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Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis

January 01, 1970

For the similarly named university in Indiana, United States, see Vincennes University.

Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis (French: Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis) is a public university in Paris, France. Once part of the historic University of Paris, it is now an autonomous public institution.

Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis
Université Paris 8 Vincenne-Saint-Denis
MottoUniversité Monde
Motto in English
World University
TypePublic
Established1969
Academic affiliations
Université Paris Lumières
UNIMED
Endowment€113 million (2013)[1]
ChancellorAnnick Allaigre
Undergraduates14,070
Postgraduates6,259
Location
Saint-Denis
,
France

48°56′41″N 2°21′48″E / 48.94472°N 2.36333°E / 48.94472; 2.36333
Websitewww.univ-paris8.fr/en
Paris 8 University

It is one of the thirteen successors of the world's second oldest academic institution, the University of Paris, and was established shortly before the latter officially ceased to exist on 31 December 1970. It was founded as a direct response to events of May 1968. This response was twofold: it was sympathetic to students' demands for more freedom, but also represented the movement of students out of central Paris, especially the Latin Quarter, where the street fighting of 1968 had taken place.

Entrance of Paris 8 University

History edit

Founded in 1969, the new experimental institution was named Centre Universitaire Expérimental de Vincennes (CUEV) in Vincennes. In 1971, it gained full university status, thus allowing it to award its own degrees, and renamed "Université Paris VIII".[2] Since moving to Saint-Denis in 1980, the university has become a major teaching and research centre for humanities in the Île-de-France region.

Foundation edit

On Monday 5th of August 1968, the Dean of the Sorbonne University, Raymond Las Vergnas, proposed the creation of a new university to Edgar Faure, the Minister of National Education. Las Vergnas was accompanied by professors Pierre Dommergues, Bernard Cassen and a young female lecturer in English, Hélène Cixous.[3] Two days later, Cixous sent a telegram to her friend Jacques Derrida, asking him to be his advisor.[4] Through Derrida, Cixous recruited Georges Canguilhem and Roland Barthes, who became official advisors.[4][5]

Tumultuous years edit

As soon as it opened, Vincennes became the venue for a continuation of 1968, being occupied almost immediately by student radicals, and being the scene of violent confrontations with the police. One incident, in early 1972, involved a janitors' (travailleurs du nettoyage) strike. The radicalized janitors invaded classrooms, accused the professors of being scabs, and demanded solidarity. Meanwhile, there was so much radical leafleting, some university hallways were clogged with ankle-deep crumpled leaflets.

It became particularly notorious for its radical philosophy department, assembled and then headed by Michel Foucault, who in this stage of his career was at his most militant, on one occasion participating in a student occupation and pelting the police outside the building with projectiles. The scandal of this department emerged not around this incident, however, but around one of the philosophy professors, Jacques Lacan's daughter Judith Miller, who was not only a committed communist, like most of the faculty, but indeed a Maoist as well. The department had its accreditation withdrawn after it was revealed that Miller had handed out course credit to strangers she met on a bus.[6] (Miller was subsequently fired by the French education ministry after saying in a radio interview that the university was a capitalist institution and that she was trying to make it function as badly as possible.[citation needed])

Recent reforms edit

Since the turmoil in the late 1960s, the university has endorsed a far more mainstream academic life and has brought in new departments, new professors, and national rules to effect this change. In 1980, the university was relocated to the suburb of Saint-Denis. The university's capacity of 24,000 students per year makes "Paris VIII" an important university with internationally recognized departments in Philosophy, Political Sciences, Cinema Arts, Communication Studies, and Feminist Studies.

Academics edit

The university offers over a hundred undergraduate, graduate and diploma courses.[7] It is particularly well known for its political science program as it is the only public university in France to offer this subject at undergraduate level.

The University of Paris VIII also offers some distance-learning opportunities for a select number of subjects such as Law and Psychology.

Affiliations edit

Paris-VIII is well-connected and has over 250 partnerships with universities around the world. They include the UC Berkeley, the Beijing Film Academy, Boston University, the Free University of Berlin, the Humboldt University of Berlin, the University of Vienna as well as since 2016 the University of Rojava.[8]

Students are encouraged to spend one or two semesters at a neighbouring institution in the US, Canada, Latin America, Asia or Europe in order to develop their language skills and cultural understanding. Alternatively, students also have the possibility to teach French in a high school abroad or to complete an internship.

