Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; ) was a

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Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the

University of Paris The University of Paris (), known Metonymy, metonymically as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated wit ...

. In 2018, it merged with

Pierre and Marie Curie University Pierre and Marie Curie University ( , UPMC), also known as Paris VI, was a public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussieu Campus in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, ...

and some smaller entities to form a new university called

Sorbonne University Sorbonne University () is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to the Middle Ages in 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon as a constituent college of the Unive ...

and became its Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

History

Paris-Sorbonne University was one of the inheritors of the Faculty of Humanities () of the

(also known as the ''Sorbonne''), which ceased to exist following student protests in

May 1968 The following events occurred in May 1968: May 1, 1968 (Wednesday) *In Dallas, at its first meeting since its creation through a merger, the United Methodist Church removed its rule that Methodist ministers could not drink alcohol nor sm ...

. The Faculty of Humanities 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 Sorbonne University Alliance (French language, French: ''Alliance Sorbonne Université'') is a group of ten academic institutions associated with the Sorbonne University. After the fusion between Paris-Sorbonne University and Pierre and Marie C ...

. Paris-Sorbonne University enrolled about 24,000 students in 20 departments specialising in

arts The arts or creative arts are a vast range of human practices involving creativity, creative expression, storytelling, and cultural participation. The arts encompass diverse and plural modes of thought, deeds, and existence in an extensive ...

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

and

languages Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and signed forms, and may also be conveyed through writing. Human language is ch ...

, divided in 12

campus A campus traditionally refers to the land and buildings of a college or university. This will often include libraries, lecture halls, student centers and, for residential universities, residence halls and dining halls. By extension, a corp ...

es throughout

. Seven of the campuses were situated in the historic

Latin Quarter The Latin Quarter of Paris (, ) is an urban university campus in the 5th and the 6th arrondissements of Paris. It is situated on the left bank of the Seine, around the Sorbonne. Known for its student life, lively atmosphere, and bistros, t ...

, 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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, called

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. 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 Sorbonne University Alliance (French language, French: ''Alliance Sorbonne Université'') is a group of ten academic institutions associated with the Sorbonne University. After the fusion between Paris-Sorbonne University and Pierre and Marie C ...

, an alliance with the successor of the faculty of

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

and

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and of the faculty of

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of the University of Paris (respectively, Panthéon-Assas University and

Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University Pierre and Marie Curie University ( , UPMC), also known as Paris VI, was a public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussieu Campus in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, ...

). This group allowed Paris-Sorbonne University students to pursue several

dual degree Joint degrees are academic qualifications awarded through integrated curricula often jointly coordinated and delivered by multiple higher education institutions, sometimes across different countries. Graduates may receive a single qualification ...

s. 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

On 1 January 2018, Paris-Sorbonne University merged with

to create the

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Notable people

Notable faculty and staff

Notable Paris-Sorbonne university faculty include: * Dominique Barbéris,

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

, 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 form ...

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

, member of the

Académie des sciences morales et politiques An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

(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. Life Contamine was a president of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettr ...

, historian, member of the

Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres). History ...

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 reformation. He is a professor at Paris-Sorbonne University whe ...

, historian, awarded the Madeleine Laurain-Portemer prize by the

Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

* Marc Fumaroli, member of the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

, professor at the

Collège de France The (), formerly known as the or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment () in France. It is located in Paris near La Sorbonne. The has been considered to be France's most ...

Jean Favier Jean Favier (2 April 1932 – 12 August 2014) was a French historian, who specialized in Medieval history. From 1975 to 1994, he was director of the French National Archives. From 1994 to 1997, he was president of the Bibliothèque nationale de F ...

(1932–2014), historian, member of the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres). History ...

Nicolas Grimal Nicolas-Christophe Grimal (born 13 November 1948 in Libourne) is a French Egyptologist. Biography Nicolas Grimal was born to Pierre Grimal in 1948. After his Agrégation in Classics in 1971, he obtained a PhD in 1976 and a Doctorat d'État in ...

egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , ''-logia''; ) is the scientific study of ancient Egypt. The topics studied include ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end ...

, member of the

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. In 19 ...

, historian *

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

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

, member of the

(2008) * Danièle Pistone,

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

, correspondent member at the

Académie des beaux-arts The (; ) is a French learned society based in Paris. It is one of the five academies of the . The current president of the academy (2021) is Alain-Charles Perrot, a French architect. Background The academy was created in 1816 in Paris as a me ...

(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 pub ...

, English Literature *

Jean Tulard Jean Tulard (; born 22 December 1933, Paris) is a French academic and historian. Considered one of the best specialists of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Napoleonic era ( Directory, Consulate and First French Empire), he is nicknamed by his peers ...

, historian, member of the

(1994)

Notable alumni

Madrid - World Youth Day 2011 - Cardinal Barbarin - 2

Donald Adamson Donald Adamson, (30 March 1939 – 18 January 2024), was a British literary scholar and historian. Books which he wrote include ''Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist, and Thinker about God'' and '' Balzac and the Tradition of the European ...

