Danièle Hervieu-Léger (born 3 February 1947) is a French sociologist specialized in the

sociology of religion Sociology of religion is the study of the beliefs, practices and organizational forms of religion using the tools and methods of the discipline of sociology. This objective investigation may include the use both of Quantitative research, quantit ...

Biography

A graduate of the

Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris Sciences Po () or Sciences Po Paris, also known as the Paris Institute of Political Studies (), is a public research university located in Paris, France, that holds the status of ''grande école'' and the legal status of . The university's unde ...

with a doctorate in sociology, she is also editor of the journal ''Archives des sciences sociales de la religion''. She was a researcher at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) from 1974 to 1993. As president of the

École des hautes études en sciences sociales The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (, EHESS) is a graduate ''grande école'' and '' grand établissement'' in Paris focused on academic research in the social sciences. The school awards Master and PhD degrees alone and conj ...

(EHESS) from March 2004 to March 2009, she undertook significant changes in the institution, particularly lowering the level of students before admission to the Master to abandon school diploma for the benefit of aligning the university system of LMD. She has also initiated a relocation of the school outside Paris, in

Seine-Saint-Denis () is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobi ...

, to integrate it into a new academic center for education, now called "Campus Condorcet", whose composition is constantly changing. In late 2008, Hervieu-Léger was appointed by the Minister of Research,

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, Chair of the Steering Committee for developing the national strategy of research and innovation, and resigned in 2009. Among her awards, she received the

CNRS Silver Medal The CNRS Silver Medal is a scientific award given every year to about fifteen researchers by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). It is awarded to a researcher for "the originality, quality and importance of their work, re ...

in 2001, was named Knight of the Ordre National de la

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and Officer of the National Order of Merit and the Academic Palms. In 2002 Hervieu-Léger received an

honorary doctorate An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or '' ad hon ...

from the Faculty of Theology at

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. She wrote a number of books and articles, notably on the

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and on

cult Cults are social groups which have unusual, and often extreme, religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals. Extreme devotion to a particular person, object, or goal is another characteristic often ascribed to cults. The term ...

Publications

* ''De la mission à la protestation : l'évolution des étudiants chrétiens en France (1965–1970)'', Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 1973. * with Bertrand Hervieu, ''Le retour à la nature : au fond de la forêt, l'État'' Paris :

Éditions du Seuil Éditions du Seuil (), also known as Le Seuil, is a French publishing house established in 1935 by Catholic intellectual Jean Plaquevent (1901–1965), and currently owned by La Martinière Groupe. It owes its name to this goal "The ''seuil'' (th ...

, 1979. * with Bertrand Hervieu, ''Des communautés pour les temps difficiles. Néo-ruraux ou nouveaux moines'', préface de Jean Séguy, Paris, Éditions du Centurion, 1983. * with Françoise Champion, ''Vers un nouveau christianisme. Introduction à la sociologie du christianisme occidental'', Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 1986. * (dir.) with Roland Ducret and Paul Ladrière, ''Christianisme et modernité'', actes du colloque de L'Arbresle, September 1987, Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 1990. * (dir.) with Françoise Champion, ''De l'émotion en religion. Renouveaux et traditions'', Paris, Le Centurion, 1990. * (dir.), ''La religion au lycée. Conférences au lycée Buffon, 1989–1990'', Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 1990. * (dir.), ''Religion et écologie'', 27 and 28 November 1991, Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 1993. * ''La religion pour mémoire'', Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 1993. * (dir.) with Grace Davie, ''Identités religieuses en Europe'', Paris,

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, 1996. * ''La religion en mouvement : le pèlerin et le converti'', Paris,

Flammarion Flammarion may refer to: * Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), French astronomer and author * Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1877–1962), French astronomer, second wife of Camille Flammarion * Sylvie Flammarion (1836-1919), French feminist and paci ...

, 1999. * ''La religion en miettes ou La question des sectes'', Paris,

Calmann-Lévy Calmann-Lévy is a French publishing house founded in 1836 by Michel Lévy as Michel Lévy frères. His brother Kalmus Calmann Lévy joined in 1844. After Michel's death in 1875, the firm was renamed ''Calmann Lévy''.Jean-Paul Willaime, ''Sociologies et religion : approches classiques'', Paris,

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(PUF), 2001. * ''Catholicisme, la fin d'un monde'', Paris, Bayard, 2003. * (dir.) with Erwan Dianteill and Isabelle Saint-Martin, ''La modernité rituelle. Rites politiques et religieux des sociétés modernes'', Paris - Budapest - Torino,

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, 2004.

References

External links

Hervieu-Léger's CV
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hervieu-Leger, Daniele 1947 births Living people French sociologists Knights of the Legion of Honour Sociologists of religion French women sociologists Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite