(Redirected from École des Hautes Études)The 'École pratique des hautes études' is a
university in
Paris,
France. It is part of the
University of Paris.
The EPHE was created on
July 31,
1868, by a decree of
Victor Duruy, French Minister of Public Education, and is presently, "a grand institution of higher learning" according to the French Ministry of Education. In
1975, its ''VI Section'' (''Sciences Économiques et Sociales''), created in 1947 as a
social sciences section, gained autonomy and became an independent higher education institution, the
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). It was developed through the
1960s, mainly with the help of
Ford Foundation support, and played a part of American influence in Europe since. As an independent school, the E.H.E.S.S. is still tied to the E.P.H.E.
The lessons are given at EPHE by high level researchers called ''directeurs d'études''. The ''conférences'' or seminars are accessible to all. EPHE delivers proper diplomas, as well as national diplomas of third cycle (master, the former
DEA, and
doctorate).
The school is divided into three sections:
#Life and earth sciences
#Historical and philological sciences (also known as "fourth section");
#Religious sciences (founded in
1886).
It supports and rules two independent institutes, whom the European Institute of Religious Studies, or Institut Européen en Sciences des Religions, founded upon a project elaborated and submitted to the French authorities by the philosopher and former
Che Guevara activist
Regis Debray, who oriented his work toward a rather religious social reflexion.
External links
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EPHE official site
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IESR site
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EHESS site
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Philosophe Régis Debray's official site.