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Presentation The Société Asiatique was founded in Paris in 1822, at a time when Oriental studies were arousing a general sense of curiosity and expectation in the intellectual world. The first learned society of its kind in Europe, it served as a model …
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Presentation The Collège de France houses collections of objects of all kinds (paintings, scientific instruments, archaeological furniture, etc.) under the responsibility of the Museum Collections department and the heads of the libraries and archives …
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Presentation Founded in 1959 at the Sorbonne by Professor Charles Haguenauer (1896-1976), a Japanese and Korean scholar, and attached to the Collège de France in 1973, over 70% of the Korean Studies Library is in Korean and classical Chinese. It includes …
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Presentation The library of the Institut d'études indiennes - founded in 1927 on the initiative of Émile Senart, Alfred Foucher and Sylvain Lévi - houses a collection of over 70 000 volumes of printed works, including 600 journal titles (40 in progress) …
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Presentation Founded in 1959, the Japanese Studies Library offers around 45,000 volumes and is open to all researchers for loan and consultation: its holdings include works on Japanese history, religion and literature from Antiquity to the end of the Edo …
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Presentation The Chinese Studies Library was created in 1927 as part of the Institut des hautes études chinoises (IHEC), founded in 1920. It grew rapidly thanks to generous funding from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the advice of scholars …
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Presentation The Claude-Lévi-Strauss Library is a research library under the auspices of the Collège de France, CNRS and EHESS. Specializing in ethnology and social anthropology, it was founded in 1960 by Claude Lévi-Strauss, ethnologist and professor at …
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Presentation The Egyptology Library holds a specialized collection of 39,000 books and 342 printed journal titles, as well as online books and databases on Pharaonic Egypt from the Predynastic period to Roman times. Its holdings cover hieroglyphic, …
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Presentation Founded in Paris in 1929, jointly by the American scholar Thomas Whittemore and the Byzantine Institute of Boston (Massachusetts), the Byzantine Library has a collection of almost 50 000 works on Byzantine civilization, with particular …
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Presentation Since 1 st January 2020, the Assyriology and West Semitic holdings have been grouped together in a single library, the Ancient Near East Library, which offers 37,000 printed works, 411 journal titles, complemented by online ebooks and …
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Created from a bequest made to the Collège de France in 1956 by Mrs. Delheim, this prize, in accordance with the wishes of its founder, is designed to encourage young researchers in biology to pursue work in the laboratories of the Collège de France aimed …
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The Anna Caroppo Scholarship - Collège de France Foundation supports young, talented female researchers, enabling them to pursue their research training for a year with the Collège de France teams in the humanities and social sciences (particularly …
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The Fondation Hugot du Collège de France was created in 1979 thanks to a bequest made by Hélène and Jean-Pierre Hugot to the Collège de France. Recognized as an autonomous establishment of public utility by a Conseil d'Etat decree of June 7, 1979, its …
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Collège de France Award for young researchers Since 2022, the Collège de France has awarded the Collège de France Award to a young researcher chosen for the excellence of his/her career and the innovative nature of his/her contributions to public …
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The Antoine Lacassagne Award was established in 1977 by the Collège de France to reward the work and encourage the careers of young French and foreign biology researchers. Its creation was made possible by a gift from Antoine Lacassagne, who held the …
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Since 1885, thanks to an endowment from the family of mathematician Claude-Antoine Peccot, the Collège de France has awarded annual prizes to young mathematicians under the age of 30 who have distinguished themselves in theoretical or applied mathematics. …
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Presentation In its spacious premises, the library offers a wide range of open-access journals, online resources and almost 80 000 documents. Its collections include works written by past and present teachers, publications dedicated to them, and …
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Presentation The Archives Department preserves documents that bear witness to the history of the Collège de France. Scientific archives illustrating the work and experiments of the institution's professors and laboratories, posters and registers recording …
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Presentation The main component of the Center for Tibetan Studies , the Tibetan Studies Library is a specialized research library whose holdings focus mainly on the religious field (Tibetan Buddhism and Bön ) and the history of Tibet up to the modern …
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Presentation The Ottoman Studies Library offers 20 000 books and 40 printed journal titles, as well as online books, databases and encyclopedias on the history of the Ottoman Empire, in particular from the capture of Constantinople (1453) to the …
