BOOKPACKING LONDON AND PARIS
- The Age of Revolutions explored through classic historical fiction
In this class, students spend a month in London and Paris ‘bookpacking’ two classic historical novels - ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ by Charles Dickens, and ‘Les Misérables’ by Victor Hugo. We seek out the locations of these epic stories, tracing their trajectories - to the guillotine, to the barricades - and we discover how much these tales of Revolution still resonate in our own fractured age.
This is a class about place, people and politics at the intersection of past and present. If you have a passion for literature, for history and for contemporary political thought, this class is for you.
This is a GE-B class. It is co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Department of History, and meets major requirements for English, Narrative Studies and History. It is open to all.
Applications for 2025
In 2025 this class will be held as a Summer Session program (as opposed to a Julymester, as was the case in 2022 and 2023). Applications are currently open through the Student Travel Abroad portal. The deadline for applications is Tuesday 4th March.
The STA portal gives all details of tuition and other costs for this program. Regretfully, unlike Maymesters and PWPs, summer programs are not eligible for inclusion in financial aid packages.
map REsources
Explore the locations from the novels using old maps.
