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Françoise Héritier was born on November 15 1933, in Veauche, Loire. Anthropologist, ethnologist and feminist activist, she is the second woman, after Jacqueline de Romilly, to be admitted as a professor at the Collège de France. Growing up in …
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Born February 3, 1938. Married, 3 children. Education and professional career 1958 : Harvard University, B.A. magna cum laude 1960 : Oxford University (Pembroke College), Antonin Besse Scholar, B.A., M.A. 1964 : Harvard University, PhD in History …
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Born 11 June 1909, Nantes. Died February 14 1992. Education and professional career Secondary education at Lycée d'Oran (Algeria) 1930 : Chemical engineer (Nancy) 1930 : Degree in Science 1933 : Doctorate from Nancy University 1940 : Preparator at the …
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Jean-Jacques Hublin is a paleoanthropologist, author of numerous works on the evolution of Neanderthals and the African origins of modern man. He has played a pioneering role in the development of virtual Paleoanthropology, which makes extensive use of …
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Yanick Lahens was born in Haiti. After university studies in France, she returned to her homeland. There, she taught literature at university, hosted a cultural program on Radio Haïti Inter, and published articles on Haitian literature and the links …
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Amaury Lambert graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in 1997 and received a PhD in probability theory in 2001 from Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC Univ Paris 6). He then spent 7 years as a UPMC assistant professor at the Lab of Ecology and Evolution …
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Born on April 1 1933 in Constantine. Education and professional career 1953-1957 : École normale supérieure 1957 : Agrégation in physical sciences 1957-1959 : Military service 1960-1964 : Research associate at CNRS 1962 : Doctorat d'État 1964-1967 : …
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After training in agronomy and a PhD in physical chemistry at Paris-VI, Paul Colonna spent several years abroad. At INRA, Paul Colonna is Scientific Delegate for Sustainable Development and Director of the Institut Carnot Bioénergies, biomolécules et …
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François Déroche is a member of the Institut (Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres) and Professor at the Collège de France, where he has held the History of the Qurʾān, Text and Transmission chair since 2015. He is a specialist in Arabic …
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Vincent Déroche, born in 1959, alumnus of the École normale supérieure (1978), agrégé de Lettres (1981), member of the École d'Athènes (1983), was a researcher at the CNRS from 1988 to 2018, and since 2018 has been Professor of Byzantine Greek at Sorbonne …
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Bernard Derrida is Honorary Professor at the Collège de France, where he held the Statistical Physics Chair from 2014 to 2023. Bernard Derrida was born in 1952 in El Biar, Algeria. His family left Algeria in the spring of 1962, a few weeks before …
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Jean-Louis Cohen is an architect and historian. Jean-Louis Cohen holds a doctorate in art history from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), and headed the architectural research program of the French Ministry of Public Works …
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Born in Toulouse on October 19 1916, son of Dr. Henri Dausset from the Pyrenees and Élisabeth Brullard from Lorraine Henri Dausset, from the Pyrenees, and Élisabeth Brullard, from Lorraine, completed his secondary education in Paris at the Lycée Michelet …
