Through IFE you’ll find that France today is much more than just a nation-sized museum, and Paris more than "old stones". Enrolling in one of IFE’s programs, you come to Paris not simply to study in France but to study France.

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Books in a Bind?: Paris Book Fair Highlights Industry’s Health and Fears

One of the big dates each year in the Paris season is the Paris Book Fair in March, and with three current students plunged into book world internships, IFE paid a bit more attention this year to the goings-on. ...

Face Off: Burqas, Niqabs and the Women Who Want Them Banned

The IFE guest lecture for the month of March was delivered by a panel of three young women active in the not-for-profit organization Ni Putes Ni Soumises (NPNS — "neither sluts nor submissive"). ...

Vote Where You Are Planted or How Participatory Is Your Democracy?

As IFE spreads its activities to Strasbourg France it finds its areas of engagement spreading as well. Latest example is IFE student Alex Branham’s placement as an assistant to the city hall liaison officer for Strasbourg’s Council of Foreign Residents. ...

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Two Former Students Show Where IFE May Lead

Sophia Accord, student at IFE in 2001 and intern with the fine arts division of the Ministry of Culture, has just received her doctorate in the Sociology of Art from the University of Exeter, UK. ...