L’Histoire de France Pour les Nuls
(French History for Dummies), or
French History Made Easy, While You Eat
12:00 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006
University Java in Spiva Library
Admission: Pick up free lunch ticket in
Webster 337C at least 24 hours in advance

Presenter: Dr. Paul Teverow, professor of history

A working knowledge of the whos, whats, and whens of French history may help you get more out of the France Semester programs. In this PowerPoint presentation, Dr. Teverow focused on 10 (well, maybe 11) “turning points” over the past 2000 years in what eventually became the country of France. From the conquests of Julius Caesar to France’s role in founding the European Union, he examined the crucial victories, defeats, and choices that contributed to important changes over time in France’s boundaries, forms of government, culture, and place in the world. And all in 45 minutes, max!