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Claudine Tiercelin is Honorary Professor at the Collège de France, where she held the chair in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Knowledge from 2010 to 2025. She studied at the universities of Paris-IV, Berkeley and Paris-I, where, under the supervision of …

Born on August 12 1930 in Uccle, Belgium, Jacques Tits was a mathematician whose work focused on geometry, algebra and group theory. Jacques Tits died on December 5 2021. Training and professional career 1948-1956 : Boursier du Fonds national (belge) de …

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 …

Henri Wallon was born in Paris on June 15 1879. He died on December 2 1962. Education and professional career 1899 : École normale supérieure 1902 : Agrégation in philosophy 1902-1903 : Teacher at Bar-le-Duc high school 1903-1906 : Boarder at the …

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 …

Born on December 1, 1948 in Bologna (Italy), Daniele Vitali is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Bologna (Italy). Graduated in Classics from the University of Bologna under Prof. G. A. Mansuelli; final thesis in Etruscology: L'acropole de …

Born February 15, 1920. Died January 16, 2001. Education and professional career 1937-1938: Lycée Louis-le-Grand (Paris) 1939-1943: École normale supérieure (Paris) 1943: Agrégation in Philosophy 1943-1944: Teacher at Lycée Victor-Hugo, Besançon …

Born 8 April 1935, Metz (Moselle). Director of Studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (since 1976). Professor at the Collège de France, holding the Chair in the History and Anthropology of Meso- and South American Societies …