Les Historiennes are back from year-end holidays and now planning for a new set of activities to take place from mid-March to the end of May.

The focus will be on the period 1870-1890, which includes the Franco-Prussian War, the Commune, and the beginning decades of the Third Republic.

All AAWE members are welcome to join the planning group for this spring. If you are interested, contact Margo De Ley at mcdeley@sbcglobal.net.

Register with parisartstudies@gmail.com before Jan 18, to benefit your club.

Les Historiennes Spring 2021 events will focus on the first three decades of the Third Republic. Fortuitously, art historian Chris Boicos of Paris Art Studies, in collaboration with faculty of the University of Southern California (USC), offers two series of lectures focused on nearly the same period (1870-1895)!

For all registrations prior to Jan 18th, a portion of the registration fee will go to AAWE!

Lectures, via Zoom, are on Wednesdays at 5 pm, starting on Jan 27, examining politics, society, literature, and art of the era. The cost is 17€ per lecture, or 60€ for the full series (15€ each). If you register by Sunday, January 17th, 6€ per lecture or 16€ per series will go to AAWE.

On Jan 18th, Chris will announce the series to his mailing list, and no further registration fees will go to AAWE.

Wed Jan 27: From War to Revolution: A History of the Paris Commune of 1971, with Mariam Habibi, USC
Wed Feb 3: The Politics of Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture & the Third French Republic, 1871–1895, with Chris Boicos.
Wed Feb 10: Art in a Time of War: French Artists during the Franco-Prussian War & the Paris Commune, with Ann Catherine Abecassis, USC
Wed Feb 17: The ‘Green Fairy’ of 19th Century Paris, with Sylvie Koneski, USC

For more detailed descriptions of each lecture and to register, email Chris at parisartstudies@gmail.com. And remember to sign up by Sunday, January 17th to benefit AAWE and the Les Historiennes program!

Note that Paris Art Studies and USC will offer a second series of lectures on Feb 24, Mar 3, Mar 10, and Mar 17. Then in March, Les Historiennes series of fun, engaging, more intimate events for members of AAWE, AWG and WIC, will begin – hopefully including in-person events!