History of Languages O'
Inalco celebrates 150 years at 2 rue de Lille
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the École des langues orientales' move to 2 rue de Lille and the creation of its library, Inalco and BULAC are offering a program this year (2023/2024) dedicated to this decisive period in our institution's history.
(http://www.inalco.fr/actualite/inalco-celebre-150-ans-installation-2-rue-lille)
The history of Langues O' has yet to be written. Admittedly, on the occasion of the centenary or bicentenary, works have appeared that inform us about the major milestones in the establishment's history: premises and statutes, for example, and we often know rather well the biographies of tenured staff, great Orientalist scholars. But we lack a global history that would insert the small history of Langues O' into the great developments of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
We need to place our intellectual history in the context of the development of the humanities and social sciences, to examine the role of "local informants", and in particular "native repetiteurs", in the development of our knowledge, and to integrate our administrative and political history with that of higher education and its reforms, think about our diplomatic history in relation to France's history with the world, through colonization and decolonization, elaborate our social history by taking an interest in those who were our students, reflect on our cultural history, on the image of our establishment in French society. We need to take stock of our sources, and question our methods and the issues at stake. It is to share this nascent undertaking with researchers who have begun to clear these questions that we invite you.
Since January 2023 Inalco has had a Comité Histoire des Langues O' whose aim is to conduct research into the history of the institution, in its entirety, and in its relationship to intellectual, political and social developments in France and the world. The aim of these meetings is to reflect on the challenges and methods of such a historical ambition.
This is Emmanuel Lozerand (http://www.inalco.fr/enseignant-chercheur/emmanuel-lozerand ), Professor of Japanese Language and Literature, who has been put in charge of this History mission at Inalco.
Two lectures have already been held, which you can listen to freely
Conferences "1873: a turning point in the history of Langues O' - Ça déménage!". (Re)experience the first episodes of this program as a replay or podcast!
(http://www.inalco.fr/actualite/mise-ligne-conferences-1873-tournant-histoire-langues-o-demenage)
You can also find them on the Acast platform ( https://shows.acast.com/les-langues-o-toute-a-history) where they'll all be collected, whether you use Spotify, Deezer or Google Podcasts.
Virtual exhibition "1873-2023, 150 years rue de Lille"
As part of the 150th anniversary of the installation of the École des langues orientales at 2 rue de Lille, the exhibition "1873-2023, 150 years rue de Lille" offers an interactive retracing of the history of this building.
(http://www.inalco.fr/actualite/exposition-virtuelle-1873-2023-150-ans-rue-lille )
And discover the Flâneries, the story cycle that immerses you in the history of Inalco.
(http://www.inalco.fr/flaneries-actualites)
https://www-contribution.inalco.fr/flaneries-dans-lhistoire-de-linalco-0
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Historical lectures Les Langues O' : toute une histoire !
( https://shows.acast.com/les-langues-o-toute-une-histoire )