Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; french: Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV) was a

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, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Paris. In 2018, it merged with

Pierre and Marie Curie University Pierre and Marie Curie University (french: link=no, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, UPMC), also known as Paris 6, was a public university, public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussi ...

and some smaller entities to form a new university called Sorbonne University. Paris-Sorbonne University was consistently ranked as France's as well as one of the world's most prominent universities in the humanities. '' QS World University Rankings'' ranked it 13th in humanities internationally in 2010, and 17th in 2011 and 2012. '' Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' also ranked it as France's most reputable institution of higher education in 2012.

History

Façade de la chapelle Sainte-Ursule, Sorbonne, Paris

Paris-Sorbonne University was one of the inheritors of the Faculty of Humanities (french: Faculté des lettres) of the University of Paris (also known as the ''Sorbonne''), which ceased to exist following student protests in May 1968. The Faculty of Humanities of was the main focus of the University of Paris, and subsequently Paris-Sorbonne University was one of its main successors. It was a member of the Sorbonne University Group. Paris-Sorbonne University enrolled about 24,000 students in 20 departments specialising in arts, humanities and

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, divided in 12

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es throughout

. Seven of the campuses were situated in the historic Latin Quarter, including the historic Sorbonne university building, and three in the , and respectively. In addition, the university also maintained one campus in

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, United Arab Emirates, alter called Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi. Paris-Sorbonne University also comprised France's prestigious communication and journalism school, CELSA, located in the Parisian suburb of . Paris-Sorbonne University maintained about 400 international agreements. As a successor of the faculty of humanities of the University of Paris, it was a founding member the Sorbonne University group, an alliance with the successor of the faculty of law and economics and of the faculty of science of the University of Paris; Panthéon-Assas University and

Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University Pierre and Marie Curie University (french: link=no, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, UPMC), also known as Paris 6, was a public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussieu Campus in the La ...

. This group allowed Paris-Sorbonne University students to study several dual degrees in combinations. Two graduate certificates in law from Panthéon-Assas University (Sorbonne Law School) were accessible for all the student members of the Sorbonne University group.

Succession: Sorbonne University

Paris-Sorbonne University merged with

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Notable people

Notable faculty and staff

Notable Paris-Sorbonne university faculty include: *

Dominique Barbéris Dominique Barbéris (born 1958) is a French novelist, author of literary studies and university professor, specializing in stylistics and writing workshops. Biography Born in 1958 in Cameroon into a French family of Nantes, her father was a dip ...

, novelist, French literature *

Yves-Marie Bercé Yves-Marie Bercé (30 August 1936, Mesterrieux, Gironde), is a French historian known for his work on popular revolts of the modern era. He is a member of the Institut de France. Biography A student at the École Nationale des Chartes and for ...

, historian, member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques (2007) *

Philippe Contamine Philippe Contamine (7 May 1932 – 26 January 2022) was a French historian of the Middle Ages who specialised in military history and the history of the nobility. Contamine was a president of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, t ...

, historian, member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres *

Denis Crouzet Denis Bertrand Yves Crouzet (born 10 March 1953) is a French historian specialising in the history of the early modern period and particularly in the French Wars of Religion during the Protestant Reformation, reformation. He is a professor at Paris ...

, historian, awarded the

Madeleine Laurain-Portemer Madeleine Laurain-Portemer (7 June 1917 – 15 August 1996) was a 20th-century French historian, specializing in the history of Mazarin and his time, married to Jean Portemer (1911-1998). Biography An archivist palaeographer graduated from the ...

prize by the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques *

Marc Fumaroli Marc Fumaroli (10 June 1932 – 24 June 2020) was a French historian and essayist who was widely respected as an advocate for French literature and culture. While born in Marseille, Fumaroli grew up in the Moroccan city of Fez, and served in the ...

, member of the

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, professor at the Collège de France * Jean Favier (1932–2014), historian, member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres * Nicolas Grimal, egyptologist, member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres *

Claude Lecouteux Claude Lecouteux (born 8 February 1943) is a French philologist and medievalist who specializes in Germanic studies. He is Professor Emeritus and Chair of the Literature and Civilization of Medieval Germanic Peoples at Sorbonne University. Biogra ...

, historian *

Jean-Luc Marion Jean-Luc Marion (born 3 July 1946) is a French philosopher and Roman Catholic theologian. Marion is a former student of Jacques Derrida whose work is informed by patristic and mystical theology, phenomenology, and modern philosophy.Horner 2005. ...

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

, member of the

(2008) *

Danièle Pistone Danièle Pistone (born 1 December 1946) is a French musicologist, emeritus professor at the University Paris Sorbonne 4. Biography In addition to her musical studies (including piano and conducting at the and the Schola Cantorum de Paris, Pist ...

, musicologist, correspondent member at the Académie des beaux-arts (2014) *

Frédéric Regard Frédéric Regard is a professor of English Literature at Paris-Sorbonne University, where he teaches 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century literature and literary theory. He is a specialist in gender studies in France. Biography Regard was born in 195 ...

, littérature britannique, spécialiste des études de genre en France *

Jean-Yves Tadié Jean-Yves Tadié (born 7 September 1936) is a French writer, biographer, and academic, noted particularly for his work on Marcel Proust. Biography Tadié studied at the ''École normale supérieure'' in Paris, graduating in 1956. He began to pu ...

, English Literature * Jean Tulard, historian, member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques (1994)

Notable alumni

Madrid - World Youth Day 2011 - Cardinal Barbarin - 2

* Donald Adamson (born 1939), British historian *

Shmuel Agmon Shmuel Agmon ( he, שמואל אגמון; born 2 February 1922) is an Israeli mathematician. He is known for his work in analysis and partial differential equations. Biography Shmuel Agmon was born in Tel Aviv to writer Nathan Agmon and Chaya G ...

