2024 Annual Report
Initiatives and datas
The Foundation's 2024 annual report looks over a year of initiatives and achievements, closing a multi-year cycle marked by stability, serenity, and ambition.
Dive into testimonials, projects, publications, and key figures that highlight the FMSH's commitment to the development and dissemination of knowledge in the humanities and social sciences.
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Snapshot 2024
Cooperation
Three Franco-Nordic projects selected
Launched in 2023, the Franco-Nordic trilateral programme unveils its first three winning projects, illustrating the ambition for enhanced scientific cooperation.
Lectures
Launch of the second edition of the series 'Intellectuals in exile'
This second edition studied how exile has fueled intellectual and democratic renewal by giving a voice to those forced to rebuild their freedom of thought afar.
Performance
Jouer l’archive, "Playing the archive, october-december 1940"
A unique immersive experience for the public, with a research-creation project that revives historical archives to explore, through art, the political mechanics of Vichy France.
106
visiting researchers
189
researchers-in-residence
56
project leaders
64
countries
+ 60
French host organizations
Event
White and Black Night
For its second participation in Paris's Nuit Blanche, the Foundation offered a sensory and intellectual journey between ghosts, dark matter, and Kizomba dance.
Foundation Award
The Louis Dumont Fund awards eight social anthropology projects
Eight winners were awarded grants by the Louis Dumont Fund for Research to carry out their field research projects in social anthropology.
Event
European Heritage Days
During European Heritage Days, the Suger House celebrated its heritage and architecture with an evening dedicated to the major figures who have contributed to its history.
Event
La modernité tardive en crise
An evening presentation of the book, in English, featuring co-author Hartmut Rosa in dialogue with Eva Illouz.
Arts & HSS
Two artist residencies dedicated to research in the social sciences and humanities
The FMSH is expanding its Arts & SHS program by funding, for the first time, two artist residencies alongside three research projects, thereby strengthening the dialogue between art and the humanities.
Dissemination
FMSH Diffusion at the Blois History Festival
FMSH Diffusion-distribution marked its presence at the heart of France's largest pop-up bookshop dedicated to history, highlighting the diversity and quality of the Foundation's general catalog.
37
new publications
33 600
books and journals marketed
50 000
videos and podcasts freely available
Meeting
Transatlantic Dialogue for Peace. How can we build a lasting peace?
The FMSH and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation arranged a discussion in New York to explore different approaches to peacebuilding.
Journal
Publication of issue no. 2 of the FMSH Journal
When research crosses borders: a journey to the heart of the FMSH's initiatives.
Book
Inequality is a choice
This book exposes the fact that the explosion of inequality since the 1970s is the result of deliberate political choices and not the natural functioning of markets.
Awarded Projects | Louis Dumont Fund 2025
Discover the 2025 awarded projects of the Social Anthropology Research Fund
Maria Vlachou Appointed Director of the Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme
FMSH Diffusion au Festival de l'histoire de l'art de Fontainebleau 2025
Du 6 au 8 juin 2025
Festival Pariscience 2025 : 7e année de partenariat avec la FMSH
Un engagement commun pour une culture scientifique accessible, critique et sensible
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Published at 16 June 2025