Sorbonne Summer University - Cycles of courses program
The Summer University offers several cycles of courses, in French and English, given by teacher-researchers from the Sorbonne University community.
Sorbonne Summer University - Cycles of courses program
There are 15.0 hours of lectures per week, 3.0 hours a day, Monday to Friday, in the morning or afternoon, depending on the course. This pace allows participants to enjoy classes, and also visit Paris afterwards.
You can register for more than one course.
Cycle in french
Week 1: 1 to 5 July 2024 from 2pm to 5pm
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Week 2: 8 to 12 July 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
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Week 3: 15 to 19July 2023 from 2pm to 5pm
To reflect on the foundations of European civilization, Cycle 1 offers an introduction to philosophy in Greece and Rome as we// as a study of its relations to politics. This cycle invites a reflection on the art in Antiquity and its influence on the power of the speech and covers an introduction to rhetoric.
Telling the Past in Ancient Greece: Epic and History
Sébastien Morlet, Greek, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Living Happily: An Introduction to Roman Stoicism
Juliette Dross, Latin language and literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Reflection on art in Antiquity andits influence until today
Juliette Dross, Latin language and literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The power of speech: Greco-Roman rhetoric and its contemporary extensions
Sébastien Morlet, Greek, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Chuckle with the Greeks
Yann Migoubert, Greek, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Cycle in french
Week 2: 8 to 12 July 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
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Week 3: 15 to 19July 2023 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
This cycle will attempt to show how modernity operated in the 19th century on the world around us and what we still have of it today.
Paris, capital of revolutions
Arnaud Houte, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
How the French became modern
Arnaud Houte, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The Opera Garnier
Jean-Baptiste Minnaert, history of art, y of Arts and at
Challenges and renewals: changing religion in Europe in19th century
Rémy Heme de Lacotte, history, Faculty of Arts and at Sorbonne University
State diplomacy in the 19th century, tradition and modernity
Isabelle Dasque, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Cycle in french
Week 1: 1 to 5 July 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
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Week 2: 8 to 12 July 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
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Week 3: 15 to 19July 2023 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
This cycle of conferences offers a journey through the major works of French literature, to discover or rediscover emblematic texts, bases of a common culture. In particular, will be discussed the works that made an impact when they were published and are still relevant to this day. We will thus examine what a classic consists of, by considering the various ways in which literary productions play with aesthetic codes and fashion models - from the Renaissance to the contemporary period. Each conference deals with a particular period of French literature.
The 16th century
Paul-Victor Desarbres, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University (weeks 1 and 2)
Adeline Lionetto, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University (weeks 3 and 4)
The 17th century
Delphine Amstutz, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Tiphaine Rolland, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The 18th century
Sophie Marchand, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Stéphanie Géhanne, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The 19th century
Boris Lyon-Caen, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Christophe Pradeau, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Anaïs Goudmand, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The 20th and 21st centuries
Judith Sarfati-Lanter, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Fabien Gris, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Cycle in french
Week 1: 1 to 5 July 2024 from 2pm to 5pm
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Week 2: 8 to 12 July 2024 from 2pm to 5pm
This cycle gives the keys to understanding some of the major themes in the field of philosophy.
The social dimension of science
Cédric Paternotte, philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Should science only describe the world ? Logical positivism
Cédric Paternotte, philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Humanism, Transhumanism, Posthumanism
Pierre-Henri Tavoillot, philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
German idealism (Kant, Hegel)
Pierre-Henri Tavoillot, philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The overcoming of metaphysics
Vincent Blanchet, philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Cycle in french
Week 2: 8 to 12 July 2024 from 2pm to 5pm
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Week 3: 15 to 19 July 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
French history is full of iconic figures - men and women who are famous the world over. Each in their own way has left their mark and helped to shape the country we see today. This cycle looks at the indelible impression left by five famous French men and women who have achieved almost mythical status.
Charles de Gaulle (week 3)
Arnaud Houte, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Louis XIV
Lucien Bély, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Joséphine Baker (week 2)
Nathalie Duval, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Napoléon (week 2)
Jacques-Olivier Boudon, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Victor Hugo (week 2)
Boris Lyon-Caen, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Marie Curie and the women who lie in the Pantheon (week 2)
Nathalie Duval, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Molière (week 3)
Sophie Marchand, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Louis Pasteur
Gilles Fumey, geography, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Cycle in english
Week 1: 1 to 5 July 2024 from 2pm to 5pm
National memory: history and culture
Yann Migoubert, Greek, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
From plate to pixel : a brief history of the photographic image
Jagna Oltarzewska, English language and literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
General history of France
Jean-François Dunyach, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Project management
Yann Migoubert, Greek, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Reducing the carbon footprint of Olympic construction sites
Patrizia Ingallina, geography, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Cycle in french
Week 1: 1 to 5 July 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
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Week 2: 8 to 12 July 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
This cycle presents the role of French women in the history of France and their influence in the arts and literature.
