December 27, 2017 - January 3, 2018
Course Description
Living Latin in Paris is an intensive Latin experience focusing on Medieval Latin and set in Paris. Participants read important Latin texts from the Medieval to the Renaissance period that relate to the city of Paris, the intellectual capital of Medieval Europe. Daily readings are paired with visits to important historical and literary sites in Paris and its environs. Both on site and in the classroom, participants are encouraged to communicate with instructors and each other in Latin. The program's goal is to provide an intensive period of Medieval Latin study while helping participants form strong connections with Medieval Latin literature and culture.
Prerequisites
Participants must be over the age of 18 by the time the program starts and should know the basics of Latin grammar. This usually means the equivalent of one year of college or two years of high-school Latin. No experience speaking Latin is required, but experienced Latin speakers are also encouraged to apply.
Classroom and Housing
Classes for Living Latin in Paris are held in the Monastery of the Congregation de St. Esprit, one of the last remaining monasteries in the Latin Quarter. Le Quartier Latin takes its name from the Medieval students at the Sorbonne, who continued to speak Latin long after the rest of Europe had begun speaking the vernacular languages.
To make the course as accessible as possible to all, there are four housing possibilities of different comfort and price:
- a bunk bed in a youth hostel;
- one bed in a hotel room shared with another course participant. Participants selecting this option will be matched by gender and age;
- a single hotel room;
- a hotel room shared with a non-participant.
For photos of classrooms and accommodation click here.
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The Program take place in the Latin Quarter, in the vicinity of the Sorbonne.
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The course is hosted in the Monastery of Saint Esprit, one of the last functioning monasteries in Paris.
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Classes take place in classrooms located within the monastery.
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Participants stay in shared or single hotel rooms in the Latin Quarter.
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Budget-friendly accomodate is also available in a nearby youth hostel.
Living Latin in Paris Staff
Daniel Gallagher
Daniel Gallagher holds degrees from the University of Michigan (B.S. and M.A.), the Catholic University of America (M.A. in Philosophy), and the Pontifical Gregorian University (S.T.L.). From 1995 to 2000, he studied Latin under the expert instruction of Fr. Reginald Foster, O.C.D., whom he succeeded in the Office of Latin Letters at the Vatican Secretariat of State in 2007 - 2016. He is currently the Ralph and Jeanne Kanders Associate Professor of the Practice in Latin at Cornell University.
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PhD Student in Classics; Teacher on Volunteer Basis
Catherine Lambert
Cat is a PhD student at Columbia University in the City of New York. After completing her A.B. in Classics at Princeton University, Cat served as the Annenberg Fellow at Eton College, an all-boys boarding school in the U.K. As part of Eton's vibrant Classics Department, she taught Latin and Greek, as well as a self-designed elective called "From English to Elvish: The Land of Imaginary Languages," and she coached rugby. Cat has participated in Living Latin in Rome (2012) and Living Greek in Greece (2013), and she is very excited to have the opportunity to contribute as an assistant instructor to the flourishing spirit of the Paideia community!
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Associate Professor of Classics
Matthew McGowan
Matthew McGowan is Associate Professor & Chair of Classics at Fordham University and alumnus of Reginald Foster's Fifth Experience (Rome 1998-99). From 2009-2015 he served as President of the NY Classical Club and is currently the Vice-President for Communication and Outreach for the Society of Classical Studies. His scholarly interests range broadly over Greek and Latin literature and the classical tradition. His first book, Ovid in Exile: Power and Poetic Redress in the Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto, appeared in 2009 with Brill, and he has just completed an edited volume, Classical New York: Greece & Rome in NY's Art and Architecture, for Fordham University Press. He is currently at work on a Guide to the Greek and Latin Inscriptions of New York City alongside a survey of ancient lexicography, Dictionaries in Ancient Rome: The Art of Defining Latin Words, 200 BC--800 AD. He teaches a wide array of courses, from classical myth to Latin prose composition, and is delighted to be working with Paideia and its wonderful students and staff!
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Head Instructor, LLiRHS; Instructor, LLiP
Gregory Stringer
Gregory Stringer holds BAs in History and Classics from Boston University, an MA in Medieval History from the University of New Hampshire and an MA in Latin Pedagogy from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He was a professional tour guide in Rome for nearly a decade and has taught languages and Ancient and Medieval History at UNH and Plymouth State University. He currently resides in Boston during the school year where he teaches Latin at nearby Burlington (MA) High School in his “immersive” classroom where students listen, speak, read and write entirely in Latin.
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Academic Credit
Continuing Education Units (CEU's) are also available for this program at no cost.
Costs
- Tuition and youth hostel housing: $1750
- Tuition and shared hotel room: $2500
- Tuition and single hotel room or double room with non-participant: $3000
Request an Application
Students of at least 18 years of age and at least an intermediate knowledge of Latin grammar are invited to apply. This usually means at least one year of college or two years of high school Latin.
