The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I (french: Université de Provence) was a

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mostly located in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

and

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

. It was one of the three Universities of Aix-Marseille and was part of the Academy of Aix and Marseille. On 1 January 2012 it merged with the

University of the Mediterranean The University of the Mediterranean Aix-Marseille II was a French university in the Academy of Aix and Marseille. Historically, it was part of the University of Aix-Marseille based across the communes of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille in souther ...

and

Paul Cézanne University Paul Cézanne University (also referred to as Paul Cézanne University Aix-Marseille III; French: ''Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III'') was a public research university based in the heart of Provence (south east of France), in both Aix ...

to become

Aix-Marseille University Aix-Marseille University (AMU; french: Aix-Marseille Université; formally incorporated as ''Université d'Aix-Marseille'') is a public research university located in the Provence region of southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II o ...

, the youngest, but also the largest in terms of students, budgets and staff in the French-speaking world.

Overview

The University of Provence was founded on 9 December 1409 as a ''

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'' by

Louis II of Anjou Louis II (5 October 1377 – 29 April 1417) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1384 to 1417; he claimed the Kingdom of Naples, but only ruled parts of the kingdom from 1390 to 1399. His father, Louis I of Anjouthe founder of the House ...

Count of Provence The land of Provence has a history quite separate from that of any of the larger nations of Europe. Its independent existence has its origins in the frontier nature of the dukedom in Merovingian Gaul. In this position, influenced and affected by ...

, and subsequently recognized by papal bull issued by

Antipope Alexander V Peter of Candia, also known as Peter Phillarges (c. 1339 – May 3, 1410), named as Alexander V ( la, Alexander PP. V; it, Alessandro V), was an antipope elected by the Council of Pisa during the Western Schism (1378–1417). He reigned briefly ...

. In 1792, the University of Provence, along with twenty-one other universities, was dissolved. The university was recreated in 1896. Following riots among university students in

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, it was re-established in 1970 through a merger of the school of humanities in Aix-en-Provence and the science one in Marseille. "The University of Provence asone of the most distinguished in France, second only to the University of Paris in the areas of French literature, history, and linguistics", according to

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's website. In the academic year of 2007–2008, 23,056 students were enrolled. Among them, 15,158 were female, while only 7,898 were male. 3,255 students came from countries outside France, 44 per cent of these came from Africa. 15,109 students studied in

, while others went to

Avignon Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of So ...

Digne Digne-les-Bains (; Occitan: ''Dinha dei Banhs''), or simply and historically Digne (''Dinha'' in the classical norm or ''Digno'' in the Mistralian norm), is the prefecture of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Cô ...

Lambesc Lambesc () is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. In 2018, it had a population of 9,799. Lambesc is located in the heart of Provence at the foot of the Côtes mountain ra ...

Arles Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of ...

and

Aubagne Aubagne (, ''Aubanha'' in Occitan according to the classic norm or ''Aubagno'' according to the Mistralian norm) is a commune in the southern French department of Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2018, it had a population of 47,208. Its inhabitants are k ...

. Overall, its facilities spanned 258 143 m². In 2007, the budget was 120,7 million euros, with 39,2 million euros available after wages. It had its own

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Publications de l'Université de Provence Publications de l'Université de Provence (PUP) is a university press that is part of the University of Provence The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I (french: Université de Provence) was a public research university mostly located in Aix-e ...

. It also had its own theater, the Théâtre Antoine Vitez, named for

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Departments

* Ancient Civilisations * Anthropology * Applied Linguistics * Arabic, Berber languages, Persian, Turkish, Yiddish, Hebrew * Art History and Archeology * Biology * Chemistry and Physics * Cognitive Psychology * Developing and Differential Psychology * Drama * English * Environmental Studies * Ergology * French * Film Studies * Geography and Urban Planning * German * Hellenism * Hispanic and Latin American Studies * History * Information Technology * Italian * Korean * Linguistics * Mathematics, Computer Science and Mechanics * Media Studies * Miscellaneous Languages (Armenian, Hindi and Japanese) * Music * Philosophy * Phonetics and French as a Foreign Language * Portuguese * Psychology and Psychopathology * Romanian * Slavic Languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Czech) * Sociology * Teaching Studies * Visual Arts

Notable faculty and alumni

Christian Bromberger Christian Bromberger (Born in 1946, Paris) is a French professor of anthropology and an expert of Iranian studies at the University of Provence in France. He is a specialist in studying the culture of Gilan in the Northern side of Iran and also th ...

, professor of anthropology and an expert of Iranian studies *

Georges Duby Georges Duby (7 October 1919 – 3 December 1996) was a French historian who specialised in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential medieval historians of the twentieth century and was one of Franc ...

taught at the University of Provence. *

Mansour Mohamed El-Kikhia Mansour Mohamed El-Kikhia ( ar, منصور محمد الكيخيا) (born 28 November 1936) is a Libyan academic and politician. El-Kikhia is a former member of the Libyan National Transitional Council as a city representative for Benghazi. He is ...

: Libyan politician and member of the interim

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(NTC). *

Sadaf Foroughi Sadaf Foroughi ( fa, صدف فروغی; born July 27, 1976) is an Iranian director, screenwriter, producer and editor. She has a bachelor's degree in French literature. After receiving her master's degree in film studies from University of Provenc ...

and Kiarash Anvari are graduates of the film studies department. * Gilles-Gaston Granger taught there from 1964 to 1986. * Pablo Daniel Magee, writer and investigative journalist, followed Hispanic and Latin American Studies at the University of Provence. *Prof. Dr. John H. Hubbard taught at the University of Provence. *2008

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laureate in literature J.M.G. Le Clézio earned a master's degree with a thesis on

Henri Michaux Henri Michaux (; 24 May 1899 – 19 October 1984) was a Belgian-born French poet, writer and painter. Michaux is renowned for his strange, highly original poetry and prose, and also for his art: the Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim ...

from the University of Provence in 1964. *

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 ...

, published historian and

American Civilization The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous cultures formed, and many saw transformations in the 16th century away from more densely ...

specialist, taught at the University of Provence. *

Paul Veyne Paul Veyne (; 13 June 1930 – 29 September 2022) was a French archaeologist and historian, and a specialist of Ancient Rome. A student of the École Normale Supérieure and member of the École française de Rome, he was honorary professor at th ...

taught at the University of Provence in the 1960s. *

Norodom Ranariddh Norodom Ranariddh ( km, នរោត្តម រណឫទ្ធិ; 2 January 1944 – 28 November 2021) was a Cambodian prince, politician and law academic. He was the second son of King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half-brother of Kin ...

, a Cambodian politician and prince. He is a close relative to the current king of Cambodia, Norodom Sihamoni.

References

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University of Provence The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I (french: Université de Provence) was a public research university mostly located in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. It was one of the three Universities of Aix-Marseille and was part of the Academy of ...

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