Notable academics edit

Main page: Category:Academic staff of Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Politics and international relations
Economics
Communication sciences
Hypermedia, new media and cyberculture
Anthropology
Sociology
Arts
Music
Ethnomusicology
Linguistics
University Presidents

Notable alumni edit

See also: Category:Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis alumni
Royalty

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Info" (PDF). www.letudiant.fr. 2013.
  2. ^ "Paris VIII: History". www.univ-paris8.fr.
  3. ^ Boulard, Stéphanie; Gueorguieva, Elitza; Samoyault, Tiphaine; Ruffel, Lionel (2019-03-15). "L'Invention de Vincennes en trois épisodes". Contemporary French and Francophone Studies. 23 (2): 226. doi:10.1080/17409292.2019.1674489. ISSN 1740-9292.
  4. ^ a b Peeters, Benoît (2010). Derrida. Grandes biographies. Paris: Flammarion. p. 250. ISBN 978-2-08-121407-1.
  5. ^ Boulard, Stéphanie; Gueorguieva, Elitza; Samoyault, Tiphaine; Ruffel, Lionel (2019-03-15). "L'Invention de Vincennes en trois épisodes". Contemporary French and Francophone Studies. 23 (2): 228. doi:10.1080/17409292.2019.1674489. ISSN 1740-9292.
  6. ^ Miller, James (2000). The Passion of Michel Foucault. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674001572.
  7. ^ "Paris VIII: Educational Programs". www.univ-paris8.fr.
  8. ^ . ARA News. 2016-08-15. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  9. ^ (in French) Info archive on musicaitalia.free.fr (DOC file)

External links edit

  • Official website (english)
  • Papers and documents related to Paris VIII University

