Inalco in the media
January 2026
Catherine Poujol, professor of Central Asian history, spoke on:
- France culture, February 12, Cultures Monde - Avec le Kazakhstan, se poser en alternative aux impérialismes
Anna Leyloyan-Yekmalyan, lecturer in Russian and Caucasian art history, spoke on:
- Chaîne Youtube Civilnet, February 11, Azerbaijan continues the destruction of Armenian heritage every day
Vanessa Van Renterghem, professor in History of the Medieval Arab-Muslim World, spoke on:
- Chaîne Youtube Histoire en jeux, February 11, What was Baghdad like in the 9th century? A video game tour
Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky, professor of South Asian anthropology, spoke on:
- Info Migrants, February 10, African migrants: "These people face institutional and psychological violence", according to a psychologist
- RFI, February 10, Migrants: Avicenne hospital receives African migrants with severe psychological disorders
Jean Radvanyi, professor emeritus of Russian geography, spoke on:
- Questions internationales, February 9, North Caucasus, a sensitive strategic region hit by war - Jean Radvanyi
Leila Koochakzadeh, lecturer in Modern History and Geography from Iran, spoke on:
- France Culture, February 9, "Iran, de révolutions en répression" - L'Iran perce sous les Qadjar, histoire d'une révolution constitutionnelle
Guibourg Delamotte, Senior Lecturer in Political Science in the Department of Japanese Studies, spoke on:
- France 24, February 9, The debate - Japan's Iron Lady: What will Takaichi do with her landslide win?
- Chaîne Youtube - Talking with TVP world, February 9, EU-Japan ties in Indo-Pacific | Guibourg Delamotte
- RFI, February 9, Japan: after her sweeping victory, Sanae Takaichi must satisfy both her voters and the markets
Ilan Nguyên, Japanese language teacher, was quoted in:
- Le quotidien de l'art - Newsletter, February 9, Manga at Guimet: where are the women?
- See to read, February 6, In my bubble #674. Isao Takahata, pioneer of contemporary animation, from the post-war period to Studio Ghibli, with Ilan Nguyên
Michael Lucken, Professor of History and Art History, specialist in Japan, spoke on:
- Chaîne Youtube Micro Stories Blog, on February 8, Rapid Destruction and Capitulation of Japan (1945) #shorts
Iryna Dmytrychyn, lecturer specializing in Ukraine, spoke on:
- Passage to the East! on February 6, February news, in three parts
Jean-François Huchet, professor specializing in the economy of China and comparative economic systems in Asia and president of Inalco, spoke on:
- Taiwan today, on February 9, MOFA welcomes teachers, trainees from Canada, France, Taiwan
- Taiwan news, February 8, Taiwan and France signal closer education collaboration
- Rti actualités, February 6, INALCO president visits Taiwan
Laetitia Bucaille, professor of political sociology and researcher at Cessma, spoke on:
- L'aut'journal, February 6, A Peace Council to wage war at the UN?
Philippe Aguignier, lecturer on the Chinese economy, spoke on:
- Benin web tv, February 6, China: declining loans and refocusing investment in Africa
- Europe says, February 5, Less loans, tighter projects: Chinese investment in Africa is changing - Afrique économie
L'Inalco was quoted in:
- Kevin le voyageur, February 10, 10 free moocs to learn a language in 2026
- Actualitté, February 9, Applications open for the Prix de la traduction-INALCO
- News tank, February 6, Choose France for Science: first 46 winners unveiled; "continuing the program" (Philippe Baptiste)
- Les Échos, February 5, Des clowns dans les manifs
Bernard Lory, professor emeritus in Balkan civilization, spoke on:
- Le courrier des Balkans, February 3, L'HISTOIRE DES ROMS DANS LES BALKANS, DU MOY-ÂGE À LA PREMIERE Guerre MONDIALE
Thomas Szende, professor of Hungarian, spoke on:
- Le club de Médiapart, February 3, Pannonia or Hunnia? Parliamentary elections in Hungary
Romain Sidos, PhD student at CREE, spoke on:
- Regards sur l'Est, February 2, Baltic countries: preparing the population for drone warfare
Laetitia Bucaille, professor of political sociology and researcher at Cessma, spoke on:
- Le matin d'Algérie, February 2, Un Conseil de la paix pour faire la guerre à l'ONU?