(1939–2024), British historian * Shmuel Agmon (born 1922), Israeli mathematician *

Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari (; born 1 January 1948) is a Qatari diplomat and politician. Dr. Al-Kuwari serves as State Minister with rank of Deputy Prime Minister. He is currently President of Qatar National Library and was formerly the Minis ...

(born 1948), Qatari diplomat *

Sophia Antoniadis Sophia Antoniadis (, 31 July 1895, Piraeus - 25 January 1972, Athens) was a Greek Byzantinist. She was the first female professor at the Leiden University, the first female Humanities professor in the Netherlands and during her career was one of ...

(1895–1972), classical scholar and first female professor at Leiden University *

Soheir Bakhoum Soheir Bakhoum, also Suhayr Salīm Bāẖūm (1 April 1947 - 19 June 2003) was an Egyptian-French numismatist, who specialised in Roman Alexandria The history of Alexandria dates back to the city's founding, by Alexander the Great, in 331 B ...

(1947-2003), curator and numismatist *

Philippe Barbarin Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin (born 17 October 1950) is a French Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 2002 to 2020. He was made a cardinal in 2003. He was convicted in 2019 of failing to report alleged sex ...

(born 1950), French Catholic Archbishop of Lyon and cardinal *

Charlotte Casiraghi Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi (born 3 August 1986) is a Monégasque model, socialite, equestrian and journalist. She is the second child of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and Stefano Casiraghi, an Italian industrialist. She is eleventh in ...

(born 1986), Italian fashion journalist * Karl P. Cohen (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 t ...

(1950–1991), Romanian historian * Abiol Lual Deng (born 1983), South Sudanese-American political scientist * Mamadou Diouf, Senegalese professor of Western African history at

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Marie Drucker Marie Drucker (born 3 December 1974) is a French journalist, author, television and radio personality. Early life The daughter of Jean Drucker, a French television executive, and a niece of Michel Drucker, a television journalist, she was educat ...

(born 1974), French journalist * Soudabeh Fazaeli (born 1947), Iranian seismologist, researcher, mythologist and writer *

Luc Ferry Luc Ferry (; born 3 January 1951) is a French public intellectual and voluminous author, who is a proponent of secular humanism. He was Minister of National Education for three years during the presidency of Jacques Chirac. Biography He rece ...

(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 for the 3rd constituency of Yvelines from 2012 to 2017. A member of The Republicans (LR), he previously was a specia ...

(born 1957) French politician *

William Irigoyen William Irigoyen (9 February 1970, Villecresnes in Val-de-Marne) is a French journalist working for the TV channel Arte. Parcours After studying German and journalism at CELSA Paris, William Irigoyen became editor-reporter for France 2 and Fra ...

(born 1970), French journalist * Besiana Kadare (born 1972), Albanian Ambassador to the UN *

Samir Kassir Samir Kassir (; 5 May 1960 – 2 June 2005) was a Lebanese-Palestinian journalist of '' An-Nahar'' and professor of history at Saint-Joseph University, who was an advocate of democracy and prominent opponent of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. ...

(1960–2005), Lebanese-French professor of history at Saint-Joseph University *

Jiddu Krishnamurti Jiddu Krishnamurti ( ; 11 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) was an Indian Philosophy, philosopher, speaker, writer, and Spirituality, spiritual figure. Adopted by members of the Theosophy, Theosophical tradition as a child, he was raised to fill ...

(born 1895), Indian philosopher * Thanh Hai Ngo (born 1947), Vietnamese-Canadian senator * Caterina Magni (born 1966) Italian-French archaeologist * Shahrzad Rafati (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 Christiane Marie Taubira (; born 2 February 1952) is a French politician who served as Minister of Justice of France in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls under President François Hollande from 2012 until 20 ...

(born 1952), Minister of Justice of France * Habib Tawa (born 1945), Lebanese-French historian *

Jean-Pierre Thiollet Jean-Pierre Thiollet (; born 9 December 1956) is a French writer and journalist. He is also affiliated with the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions, a European trade union. Career Thiollet attended a school in Châtelleraul ...

(born 1956), French writer *

Shunichi Yamaguchi is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Biography After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University is a private Christian university in Shibuy ...

(born 1950), Japanese politician * Nureldin Satti, Sudanese diplomat and ambassador to the United States. *

Geneviève Vergez-Tricom Geneviève Vergez-Tricom (16 July 1889 – 7 December 1966) was a French geographer and historian. After a career in history, she specialized in geography, where she was one of the first French women to be teachers and publish in geographical publ ...

(1889-1966), French geographer, historian *

Jemima West Jemima West (born 11 August 1987) is a French-English actress. She is bilingual and mostly grew up in Paris. She is best known for playing Isabelle Lightwood in the film adaptation of '' The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'' and Alice Whelan i ...

(born 1987), Anglo-French actress * Baby Varghese, Indian scholar and professor *

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

(born 1939), Pakistani Tourism worker, cultural activist and Professor of French. Studied International Tourism. * Zahia Ziouani (born 1978), French composer

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Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi Campus

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Notable people

Notable faculty and staff

Notable alumni

See also

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