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60 ans

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 is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
Programme Thémis

Call for applications

Themis Programme
Impeded research
Le Comptoir

Knowledge dissemination

Le Comptoir: a new meeting place with social sciences and humanities
Dedicated to the promotion and discovery of humanities and social sciences, Le Comptoir is a place that combines the sale of books and journals with an original scientific and cultural programme.
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
Visit us
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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Programme Thémis

Ongoing call

Themis programme
Call for applications | Impeded research
Programme DEA

Ongoing call

DEA Programme
Call for applications
Prix Herman Diederiks

Ongoing call

Herman Diederiks Prize
Call for applications | Dedicated to crime history and penal justice articles
Afrique(s), Éditions de la MSH

Ongoing call

« Afrique(s) » collection
Call for papers

Our services to the community

Editions de la MSH

Éditions of the MSH

Disseminating knowledge, documenting public debates
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

A meeting place with social sciences and humanities
Entrée de la Maison Suger

Maison Suger

A place of residence and research for foreign researchers

Events

Parcours d'intellectuels en exil : un humanisme sans frontières
Conference

Exile: as liberation and reinvention of identity

June 13 | A lecture by Lun Zhang
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Les parutions des Éditions de la MSH - janvier-juin 2023
Book

Publications by the Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme

Catalog January-October 2023
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Zones contraintes, podcast FMSH recherche entravée
Podcast

Le Brésil vu par Rebecca Lemos Igreja

Zones contraintes #1
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