ms
Megumi
TANAKA
Sophia University
Mr
Shumma
KAWASAKI
Keio University
Ms
Marie
URASAKI
Sophia University
Mr
Yuta
KOIWAI
Keio University
Ms
Duo
XU
Hokkaido University
Mr
Yuya
KOMAI
Sophia University
Mr
Kanji
YAMAMOTO
Keio University
Ms
Mayu
KOMIYA
Keio University
Mr
Takashi
YAMAMOTO
The University of Tokyo
Ms
Miki
KOMORIDA
Hitotsubashi University
Ms
Miyu
YAMANAKA
Keio University
Mr
Shoki
KUSAKA
The University of Tokyo
Ms
Miori
YAO
The University of Tokyo
Mr
Kentaro
MAEDA
The University of Tokyo
Ms
Risa
YASUDA
Waseda University
Mr
Yuki
MASAKI
Keio University
Ms
Shishuang
ZHANG
Hokkaido University
Mr
Keito
MIZUNO
The University of Tokyo
Ms
Jiajia
ZHANG
Waseda University
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USEFUL INFORMATION
CAMPUS MAP
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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
8am-11pm from Monday to Friday
9.30am-9.30pm on Saturdays
Opening hours – 30 rue Saint Guillaume
9am-9.30pm from Monday to Friday
9.30am-8pm 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:
27, rue St-Guillaume, Garden level: Gymnasium (14 workstations - internet access only)
56, rue des Saints-Pères (C stairs, 4th floor): room 409 (9 workstations)
9, rue de la Chaise (ground floor): room 900 (15 workstations)
28, rue des Saints-Pères (B stairs, ground floor)
199 boulevard Saint-Germain (basement)
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 Adagio residence to Sciences Po, the most convenient ways are (about 30 minutes):
- by bus: Terroirs de France to Pont du Carrousel-Quai Voltaire (line 24)
- by metro: Cour Saint-Emilion to Chatelêt (line 14), then from Chatelêt 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)
Velib’
Vélib’ is a Self Service “bike hire” system available 24 hours a day,
7 days a week. Multi pick up and drop off location allows you to pick up
your bike from one service point and drop off to another.
1 Day (1,70€) or 7 Day (8€) Vélib’ Ticket gives you unlimited number of
journeys for the duration of the subscription period if they don’t exceed 30 minutes. The first 30
minutes of each journey will be free. At the end of the validity period, the cost of journey over 30
minutes will be deducted from your bank account together with your subscription fee (1 or 2€ per ½
hour). You can take out a short-term subscription agreement at any Vélib’ Service Point equipped
with terminals.
NB: A security deposit is required for all short-term subscriptions. A 150 € bank card direct
pre-authorization is necessary for this type of subscription but it will be taken from your account
only if the bike is not brought back within 24 hours.
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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
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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.
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).
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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.
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)
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Jérôme Creel (Dean of the programme) mobile phone: 06 88 17 68 98 / Office : 01 44 18 54 56
/ [email protected]
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Marie Azuelos (Coordinator of the programme): 01 45 49 55 87, [email protected]
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Marie Valin-Colin (Assistant on the programme): 01 45 49 76 05,
[email protected]
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Sophie Eclappier (Assistant on the programme): 01 45 49 53 65,
[email protected]
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Catherine Capelle-Benchimol (Administrative coordinator): 01 45 49 77 63,
[email protected]
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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
o
o
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Firemen and First Help: 18
Police : 17
Ambulance : 15 or 112
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