| A History of Paris Six Monday Evenings October 20 - November 24, 2008 7:00 - 8:30 pm St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall 717 Sage Road Houston, TX 77056 Course Fee: $73 per person. Fee includes course syllabus / lecture notes. Click for registration form. |
From "The Marshland" to the "City of Lights"
An Adult Education Lecture Series by
Dr. William J. Neidinger
An Adult Education Lecture Series by
Dr. William J. Neidinger
Dr. Neidinger holds degrees from Fordham University, University of
Madrid, and Rice University. He is an archaeologist with the Texas
Foundation for Archaeological & Historical Research (TFAHR), and
has been directing excavations in the Mediterranean area for the past
25 years. During this time he has also lectured extensively at
universities, colleges, adult education programs, and churches across
the state of Texas. He has recently returned from TFAHR
archaeological excavations in the Republic of Macedonia. For
information on Dr. Neidinger’s current and upcoming projects,
please visit www.tfahr.org.
Many of Dr. Neidinger’s lectures are available on DVD and CD. For
purchasing information, please see www.stylusproductions.com.
Madrid, and Rice University. He is an archaeologist with the Texas
Foundation for Archaeological & Historical Research (TFAHR), and
has been directing excavations in the Mediterranean area for the past
25 years. During this time he has also lectured extensively at
universities, colleges, adult education programs, and churches across
the state of Texas. He has recently returned from TFAHR
archaeological excavations in the Republic of Macedonia. For
information on Dr. Neidinger’s current and upcoming projects,
please visit www.tfahr.org.
Many of Dr. Neidinger’s lectures are available on DVD and CD. For
purchasing information, please see www.stylusproductions.com.
Few cities boast so many famous and identifiable landmarks as Paris: the
Louvre, Notre-Dame, the Bastille (in memory, at least), the Champs-
Élysées, and the Eiffel Tower. Yet the Parisians have been rough on their
own monuments; the Louvre has been demolished and rebuilt a number of
times; the Bastille is gone; Notre-Dame was ransacked during the
Revolution; and the Eiffel Tower, much maligned at the time, was
supposed to have been only a temporary structure. When Baron
Haussmann laid out many of the wide and splendid boulevards of the city in
the nineteenth century, he was lambasted for having destroyed “the charms
of medieval Paris.”
Louvre, Notre-Dame, the Bastille (in memory, at least), the Champs-
Élysées, and the Eiffel Tower. Yet the Parisians have been rough on their
own monuments; the Louvre has been demolished and rebuilt a number of
times; the Bastille is gone; Notre-Dame was ransacked during the
Revolution; and the Eiffel Tower, much maligned at the time, was
supposed to have been only a temporary structure. When Baron
Haussmann laid out many of the wide and splendid boulevards of the city in
the nineteenth century, he was lambasted for having destroyed “the charms
of medieval Paris.”
| Registration Form Advance registration by mail is recommended. Registrations will also be accepted at the door at the October 20 class. |
These six lectures will trace the history of Paris from its humble beginnings as a crossing station in the marshes along the
Seine, to its foundation as a fortified capital city, to its rise as a center of learning, to its role as exporter of revolution, and
finally to its position in the vanguard of the avant-garde. The lectures will not only focus on the surviving monuments of
the city, but also on some of the more flamboyant characters who have graced the pages of the city’s history.
The lectures will be richly illustrated with images, and course material will include detailed lecture notes and an extensive
syllabus including maps and ground plans.
Seine, to its foundation as a fortified capital city, to its rise as a center of learning, to its role as exporter of revolution, and
finally to its position in the vanguard of the avant-garde. The lectures will not only focus on the surviving monuments of
the city, but also on some of the more flamboyant characters who have graced the pages of the city’s history.
The lectures will be richly illustrated with images, and course material will include detailed lecture notes and an extensive
syllabus including maps and ground plans.
| About the Lecturer Dr. William J. Neidinger |
