by Katharina Biermann | Jul 14, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
A Tale of Two Countries In our project, we have focused mainly on events centered within the Parisian city limits. Every now and then, though, it helps to widen our perspective in order to see the larger context of the mapping project. Of particular importance during...
by Breanna Olson | Jul 13, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
In addition to creating the map, many of us have taken on other projects in order to apply the data we’ve collected and (since we come from an interdisciplinary background) to explore our own interests. I sought to incorporate my interest in international...
by Breanna Olson | Jul 10, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
I think we were all excited to discover just how many Americans were in Paris in 1924. From Hemingway to Fitzgerald, their well-documented stays in the city of lights provided valuable contextual information that transplants the reader into Paris during the roaring...
by Philip Claussen | Jul 10, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015, Philip Claussen
As some may already know, I have spent the past two weeks in Paris, researching vigorously with the help of the Bibliothèque Nationale, the national library of France. While my research experience here has been for the most part incredible, from time to time it has...
by Natalie Kopp | Jul 7, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
In A Room with a View, E.M. Forster’s beloved 1908 novel, the young British protagonist Lucy Honeychurch religiously clutches her Baedeker travel guide as she explores the Italian city of Santa Croce. The tactless and comical Miss Lavish believes herself to be more...
by Breanna Olson | Jul 7, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
As I was researching jazz music, I saw references to Langston Hughes’ autobiography The Big Sea. 1 In it, he describes his arrival to Paris in February 1924. He details finding work and housing, discovering the jazz scene and the city, and finding love. Using his...