January 01, 1970
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For the similarly named university in Indiana United States see Vincennes University Paris 8 University Vincennes Saint Denis French Universite Paris 8 Vincennes Saint Denis is a public university in Paris France Once part of the historic University of Paris it is now an autonomous public institution Paris 8 University Vincennes Saint DenisUniversite Paris 8 Vincenne Saint DenisMottoUniversite MondeMotto in EnglishWorld UniversityTypePublicEstablished1969Academic affiliationsUniversite Paris LumieresUNIMEDEndowment 113 million 2013 1 ChancellorAnnick AllaigreUndergraduates14 070Postgraduates6 259LocationSaint Denis France48 56 41 N 2 21 48 E 48 94472 N 2 36333 E 48 94472 2 36333Websitewww wbr univ paris8 wbr fr wbr en Paris 8 University It is one of the thirteen successors of the world s second oldest academic institution the University of Paris and was established shortly before the latter officially ceased to exist on 31 December 1970 It was founded as a direct response to events of May 1968 This response was twofold it was sympathetic to students demands for more freedom but also represented the movement of students out of central Paris especially the Latin Quarter where the street fighting of 1968 had taken place Entrance of Paris 8 University Contents 1 History 1 1 Foundation 1 2 Tumultuous years 1 3 Recent reforms 2 Academics 3 Affiliations 4 Notable academics 5 Notable alumni 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory editFounded in 1969 the new experimental institution was named Centre Universitaire Experimental de Vincennes CUEV in Vincennes In 1971 it gained full university status thus allowing it to award its own degrees and renamed Universite Paris VIII 2 Since moving to Saint Denis in 1980 the university has become a major teaching and research centre for humanities in the Ile de France region Foundation edit On Monday 5th of August 1968 the Dean of the Sorbonne University Raymond Las Vergnas proposed the creation of a new university to Edgar Faure the Minister of National Education Las Vergnas was accompanied by professors Pierre Dommergues Bernard Cassen and a young female lecturer in English Helene Cixous 3 Two days later Cixous sent a telegram to her friend Jacques Derrida asking him to be his advisor 4 Through Derrida Cixous recruited Georges Canguilhem and Roland Barthes who became official advisors 4 5 Tumultuous years edit As soon as it opened Vincennes became the venue for a continuation of 1968 being occupied almost immediately by student radicals and being the scene of violent confrontations with the police One incident in early 1972 involved a janitors travailleurs du nettoyage strike The radicalized janitors invaded classrooms accused the professors of being scabs and demanded solidarity Meanwhile there was so much radical leafleting some university hallways were clogged with ankle deep crumpled leaflets It became particularly notorious for its radical philosophy department assembled and then headed by Michel Foucault who in this stage of his career was at his most militant on one occasion participating in a student occupation and pelting the police outside the building with projectiles The scandal of this department emerged not around this incident however but around one of the philosophy professors Jacques Lacan s daughter Judith Miller who was not only a committed communist like most of the faculty but indeed a Maoist as well The department had its accreditation withdrawn after it was revealed that Miller had handed out course credit to strangers she met on a bus 6 Miller was subsequently fired by the French education ministry after saying in a radio interview that the university was a capitalist institution and that she was trying to make it function as badly as possible citation needed Recent reforms edit Since the turmoil in the late 1960s the university has endorsed a far more mainstream academic life and has brought in new departments new professors and national rules to effect this change In 1980 the university was relocated to the suburb of Saint Denis The university s capacity of 24 000 students per year makes Paris VIII an important university with internationally recognized departments in Philosophy Political Sciences Cinema Arts Communication Studies and Feminist Studies Academics editThe university offers over a hundred undergraduate graduate and diploma courses 7 It is particularly well known for its political science program as it is the only public university in France to offer this subject at undergraduate level The University of Paris VIII also offers some distance learning opportunities for a select number of subjects such as Law and Psychology Affiliations editParis VIII is well connected and has over 250 partnerships with universities around the world They include the UC Berkeley the Beijing Film Academy Boston University the Free University of Berlin the Humboldt University of Berlin the University of Vienna as well as since 2016 the University of Rojava 8 Students are encouraged to spend one or two semesters at a neighbouring institution in the US Canada Latin America Asia or Europe in order to develop their language skills and cultural understanding Alternatively students also have the possibility to teach French in a high school abroad or to complete an internship Notable academics editMain page Category Academic staff of Paris 8 University Vincennes Saint Denis Philosophy Gilles Deleuze Francois Chatelet Alain Badiou Etienne Balibar Daniel Bensaid Pierre Cassou Nogues Michel Foucault Luce Irigaray Felix Guattari Sylvain Lazarus Jean Francois Lyotard Antonio Negri Jacques Ranciere Rene Scherer Psychoanalysis Bruce Fink psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan Serge Leclaire Jacques Alain Miller Francois Regnault Eric Laurent Slavoj Zizek Politics and international relations Gilbert Achcar Josue de Castro Jane Freedman Meir Masri Economics Bernard Maris Communication sciences Armand Mattelart Hypermedia new media and cyberculture Pierre Levy Anthropology Alain Bertho Sociology Jon Elster Michael Lowy Jean Claude Passeron Nicos Poulantzas Henri Laborit behavioral biology systems thinking Arts Maurice Benayoun Jean Louis Boissier Christine Brooke Rose Christine Buci Glucksmann Helene Cixous Edmond Couchot Frank Popper Music Daniel Charles Eveline Plicque Andreani Costin Miereanu Ethnomusicology Giovanna Marini 9 Linguistics Martine Abdallah Pretceille Nicolas Ruwet Maurice Gross Jean Dubois Richard S Kayne University Presidents Joseph E AounNotable alumni editSee also Category Paris 8 University Vincennes Saint Denis alumni Royalty Elia Crown Princess of AlbaniaSee also editUniversity of Paris H2ptm International conference on Hypertext and hypermedia products tools and methods Espace Francophone pour la Recherche le Developpement et l InnovationReferences edit Info PDF www letudiant fr 2013 Paris VIII History www univ paris8 fr Boulard Stephanie Gueorguieva Elitza Samoyault Tiphaine Ruffel Lionel 2019 03 15 L Invention de Vincennes en trois episodes Contemporary French and Francophone Studies 23 2 226 doi 10 1080 17409292 2019 1674489 ISSN 1740 9292 a b Peeters Benoit 2010 Derrida Grandes biographies Paris Flammarion p 250 ISBN 978 2 08 121407 1 Boulard Stephanie Gueorguieva Elitza Samoyault Tiphaine Ruffel Lionel 2019 03 15 L Invention de Vincennes en trois episodes Contemporary French and Francophone Studies 23 2 228 doi 10 1080 17409292 2019 1674489 ISSN 1740 9292 Miller James 2000 The Passion of Michel Foucault Harvard University Press ISBN 9780674001572 Paris VIII Educational Programs www univ paris8 fr Rojava university seeks to eliminate constraints on education in Syria s Kurdish region ARA News 2016 08 15 Archived from the original on August 18 2016 Retrieved 2016 08 15 in French Info archive on musicaitalia free fr DOC file External links editOfficial website english Papers and documents related to Paris VIII University Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paris 8 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