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Created by the historian Fernand Braudel in 1963, the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme supports research and disseminates knowledge in the humanities and social sciences
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Our work is currently organized around the following general focus areas.
Arts and cultures
Thinking through societies in their social, cultural and patrimonial diversity to enrich our representations of the world
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Democracy & Freedom
Understanding the metamorphosis of democracies and defending academic freedom
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Global networks
Connecting researchers and knowledge to understand the complexity of the world
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Social History Mattei Dogan Prize
Prize of the Foundation Mattei Dogan and of the FMSH for a thesis of excellency
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