- Revista de prensa, February 1, "Peace plan" for Gaza, the construction of a military-humanitarian order
Delphine Allès, professor of Political Science and researcher at the Centre Asie du Sud-Est and Louise Beaumais, post-doctoral fellow in the DÉCRIPT program, spoke on:
- RFI, February 1er, GÉOPOLITIQUE - Guerre-des récits: qui a encore le droit de dire-le monde?
January 2026
January 2026
Gulistan Sido, doctoral student at Plidam and specialist in Kurdish oral literature, spoke on:
- L'Humanité, January 31, Syria: a risk of Kurdish genocide? Activists explain
Marie Vrinat-Nikolov, professor of Bulgarian language and literature, spoke on:
- Passage to the East! on January 31, 2025 in brief, 2026 (January) in new publications
Damien Nouvel, senior lecturer in automatic language processing and director of the ERTIM team, and Valentina Fedchenko, junior professor holding the "Artificial Intelligence for Rare and Poorly Endowed Languages" Chair, spoke on:
- 60 million consumers, January 2026, Instant translation - These apps that lift the language barrier
Michael Lucken, Professor of History and Art History, specialist in Japan, spoke on:
- Le Monde diplomatique, January 27, Les Occupants. Les Américains au Japon après la seconde guerre mondiale
Sarah Mohamed-Gaillard, maîtresse de conférences en histoire contemporaine, spécialiste de l'Océanie, spoke on:
- France Culture, January 27, Culture de l'info - Essais nucléaires en Polynésie française : un déni durable
- France Culture, January 27, Minneapolis: Donald Trump's about-face
Ilan Nguyên, Japanese language teacher, was quoted in:
- IDFM 98, January 27, All the culture I love
- IGN, January 27, You still have a few days to enjoy the Isao Takahata exhibition at the MCJP
- Mangacast, January 26, Mangacast n°95 - Isao Takahata, Artisan du Réel
Antoine Chalvin, professor of Estonian and Finnish languages and literature, spoke on:
- Mafalda Vidal Youtube channel, on January 21, Chloé Chevalier delivers: November gooseberries, by Andrus Kivirähk
Dilnur Reyhan, lecturer in Uyghur studies, spoke on:
- MotsActu, January 20, Dilnur Reyhan: a voice for Uyghurs in trouble
Iryna Dmytrychyn, lecturer specializing in Ukraine, spoke on:
- Les inrockuptibles, January 14, Un rire comme acte de résistance: the incredible fate of a Ukrainian painting by Ilya Répine
Delphine Allès, Professor of Political Science and researcher at the Centre Asie du Sud-Est spoke on:
- Europe says, January 12, What to do in a Gaullian moment? La France, l'Europe face à l'Empire de l'ombre
Guibourg Delamotte, Senior Lecturer in Political Science in the Department of Japanese Studies, spoke on:
- Mediacongo, January 15, Japan: Prime Minister Takaichi wants early elections to consolidate her majority
- BFM TV, January 10, An empress in Japan? Why Princess Aiko could make history
Laetitia Bucaille, professor of political sociology and researcher at Cessma, spoke on:
- Libération on January 29, "Peace plan" for Gaza, building a military-humanitarian order
- Le Monde, January 29, "Gaza, what future?" : why peace seems elusive in the Middle East
- Paris Parlez, January 29, "Gaza, what future?" : why peace seems elusive in the Middle East
- RFI, January 28, INTERNATIONAL GUEST - Laetitia Bucaille: "Il y a une tentative d'Israël de bâtir ou faire renaître une Gaza alternative"
- RFI, January 10, "Gaza, what future?": when researcher Laetitia Bucaille questions the future of the Palestinian enclave
Chloé Froissart, professor of political science, political sociology of China and Hong Kong, spoke on:
- Le Soir, January 19, China: exports up, consumption and birth rate at half-mast
- Le Soir, January 9, Sinologist Chloé Froissart: "There are still divergent positions in China, but the divergences are harder to express"
Peter Stockinger, University Professor of Language Sciences, spoke on:
