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Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme

The foundation

A 60-year work for humanities and social sciences research
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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Knowledge dissemination

Le Comptoir, a unique venue dedicated to the humanities and social sciences
Book presentations, conferences, workshop, exhibitions, specialized bookstore, discover our place committed to scientific dissemination
Maison Suger

Research residency

Discover the Maison Suger
A place of residence and research for foreign researchers
Apply for a grant
Apply for a grant
Organise a research stay
Organise a research stay
Publish and disseminate your research
Publish and disseminate your research
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Visit us
Focus areas
Our work is currently organized around the following general focus areas.
Librairies, livres et visiteurs

Sciences and society

Spreading knowledge to citizen to nurture an informed society
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Arts and cultures

Thinking through societies in their social, cultural and patrimonial diversity to enrich our representations of the world
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Démocratie et libertés

Democracy & Freedom

Understanding the metamorphosis of democracies and defending academic freedom
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jetée vue du ciel

Global networks

Connecting researchers and knowledge to understand the complexity of the world
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Ongoing call

Atlas 2025 : Belarus, Moldova and Russia > France
Call for applications | Postdoctoral fellowship
Atlas Iran

Ongoing call

Atlas: Iran > France
Call for applications | Postdoctoral fellowship
Appel à résidence "Philip & Mary Hyman"

Ongoing call

Call for residencies: ‘Everyday life in France in the Early Modern’
A month's residency at the Maison Suger on the theme of ‘Everyday life in France in the Early Modern’
Atlas Afrique de l'Est-France

Ongoing call

Atlas : East Africa > France
Call for applications | Postdoctoral fellowship

Ongoing call

Atlas: Russia, Belarus and Moldova > France
Call for applications | Postdoctoral fellowship

Our services to the community

Editions de la MSH

Éditions of the MSH

Disseminating rigorous yet accessible knowledge
Canal-U

Canal-U

The audiovisual platform for higher education and research
Diffusion du livre scientifique

Diffusion of publications

Promoting French and Francophone scientific production
Librairie en ligne

Le Comptoir

More than a bookshop, a unique place dedicated to the humanities and social sciences
Entrée de la Maison Suger

Maison Suger

A place of residence and research for foreign researchers

Events

Rencontre autour du livre "Nymphoplastie", Éditions de la MSH
Meeting

Nymphoplastie

November 13 | « Livres en dialogue » evening presentation
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Actualité

Canal-U's new season

Canal-U: The audiovisual platform for higher education and research
Le Comptoir
Actualité

The Comptoir programme

Explore the Comptoir's calendar of events for October, November and December 2024
Parution rentrée 2024
Article

Publications of the Éditions de la MSH

Discover the September-December 2024 catalogue