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Fall 2025 AUP Magazine: Celebrating Our Community Near and Far
The Fall 2025 issue of AUP Magazine is out now, celebrating the creativity, curiosity, and global connections that define our community. From faculty pushing research forward to alumni leading change across industries worldwide, this issue showcases the m ...
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First Year Students Visit the Loire Valley
Your first semester at AUP has arrived. Your bags are packed; your plane tickets are booked. And all around the world, your future classmates are preparing to land in Paris for the adventure of a lifetime. But what awaits you in your first year? Once on ...
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Running Through History: Alumnus Geir Stian Ulstein’s Journey from Paris to Moscow
By Monique Callender When Norwegian author and historian Geir Stian Ulstein ’04 set out to retrace the legendary 1832 run from Paris to Moscow, he wasn’t trying to break any records. He simply wanted to attempt the incredible feat of his 19th-century comp ...
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Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Professor Miranda Spieler's New Book on Slaves in Paris
By Katelyn Simone “I study people on the run,” says AUP Professor Miranda Spieler, a historian of France and its overseas empire whose expertise spans European legal history, human rights, slavery and emancipation. Her first book, Empire and Underworld: ...
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Lauded as a Librarian, Alumna Homa Naficy ‘80 Advocates for Immigrants
By Kristin Sanders Homa Naficy ’80 never set out to become a librarian, or even a U.S. citizen, for that matter. Yet in her decades-long career as a librarian she has excelled at both, earning prestigious accolades along the way: In 2013 the Obama White ...
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The Ultimate Education: Mattie Drucker on Athletics, Academics, and Belonging Through Frisbee
By Leah Nagpal Matlyn “Mattie” Drucker is a graduate student in Global Communications at The American University of Paris and a former player on the French National Ultimate Frisbee Team. Through the intersection of sports and academia, Mattie has cultiv ...
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Chris Williams Appointed Chief Information Officer at AUP
The American University of Paris is delighted to announce that Chris Williams has been named the University’s Chief Information Officer. As CIO, she will oversee all information technology operations and provide strategic leadership for AUP’s digital tran ...
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Fieldwork in a Master’s Program: Dr. Renée Funk’s Research Journey
By Monique Callender When Dr. Renée Funk arrived at The American University of Paris, she was not beginning her academic journey but continuing it. For 20 years she’d been with the U.S. Public Health Service as a veterinarian and epidemiologist under the ...
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Admitted Summer Students
hospitalization and medical repatriation in the event of an emergency. Contact your health insurance provider for ... specialists who can assist with any medical difficulties you may have. In the event that you have an ongoing ... not include travel outside of Paris or participation in Cultural Programs events or excursions. ...
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History
historical events and historical change. Identify periodization and understand change over time. You will be ... able to demonstrate knowledge of historical events and periods and their significance. You will be able ... to: Place events, people, and movements within their proper historical context. Distinguish between ...