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Born on June 13, 1911 in Schwetz, Germany (today Swiecie, Poland). Died on October 9, 1999. Refugee in France in April 1933 Naturalized French on August 30, 1939 Mobilized and sent to Vietnam, active service in mountain artillery (carte du combattant) …
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Born May 21, 1961 in New Delhi, India. Sanjay Subrahmanyam is a historian and the author of numerous works on the modern era ( 15th to 18th centuries ), published since the mid-1980s. Trained in economic history in India, at the Delhi School of Economics, …
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David Simonetta is an associate professor of philosophy at the Lycée Léonard-de-Vinci in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge. He holds a PhD from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and was Professor Alain de Libera's assistant from 2013 to 2016. His research …
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Born in Auxerre (Yonne) on February 12, 1904. Died November 19, 1996. Education and professional career Alsatian ancestry on his father's side, Lorraine on his mother's. After the war, his grandparents opted for France, where his father pursued a …
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Ars longa, vita brevis Roaming Alain Wijffels (b. Switzerland, 1954) studied at various universities in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and England. He holds degrees in philosophy (Antwerp), law (Antwerp, Louvain), criminology (Louvain), canon law …
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Born on July 14 1944 in Glay (Doubs). Education and professional career 1969-1976 : Head of research at EHESS 1977-1984 : Senior assistant at EHESS 1985-1987 : Senior Lecturer at EHESS 1988-1991 : Director of Studies, EHESS 1991-2014 : Professor at the …
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Born in Wismar (Germany) in 1927. Died February 26 2022. Harald Weinrich studied Romance philology, classical philology and philosophy at the universities of Münster, Freiburg im Breisgau, Toulouse and Madrid. He received his doctorate in Münster in 1953 …
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Born February 6, 1937, Pieter Westbroek studied geology at Leiden University. His doctoral thesis (1967, cum laude ) concerned the paleobiology of Paleozoic brachiopods and in particular the method of shell growth. For the next two years, he studied the …
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Philippe Walter is a chemist specializing in the study of cultural heritage materials. Born in 1967 in Saint-Cloud, he studied physics and materials science as part of the inter-university magistère in physics at the École normale supérieure de …
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Born on March 4 1962 in Saint-Leu-la-forêt (Val-d'Oise, France). Married, five children. Education and professional career 1981 : Entry to ENS Sèvres 1983 : Agrégation 1986 : Thesis (supervisor A. Beauville) ; joined CNRS 1989 : Habilitation to direct …