French women and diplomacy from modern times to the present day
Isabelle Dasque, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Women and writing
Anne Tomiche, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The female body of the 19th century to the present day
Nathalie Duval, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The Parisian between myth and reality
Nathalie Duval, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Women at work, 19th-20th centuries: an emancipation ?
Arnaud Houte, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Although women have always worked, a large number of professions and positions of power have been forbidden to them. After an overview of the conditions of women's work in nineteenth-century France, this course will focus on the transformations brought about by industrialization and the rise in the level of education. It will then address the resistance and obstacles to the development of women's work in the first half of the 20th century. It will conclude with a reflection on the new challenges of professional equality from the end of the 20th century to the present day. The course will focus on case studies and individual stories to study these women at work.
Cycle in french
Week 1: 1 to 5 July 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
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Week 2: 8 to 12 July 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
France is one of those countries that has a particular passion for food. With the invention of catering and gastronomy at the beginning of the
Industrial Revolution, France moulded a relationship with food and the table that set it apart from its neighbors. This is one of the reasons why
wines, cheeses, charcuterie and pastries are France's best ambassadors to the world.
History of french gastronomy and cuisine 1
Fabien Faugeron, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
History of french gastronomy and cuisine 2
Fabien Faugeron, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Gastronomy, a french exception
Gilles Fumey, geography, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Bread, wine and cheese: cultural bestsellers
Gilles Fumey, geography, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
What is a "local product" ?
Vincent Moriniaux, geography, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Cycle in english
Week 1: 1 to 5 July 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
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Week 3: 15 to 19 July 2024 from 2pm to 5pm
The Opera Garnier
Jean-Baptiste Minnaert, history of art, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
From the royal Louvre to the republican Concorde 1
Jean-François Dunyach, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
From the royal Louvre to the republican Concorde 2
Jean-François Dunyach, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The Sorbonne
Yann Migoubert, Greek, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Upcoming courses
Cycle in french
Week 2: 8 to 12 July 2024 from 2pm to 5pm
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Week 3: 15 to 19 July 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
The Eiffel Tower
Arnaud Houte, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Department stores (Samaritaine)
Jean-Baptiste Minnaert, history of art, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Les Halles
Reynald Abad, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The Louvre Museum
Edith Fagnoni, géographie, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The Sorbonne
Reynald Abad, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Cycle in french
Week 1: 1 to 5 July 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
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Week 2: 8 to 12 July 2024 from 2pm to 5pm
Are the French a rebellious people? We will see that there was not only one French revolution in 1789 through different disciplines.
The French Revolution
Jean-François Dunyach, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Women as actors and victims of the French Revolution
Nathalie Duval, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
May - June 68, a French revolution
Arnaud Houte, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The consumer revolution in contemporary times
Jean-Pierre Williot, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The revolution on the plate
Vincent Moriniaux, geography, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Cycle in french
Week 1: 1 to 5 July 2024 from 2pm to 5pm
The consequences of climate change on wine in France
Vincent Moriniaux, geography, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
History of the environment
Nestor Herran, history of sciences, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The fathers of ecology: from Humboldt to Heckel
Gilles Fumey, geography, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Climate change in the literature
Judith Sarfati, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Energy companies and climate change
Yves Bouvier, History, University of Rouen-Normandie
Cycle in french
Week 2: 8 to 12 July 2024 from 2pm to 5pm
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Week 3: 15 to 19 July 2024 from 2pm to 5pm
Legal aspects
Arnaud Latil, private law, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Morality in uncharted waters: artificial intelligence versus the human mind
Pierre-Henri Tavoillot, philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The historical challenges of artificial intelligence
Benjamin Thierry, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The ethics of artificial intelligence
Adrien Tallent, philosophy, PhD Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Upcoming courses
Week 3: 15 to 19 July 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm
Rhetoric is the art of convincing and persuading through speech. This cycle, which explores rhetoric in all its aspects, deals with substance (content of speech) as well as form (manner of delivery) and articulates theory (rhetorical method) as well as practice (application of this method).
Juliette Dross, Latin language and literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
This course requires a very good mastery of french (minimum level C1).
Contact
Université d’été
75230 Paris Cedex 05