- Youtube channel Andrea Cirla, January 9, Pour une historiographie moderne - Roger Chartier (2002)
Ursula Baumgardt, Professor Emeritus of African Orality and Literature, and Aliou Mohamadou, Professor Emeritus of Fulani Linguistics, spoke on:
L'Inalco was quoted in:
- AEF, January 28, Teacher training: more than 5,350 places open in LPE on a hundred sites at the start of the 2026 academic year
- Newsytoday, January 22, MSCA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AT INALCO: FUNDING & SUPPORT 2026
- Forbes, January 20, Masayume Studio: AI at the service of human intelligence
- Le Monde, January 16, French Response, the Quai d'Orsay account that ridicules Elon Musk on his own platform
- La croix, January 19, "Lions of Teranga": where does the nickname given to Senegal's CAN-winning team come from?
- AEF, January 19, Enseignement supérieur : au JO des 17 et 18 janvier 2026
- Europesays, January 12, Baisse de l'offre de formation, économies... Face au déficit, l'Université Bordeaux Montaigne prend des mesures
- Passage à l'Est, January 6, 2025 in brief, 2026 (January) in new publications
Michaël Levystone, PhD student at CREE, co-founder of the Observatoire de la Nouvelle Eurasie (ONE), was quoted on:
- Eureporter, January 5, Kazakhstan's future: Gateway between East and West
- Eureporter, January 5, Kazakhstan's future: Gateway between East and West
Jean-François Huchet, professor specializing in the economy of China and comparative economic systems in Asia and president of Inalco, spoke on:
- Asia magazine, November-December-January 2026, L'Inalco n'est pas seulement une école de langues
- La tribune, January 20, OPINION. "Soutenir l'Université, c'est avoir l'ambition de l'avenir", by Lamri Adoui, Héléne Boulanger, Jean-François Huchet and sixty university presidents
- Forbes, January 17, Facing a deep crisis, China bets on innovation
- France Culture, January 5, How China won out over the West
David Serfass, senior lecturer in history, spoke on:
- Xinhuanet, January 22, En France, un film chinois revive une mémoire oubliée du massacre de Nanjing (REPORTAGE)
- Chaîne Youtube Christine & the Queef, January 4, Le Studio photo de Nankin - Conférence de David Serfass.
December 2025
December 2025
Françoise Robin, professor of Tibetan language and literature, spoke on:
- AllAfrica, December 31, Africa: The year 2025 on RFI Connaissances in 10 articles and 3 series
- RFI, December 31, L'année 2025 sur RFI Connaissances en 10 articles et 3 séries
Céline Bayou, lecturer, associate researcher at CREE (Centre de recherches Europes-Eurasie), spoke on:
- Europe says, on December 23, DIRECT. War in Ukraine: massive Russian drone and missile attack overnight, Polish air force deployed and on alert
- La dépêche, December 23, ENTRETIEN. War in Ukraine: "Recalling certain red lines"... why Emmanuel Macron wants to renew dialogue with Vladimir Putin
Jean-Michel Butel, senior lecturer specializing in Japan, spoke on:
- Le Monde, December 23, "Mythes et légendes du Japon", a collection published by "Le Monde": diving into an ever-changing Japanese folklore
Nathalie Carré, lecturer in Swahili language and literature, spoke on:
- RFI, December 14, CHEMINS D'ÉCRITURE - "Kusadikika": un conte philosophique à la Voltaire sous la plume d'un grand romancier tanzanien
Michael Lucken, professor of History and History of Art, specialist in Japan, spoke on:
- Micro story blog, December 14, The Incredible Story of the Occupation of Japan
Mathieu Valette, professor of language sciences, member of the Equipe de recherche Textes, Informatiques et Multilinguisme (ERTIM), spoke on:
- France Culture, December 11, La Science, CQFD, Cognitive warfare: latest news from the front
Dilnur Reyhan, lecturer in Uyghur studies, spoke on:
- France Info, December 9, China: how to explain LFI MP Aurélien Taché's change of tune?
