{"id":13,"date":"2026-02-18T15:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-spring-2026\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:27:18","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-spring-2026\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This course and experience in Paris, France with Assistant Teaching Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/fahss\/art\/faculty\/cadero-gillette-jennifer.aspx\">Jennifer Cadero-Gillette<\/a>, is a historical and critical examination of the aesthetic and intellectual similarities between art history, music history, literature and culture from Ancient Egypt to contemporary Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emphasis is placed on an in-depth exploration of western cultures. In addition, this course provides an understanding of human creativity and expression through a comparative analysis of visual art and music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information about UMass Lowell\u2019s Study Abroad program, please visit the<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/international-programs\/Programs\/Faculty-Led-Programs\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;International Experiences and Study Abroad website<\/a>&nbsp;or contact&nbsp;Fern MacKinnon by email:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:Fern_MacKinnon@uml.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Fern_MacKinnon@uml.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also read blogs from current and previous trips to France listed below or from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/\">other destinations across the globe UMass Lowell students travel to<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Current and Previous Study Abroad Trips to France Blogs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Spring 2025:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-spring-2025\/\">Paris: Art History, Music and Culture<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Spring 2024:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-spring-2024-session1\/a\">Paris Session 1<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-spring-2024-session1\/\">Paris Session 2<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Winter 2019-2020:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/\">Bordeaux and Pau, France: Global Correspondent<\/a><\/li><li>Fall 2018:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/grenoble-fall-2018\/\">Grenoble, France: Global Correspondent<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Summer 2018:<ul><li>Paris, France:&nbsp;<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-france-summer2018\/\">Global Correspondent<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-summer2018\/\">Modernism in France and French Cinema and Society<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Spring 2017:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lyon, France: Global Correspondent<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Summer 2016:<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-2016\/\">Paris, France: Modernism in French Art and French Cinema and Society<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Summer 2015:<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-2015\/\">Paris, France: Comparative Arts and French Cinema<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Summer 2014:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-2014\/\">Paris, France: Comparative Arts and Special Topic in Francophone Studies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1025\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-spring-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/2026\/02\/students-with-Eiffel-tower-in-the-background.jpg\" alt=\"UMass Lowell students pose on a street in front of the Eiffel Tower,\" class=\"wp-image-6\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This course and experience in Paris, France with Assistant Teaching Professor Jennifer Cadero-Gillette, is a historical and critical examination of the aesthetic and intellectual similarities between art history, music history, literature and culture from Ancient Egypt to contemporary Art. 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