The New Sorbonne University (french: Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, also known as Paris III) is a

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. It is one of the inheritors of the historic

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, which was completely overhauled and restructured in 1970. Paris III offers courses in a wide range of

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and

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subjects, areas in which – according to the 2018

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– the university is the 71st best worldwide.

History

The historic University of Paris first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was reorganised in 1970 as 13 autonomous universities after the student protests of the

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. Sorbonne Nouvelle, or "Paris III", is one of the inheritors of University of Paris faculty of humanities ("arts et lettres").

University sites

The Sorbonne Nouvelle has sites at various locations in Paris. The main university centres are: Central Sorbonne Building — central administration offices, Literature. Censier — the main teaching site, named after the adjacent street Bièvre — houses teaching and research facilities for language study and the main staff and student refectories Rue Saint Jacques — French as a Foreign Language Rue des Bernardins — Linguistics and Phonetics Rue de l' Ecole de Médecine — English Studies 200px, Entrance of the main building of the "new" Sorbonne university, built in by Henri-Paul Nénot, rue des Écoles, Paris. 200px, Entrance of one of the buildings of University Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III, 5 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, Paris. Formerly buildings for the royal school of drawing under Louis XV 200px, Entrance of the university Sorbonne Nouvelle, Campus Censier Rue Saint Guillaume — Latin American Studies Place du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny — Houses the E.S.I.T (School of Interpreting and Translation) Asnières -- located outside of Paris, where the German Studies department, now closed, was housed.''Asnières c'est fini : le département d'Etudes Germaniques s'installe au Centre Universitaire Censier''
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University libraries

The Sorbonne Nouvelle has one central and five specialised libraries (Foreign language and culture and French literature). It is also connected to the Library of Saint Genevieve, the Central Sorbonne Library, the Inter-University Library for Oriental Languages and the Library of Saint Barbara.

University Press

The ''Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle'' publishes research carried out by the university.

Accommodation and refectories

The ''CROUS de Paris'' (

Centre régional des œuvres universitaires et scolaires In higher education in France the Centre régional des œuvres universitaires et scolaires (CROUS), founded in 1955, is a regional organisation providing student bursaries, university halls of residence, reception of foreign students, student cul ...

) is the organisation responsible for both student accommodation and refectories in Paris. It runs various student halls of residence and student restaurants both in central Paris and in its outskirts. The ''Restaurant Universitaire Censier'' is the student refectory which is used by the large majority of Paris III students due to its proximity to the Censier university site.

Sorbonne Paris Cité

New Sorbonne University is a member of the Sorbonne Paris Cité, an alliance of the following Parisian universities: *Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris 3) *

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* Université Paris Nord (Paris 13) * Sciences Po Paris *

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(''Langues O'') * École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP) *

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Notable alumni

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* Olivier Assayas - French film director and screenwriter *

Jacques Aumont Jacques Aumont (born 25 February 1942) is a French academic and writer on film theory. Born in Avignon he initially trained as an engineer but started contributing film criticism to ''Cahiers du cinéma'' in the late 1960s.Daniel DottoriniAumont, ...

- Film Professor *

Latifa Ben Mansour Latifa Ben Mansour ( ar, لطيفة بن منصور) (born 1950 in Tlemcen) is an Algerian writer, psychoanalyst, and linguist. Her work deals with issues such as the role of women in Algerian society, Islamic extremism, storytelling, trauma, and me ...

- Algerian writer and linguist * Alain Bergala - French film director *

Jean Bessière Jean Bessière is professor of Comparative Literature at the Sorbonne ( University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle), and was educated at the École Normale Supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stage ...

- Academic and writer * Frédéric Bozo - Academic *

Bruno della Chiesa Bruno della Chiesa (born 7 July 1962) is a linguist of Italian, French and German descent, who describes himself as an "engaged cosmopolitan". He teaches at Harvard University and is considered one of the main founders of educational neuroscience, i ...

- Linguist *

Arnaud Desplechin Arnaud Desplechin (; born 31 October 1960) is a French film director and screenwriter. In 2016, he won the César Award for Best Director for ''My Golden Days'' (2015). Life and career Desplechin was born in Roubaix. He is the son of Robert and ...

- French film director *

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, Film producer *

Cédric Klapisch Cédric Klapisch ( ; born 4 September 1961) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Klapisch was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to Ausc ...

- French Film Director (L'Auberge Espagnole, Les poupées russes, Paris) * Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu - French actor *

Olivier Ducastel Olivier Ducastel (born 23 February 1962) is a French film director, screenwriter and sound editor who currently works in collaboration with partner Jacques Martineau. Life and career After spending his adolescence in Rouen, Martineau moved to ...

- French film director * Mireille Guiliano - French-American author *

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: Ph.D., a former philosophy student, Rabbi of Strasbourg * Miro Kovač - Croatian Foreign Minister * Hüseyin Latif - Novelist and Aujourd'hui la Turquie's Director of publication * Sarah Lelouch - Daughter of

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained criti ...

* Laila Marrakchi - French film director * Predrag Matvejevic - Writer and academic * Imanol Ordorika Sacristán - Mexican social activist *

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- Icelandic author *

Pedro Paulet Pedro Eleodoro Paulet Mostajo (2 July 1874 or 4 July 1875 – 30 January 1945) was a Peruvian polymath – variously serving as an architect, diplomat, engineer and journalist. He claimed to have been the first person to build a liquid-propellant ...

- Peruvian scientist * Homa Sayar - Iranian Poet *

Jean-Pierre Thiollet Jean-Pierre Thiollet (; born 9 December 1956) is a French writer and journalist. Primarily living in Paris, he is the author of numerous books and one of the national leaders of the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CEDI), a ...

- French author * Patricia de Souza - Peruvian writer *

Maryse Condé Maryse Condé (née Boucolon; February 11, 1937) is a French novelist, critic, and playwright from the French Overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. Condé is best known for her novel ''Ségou'' (1984–85).Condé, Maryse, and Richard ...

- French (Guadeloupean) novelist

Professors and former professors

* Henri Adamczewski *

* Louis Bazin *

Raymond Bellour Raymond Bellour (born 1939 in Lyon) is a French scholar, and writer. Best known to Anglophone readers for his publications on film analysis, his work is dispersed across a wide range of articles and books, few of which are available in English, i ...

* Alain Bergala *

Pascal Bonitzer Pascal Bonitzer (; born 1 February 1946) is a French screenwriter, film director, actor, and former film critic for '' Cahiers du cinéma''. He has written for 48 films and has appeared in 30 films since 1967. He starred in Raúl Ruiz's 1978 fi ...

* Frédéric Bozo * Linda Cardinal * Michel Chion *

Serge Daney Serge Daney (June 4, 1944, Paris – June 12, 1992) was a French movie critic. He was a major figure of ''Cahiers du cinéma'' which he co-edited in the late 1970s. He also wrote extensively about films, television, and society in the newspaper ''Li ...

* Michel Marie * Stéphane Michaud * Luc Moullet *

Annie Ousset-Krief Annie Ousset-Krief, Ph.D. and associate professor at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, is a French historian and American Civilization specialist. Biography Annie Ousset-Krief received her Ph.D. in American Civilization with thesis, titled "''L ...

Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiróz Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz (August 26, 1918 – December 29, 2018) was a Brazilian sociologist. Biography She obtained her degree in Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo (1949), Diploma of Graduate Studies in sociology, anthro ...

* Josette Rey-Debove * Jean-Pierre Sarrazac * Danica Seleskovitch

References

External links

Research site of the Sorbonne Nouvelle

Forum de Paris 3
news by and for Censier students
Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle

CROUS de Paris
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