(born 1922), Israeli mathematician * Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari (born 1948), Qatari diplomat * Sophia Antoniadis (1895-1972), classical scholar and first female professor at Leiden University * Philippe Barbarin (born 1950), French Catholic Archbishop of Lyon and cardinal * Charlotte Casiraghi (born 1986), Italian fashion journalist *

Karl P. Cohen Karl Paley Cohen (February 5, 1913 – April 6, 2012) was a physical chemist who became a mathematical physicist and helped usher in the age of nuclear energy and reactor development. He began his career in 1937 making scientific advances in urani ...

(1913–2012), American physical chemist *

Ioan Petru Culianu Ioan Petru Culianu or Couliano (5 January 1950 – 21 May 1991) was a Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, a philosopher and political essayist, and a short story writer. He served as professor of the history of religions at the ...

(1950–1991), Romanian historian *

Abiol Lual Deng Abiol Lual Deng (born 15 May 1983) is a South Sudanese-American political scientist and international relations expert. Biography Deng was born in Madison, Wisconsin on 15 May 1983 and is of South Sudanese heritage. Her father is Lual A. Deng ...

(born 1983), South Sudanese-American political scientist * Mamadou Diouf, Senegalese professor of Western African history at Columbia University * Marie Drucker (born 1974), French journalist *

Soudabeh Fazaeli Soudabeh Fazaeli ( fa, سودابه فضائلی) (born in 1947) is a prominent Iranian author, researcher and translator, specially known for her works in the field of mythology and semiotics. Over four decades of prolific career, she has publis ...

(born 1947), Iranian seismologist, researcher, mythologist and writer *

Luc Ferry Luc Ferry (; born 3 January 1951) is a French philosopher and politician, and a proponent of secular humanism. He is a former member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank. Biography He received an Agrégation de philosophie (1975), a Docto ...

(born 1951), French philosopher *

Henri Guaino Henri Guaino (born 11 March 1957) is a French speechwriter and politician who served as the member of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly for the Yvelines's 3rd constituency, 3rd constituency of Yvelines from 2012 to 2017. A membe ...

(born 1957) French politician * William Irigoyen (born 1970), French journalist *

Besiana Kadare Besiana Kadare is an Albanian diplomat. She served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations, a Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly for its 75th session, and A ...

(born 1972), Albanian Ambassador to the UN * Samir Kassir (1960–2005), Lebanese-French professor of history at Saint-Joseph University *

Jiddu Krishnamurti Jiddu Krishnamurti (; 11 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) was a philosopher, speaker and writer. In his early life, he was groomed to be the new World Teacher, an advanced spiritual position in the theosophical tradition, but later rejected thi ...

(born 1895), Indian philosopher *

Thanh Hai Ngo Thanh Hai Ngo (; born January 3, 1947) is a retired Canadian politician who served as a senator from Ontario between 2012 and 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, Ngo was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harp ...

(born 1947), Vietnamese-Canadian senator *

Caterina Magni Caterina Magni (born 1966) is an Italian-born French archaeologist and anthropologist, who specialises in the study of pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica, and in particular the iconography, art and mythology and religion of the Olmec civiliza ...

(born 1966) Italian-French archaeologist *

Shahrzad Rafati Shahrzad Rafati is an Iranian-Canadian chairwoman and CEO of BroadbandTV Corp (BBTV) a global media company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. In October 2020, Rafati led BBTV to its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Early ...

(born 1980), Iranian-Canadian media entrepreneur *

Bernard Romain Bernard Romain son of René Margotton(born in Roanne, on 11 February 1944) is a French painter and sculptor. Author of the coloring of the tallest cliff of Europe in Normandy (Le Tréport) to commemorate the bicentenary of the French Revolution. ...

(born 1944), French painter and sculptor * Christiane Taubira (born 1952),

Minister of Justice of France The Minister of Justice (french: Ministre de la Justice), also known as the Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals (''Ministre de la Justice, garde des Sceaux''), is a cabinet position in the Government of France. The current Minister of Justi ...

* Habib Tawa (born 1945), Lebanese-French historian * Jean-Pierre Thiollet (born 1956), French writer * Shunichi Yamaguchi (born 1950), Japanese politician *

Nureldin Satti Nureldin Mohamed Hamed Satti was the Sudanese ambassador to the United States from 2020 to 2022. Education In 1974, Satti received his doctorate in literature from the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Life and career Following his graduation, S ...

, Sudanese diplomat and ambassador to the United States. *

Jemima West Jemima West (born 11 August 1987) is a French actress. She is bilingual, growing up for most of her life in Paris, France. She is best known for playing ''Isabelle Lightwood'' in the film adaptation of '' The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'' ...

(born 1987), Anglo-French actress *

Baby Varghese Baby Varghese, () born in India, is a Malankara Orthodox priest and a Church historian and scholar in Syriac Liturgical Theology. Education After graduating from CMS College in Kottayam, Varghese joined Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kotta ...

Indian scholar and professor *

Abdul Hafeez Mirza Abdul Hafeez Mirza (2 October 1939 – 17 November 2021) was a Pakistani tourism worker, cultural activist and an educationist. He worked as general manager at Tourism Development Corporation Punjab (TDCP), and served as a Consultant for Touris ...

(born 1939), Pakistani Tourism worker, cultural activist and Professor of French. Studied International Tourism.

References

External links

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