Fall 2025 Wellesley-in-Aix Courses
La Provence à travers la littérature et le cinéma (Provence Through Literature and Cinema)
Traduction (anglais-français) (English-French Translation)
Art, architecture et urbanisme en Provence (Art, Architecture, and Town Planning in Provence)
Histoires croisées: mémoires et héritages coloniaux dans les relations France - Algérie (Entangled Histories: Colonial Legacies and Memory Reservoirs in French Algerian Relations)
Spring 2026 Wellesley-in-Aix Courses TBC
La Provence à travers la littérature et le cinéma (Provence Through Literature and Cinema)
Traduction (anglais-français) (English-French Translation)
Art, architecture et urbanisme en Provence (Art, Architecture, and Town Planning in Provence)
Villes en partage: mobilités et migrations à Aix, Marseille et Paris (Shared Cities: Mobilities and Migrations in Aix, Marseille, and Paris)
Wellesley-in-Aix Faculty
All in-house Wellesley-in-Aix courses are taught by distinguished scholars who are also active contributors to the cultural and intellectual life of Aix and Marseille. Students benefit greatly in learning not only from their faculty's research but also through their unique lived experiences, offering a front-row seat to the vibrant cultural life of France.
Ollivier Errecade is a literary scholar and published author based in Aix-en-Provence. A specialist in medieval literature and symbolic narratives, he earned his doctorate from AMU and is an associate member of Aix-Marseille University’s Centre Interdisciplinaire d’Étude des Littératures (CIELAM). His novel J’aime pas les gens… (mais y’a des gens que j’aime) was awarded the inaugural Prix de la Rade in 2025, a literary prize recognizing voices rooted in the cultural identity of southern France. His course on Provence through Literature and Cinema explores themes of place, identity, and storytelling.
Christelle Klein-Scholz is a lecturer in English at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Aix-Marseille University. Her teaching and research focus on translation studies, cultural and literary analysis, and the intersections of language and identity. She holds a Ph.D. from AMU and wrote her dissertation on AIDS narratives in American gay literature. She has published on authors such as David Feinberg and Tony Kushner. Her translation courses emphasize reflective language practice, authorship, and the politics of translation.
Marie-Pierre Ulloa is a lecturer in French and Francophone Studies in the French and Italian Department, Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages at Stanford University, teaching courses on the Francophone World (History, Literature and Cinema). She holds a Ph.D. from the EHESS and is the author of Francis Jeanson, a Dissident Intellectual from the French Resistance to the Algerian War (Stanford University Press, 2008). She directed the Programme Méditerranée at Iméra in Marseille from 2023 to 2025.
Jean-Dominique Brignoli holds a Ph.D. in Art History and Archaeology from AMU, with a specialization in Mediterranean architecture and the political symbolism of built environments. His doctoral research focused on the Safavid royal palaces in Iran, exploring the interplay between architecture and power. He is the author of a guide to Aix-en-Provence’s architecture from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Currently, he teaches at AMU and WIA, where he offers courses that integrate rigorous academic inquiry with experiential learning.
Students in the full-year program take a minimum of eight credits during the academic year, and fall or spring participants must take at least four credits. This may entail four 1-unit courses (36 contact hours/semester) at Wellesley-in-Aix (WIA) or Aix-Marseille University (AMU) or a combination of 1-unit and 1/2-unit classes (20-hour courses) at Sciences-Po Aix (IEP)
All students receive Wellesley College course credits and a transcript for their study in France.
Each student organizes their own program of study in consultation with the Resident Director, who assists students in identifying relevant courses in the humanities, or social sciences divisions.
Students majoring in political science, economics, history or international relations may either enroll full-time at Sciences-Po Aix (IEP) or combine Aix-Marseille University (AMU) and IEP courses. IEP courses are generally worth 1/2 unit, so students will select multiple in which to enroll. Sciences Po also offers a year-long program that culminates in a special certificate or “Certificat d’études politiques” (CEP).
Three or four WIA courses are offered each semester, typically in translation, academic writing/methodology, art history, and international relations. Art history offerings during the year consist of two different courses which focus on Provence and include site visits. Students normally enroll in four courses per semester and earn four units (16 credit hours) of Wellesley credit. Students who have met only the minimal French requirement for participation in the program may be required to enroll in the writing/methodology course, which includes grammar review and continued work on speaking and writing skills.
Final selection of courses is made in Aix after consultation with the Resident Director who acts as the academic advisor and primary interlocutor between WIA and the local universities.
All Wellesley-in-Aix students are required to schedule a weekly individual tutorial with the program's assistant/tutor for language and methodology support. These sessions focus on individual questions, grammar review, exam strategies, advise on navigating French academic methodology, and practice for oral presentations. Additional sessions are available by appointment throughout the semester.
Final exams schedules are not typically available until 2-3 weeks before the general exam period. Students must complete all exams in order to receive credit. It is therefore advised that students NOT make travel plans during exam periods. Exams are set by the administration rather than individual faculty, so special arrangements cannot be made. If you miss an exam at AMU or IEP without an official excuse, you will be marked absent and receive a zero.
Approximately four-six weeks after your final exams, a copy of your WIA transcript will be sent to the Wellesley College Office of International Study (OIS). For non-Wellesley students, OIS will forward a copy to your home institution. All transcripts will list course titles in English and the French grade converted to a U.S. grade.
More more information, visit the Student Guide Fall 2025