Maxime Audinet, Junior Professor and holder of the "Stratégies d'influence" chair, spoke on:
- Scroll in, December 17, With RT India's channel launch, Russia expands 'West vs rest' information strategy
- Fréquence protestante, December 11, OSINT, LES DONNÉES AU SERVICE DE L'ENQUÊTE NUMÉRIQUE
- Libération, December 10, Alexandre Douguine sur France Culture, ou la porosité des médias français à la propagande russe
- Menafn, December 9, RT India: How The Kremlin Is Spreading Its 'West V The Rest' Narrative To A Global Audience
- The conversation, December 9, RT India: how the Kremlin is spreading its 'west v the rest' narrative to a global audience
Anna Leyloyan-Yekmalyan, senior lecturer in Russian and Caucasian art history, was quoted in:
- Armenews, December 9, From Notre-Dame de Paris to the monuments of Armenia: The challenge of conservation in the age of AI
Jana Vargovčíková, senior lecturer in political science, was quoted on:
- France Culture, December 17, "Les audiovisuels publics sur la sellette" - From Hungary to Slovakia, le pouvoir reprend le contrôle
- RFI, December 12, EUROPÉEN DE LA SEMAINE - Andrej Babis, the winning comeback of the "Czech Donald Trump
Taline Ter Minassian, professor specializing in Russian and Caucasian history, spoke on:
- Yahoo actualités, December 8, Syria: One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, why won't Russia let go of the ex-dictator?
- Msn, December 8, Syria: One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, why won't Russia let go of the ex-dictator?
- 1001 infos, December 8, Syria: One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Russian support maintained.
Damien Simonneau, senior lecturer in political science, was quoted in:
- Public sénat, December 9, West Bank: violence in the service of colonization
- Le collimateur, December 7, Denis Villeneuve's "Sicario" (2015), by Damien Simonneau [In the Bunker #76]
Assen Slim, professor of international economics, economist, spoke on:
- Ouest France, December 5, In Bulgaria, massive protests force the government to withdraw its budget
Guibourg Delamotte, lecturer in political science in the Japanese Studies Department, spoke on:
- The dispatch, December 4, Japan and China Clash Over Taiwan
Julien Vercueil, professor of economics and Russia specialist, spoke on:
- Earth Press News, December 4, In India, Vladimir Putin's tour which shakes up the idea of an isolated Russia - L'Express
- L'Express, December 4, India, Vladimir Putin's tour that shakes up the idea of an isolated Russia
Jean-François Huchet, professor specializing in the economy of China and comparative economic systems in Asia and president of Inalco, spoke on:
- Taiwan today, December 19, Academic exchange
- Taiwan infos, December 17, Taiwanese studies: agreement on a lecture series at Inalco
- RTI actualités, December 16, INALCO cooperates with the Taipei Office in France on a five-year lecture series
- France Culture, December 11, L'Invité(e) des Matins - How China won
- Le télégramme, December 3, Chinese industry: "The shock is getting more and more brutal"
Jean Radvanyi, professor emeritus of Russian geography, spoke on:
- La dépêche, December 2, War in Ukraine: peace agreement at last? "Everything will depend on alliances and pressure from both sides"
Marie Vrinat-Nikolov, professor of Bulgarian language and literature, spoke on:
- France Culture, December 2, Les Midis de Culture - Critique littérature : Avec "Le jardinier et la mort", Guéorgui Gospodinov signe un récit tendre et intime sur le père
L'Inalco was quoted in :
- Massispost, December 21, Commemorating 110th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide - X
- Kassataya, December 21, Mauritanie - RÉPONSE À "LA MISE AU POINT" DE M. ELY OULD SNEÏBA / Par Gourmo Abdoul Lô
- Le courrier de l'Atlas, December 18, Teaching Arabic at school: the double language of the Education Nationale
- Le courrier de l'Atlas, December 18, TRIBUNE. Arabic, a poorly recognized French language
- Midi Madagasikara, December 9, 130 years of teaching Malagasy at Inalco: An international celebration in Paris
- All africa, December 9, Madagascar: 130 years of teaching Malagasy at Inalco - An international celebration in Paris
- L'étudiant, December 3, Parcoursup : exemple de lettre de motivation pour entrer en PASS/L.AS
- Inkorr, December 1, 12 prestigious universities of France joined the study of Ukraine: what does it mean
- Futuribles, December 1, Defending and promoting academic freedom
November 2025
November 2025
Belgheis Jafari Alavi, lecturer in Persian language and literature and translator, spoke on:
- Le point, November 30, "If we don't write poems, we die": the resistance of Afghan women poets in exile
Assen Slim, professor of international economics, economist, spoke on:
- Public sénat, November 23, Sens public - Shein : la France contre-attaque
Guibourg Delamotte, lecturer in political science at the Japanese Studies Department, spoke on:
- France Culture, November 19, Japan/China: should we fear rising tensions around Taiwan?
Michael Lucken, professor of History and Art History, specialist in Japan, spoke on:
- L'étincelle média, November 19, Japan: how Americans influenced the country
Joëlle Dalègre, emeritus lecturer specializing in the History and Civilization of Modern Greece, spoke on:
- SSB Crack news, November 19, Greece recovers financially, but austerity and discontent persist
- 1001 infos, November 18, At what price is Greece repaying France's billions?
- 20 minutes, November 18, A quel prix la Grèce rembours-t-elle les milliards prêtés par la France?
Enki Baptiste, lecturer in Arabic language and Islamology, spoke on:
- France Culture, November 18, Les Chantiers de la recherche, How do we document the history of Islam?
Taline Ter Minassian, professor specializing in the History of Russia and the Caucasus, spoke on:
- Conflits, November 17, Reprise des Noces: du "Palazzo Aguas Frescas" aux coulisses du Palais Garnier
Laetitia Bucaille, professor of political sociology and researcher at Cessma, spoke on:
- Libération, November 23, A Gaza, les retardes-dapplication-du-plan-de-paix-americain-donnent-les-moyens-au-hamas-de-reprendre-le-controle-20251123_XKFIABKH2NAPLAX2ZMQLBFDL4U/">A Gaza, les retardes-dapplication du plan de paix américain "donnent les moyens au Hamas de reprendre le contrôle"
- Médiapart, November 18, "If progress is being made in Gaza, it's because it will have been imposed from outside"
- France 24, November 14, Laetitia Bucaille: In the West Bank, "the objective is to make the Palestinians move"
Jean-François Huchet, professor specializing in the economy of China and comparative economic systems in Asia and president of Inalco, spoke on:
- Forbes, November 23, FACE DEEP CRISIS, CHINA BETS ON INNOVATION
- Thotis, November 15, France Universités: les enjeux des universités en 2026 - Parole d'Université
- France Inter, November 7, Le téléphone sonne - Is Made in France a success?
Michaël Levystone, PhD student at CREE, co-founder of the Observatoire de la Nouvelle Eurasie (ONE), spoke on:
- Observatoire Eurasie, November 24, The rehabilitation of Republic Day in Kazakhstan: a reform with a (geo)political subtext
- Observatoire Eurasie, November 17, Russia-Taiwan. Une relation par à-coups
- Diplomatie, novembre - décembre, Russie - Afghanistan : le saut en avant ?
L'Inalco was quoted in :
- L'étudiant, le 25 novembre, Parcoursup : exemple de lettre de motivation pour une licence LLCER
- Taiwan info, le 18 novembre, The Federation of Taiwanese Associations in Europe holds its annual meeting in Paris
- RTI, November 18, For its centenary, the Taipei Palace Museum presents the exhibition "Dragons" at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris
- Unidivers, November 1, Comparative views: environments, changing air(e) Pôle des langues et civilisations de l'Inalco Paris
September 2025
September 2025
Françoise Robin, professor of Tibetan language and literature, spoke on:
- France culture, September 29, "Tibétains de France : préserver son âme en exil" - Episode 1/5 : L'âme du Tibet passe aussi par sa gastronomie
Guibourg Delamotte, Senior Lecturer in Political Science in the Department of Japanese Studies, spoke on:
- La presse, September 23, Why some countries don't recognize the Palestinian state
- Arte, September 20, Le dessous des cartes - Le Japon : un archipel en crise | Une leçon de géopolitique | ARTE
- Youtube Arte, September 20, Le dessous des cartes - Le Japon : un archipel en crise | Une leçon de géopolitique | ARTE
Leili Anvar, lecturer in Persian language and literature, spoke on:
Ilan Nguyên, Japanese language teacher, spoke on:
- Time, on September 17, Japanese animation, between global triumph and local concerns
Iryna Dmytrychyn, senior lecturer specializing in Ukraine, spoke on:
- Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, on September 25, Paul Robert Magocsi, L'Ukraine restituée: Souveraineté étatique et identité nationale, Inalco, Paris
- C dans l'air, September 16, Trump-Poutine : idylle... sans deal - C dans l'air - 16.08.2025
Chloé Froissart, professor of political science, political sociology of China and Hong Kong, spoke on:
- France culture, September 14, De Squeezie à TikTok, plongée dans les coulisses de l'influence
Hui-Yeon Kim, lecturer in Korean language and civilization, spoke on:
- France culture, on September 11, "Pax Americana, la paix selon Trump" - Episode 4/5: North Korea: le retour de flamme?
Jean-François Huchet, professor specializing in the economy of China and comparative economic systems in Asia and president of Inalco, spoke on:
- Presse toi à gauche, on September 9, China flaunts its power and poses as an alternative to America
L'Inalco was quoted in:
- Le parisien étudiant, on September 13, Free tour of Inalco's historic site - Heritage Days 2025
- World News, September 9, Comparative studies Latin America-China: specialized Master's degree
- AEF, September 8, In 2024-2025, France welcomed nearly 445,000 foreign students, 3% more than last year (Campus France)
- eVous, September 7, Heritage Days 2025 in Paris: The program in the 7th arrondissement
- Sortir à Paris, on September 2, HERITAGE DAYS 2025 IN PARIS: GUIDED VISITS AND CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOPS AT INALCO
Michael Lucken, Professor of History and Art History, specialist in Japan, spoke on:
- Paroles d'Histoire, on September 14, 399. Occupied Japan, with Michael Lucken
- Podcast Paroles d'Histoire, September 8, 399. Occupied Japan, with Michael Lucken
- France culture, September 4, "Seconde Guerre mondiale, le Pacifique en guerre" - Épisode 4/4 : Japon vaincu, une occupation à la mode américaine
- La croix, September 4, When the United States occupied Japan from 1945 to 1952
Julien Vercueil, professor of economics and Russia specialist, spoke on:
- France culture, September 17, Are sanctions against Russia effective?
- TF1 info, September 2, Fossil fuels, cutting-edge technologies... Ces liens économiques qui unissent Pékin et Moscou
- Libération, September 1er, Between attacks on refineries and European sanctions, Russian oil under pressure