École nationale supérieure des mines de NancyMines Nancy (École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy in French or Nancy School of Mines in English; also referred to as ENSMN, École des Mines de Nancy or Mines Nancy) is one of the leading French engineering Grandes Écoles. It is located in the campus Artem, in the city of Nancy, Eastern France (only 1h30 from Paris by TGV), and is part of the University of Lorraine. Around 400 students are taught general science and management and 300 follow specialised Master programs. These students are taught by 60 permanent professors.
Histoires ou contes du temps passéHistoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités or Contes de ma mère l'Oye (Stories or Tales from Past Times, with Morals or Mother Goose Tales) is a collection of literary fairy tales written by Charles Perrault, published in Paris in 1697. The work became popular because it was written at a time when fairy tales were fashionable amongst aristocrats in Parisian literary salons. Perrault wrote the work when he retired from court as secretary to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister to Louis XIV of France.
École nationale supérieure agronomique de RennesThe Agrocampus Rennes (in French called in full École nationale supérieure agronomique de Rennes, meaning "Higher Institution for agricultural sciences of Rennes") was a French grande école created in 1849, training students mostly in the agronomy and life sciences fields. In 2008, Agrocampus Rennes was merged with Institut National d'Horticulture et de Paysage, another agricultural sciences school located in western France, to create Agrocampus Ouest.
Tudor Revival architectureTudor Revival architecture, also known as mock Tudor in the UK, first manifested in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture, in reality it usually took the style of English vernacular architecture of the Middle Ages that had survived into the Tudor period. The style later became an influence elsewhere, especially the British colonies. For example, in New Zealand, the architect Francis Petre adapted the style for the local climate.
Dominique Gauzin-MüllerDominique Gauzin-Müller (born 1960) is a French architect and architectural critic, focusing on wood and sustainability in architecture and urbanism. She is the author of several books on these subjects, which have been translated into several languages. She wrote Construire avec le Bois (1999), L'architecture écologique (2001), 25 maisons en bois (2003) and 25 maisons écologique (2005). Dominique Gauzin-Müller was born in Vincennes, near Paris, but grew up in Saint-Céré, Lot .
Jean-Marie ApostolidèsJean-Marie Apostolidès (apɔstɔlidɛs; 27 November 1943 – 23 March 2023) was a French novelist, essayist, playwright, theatre director, and university professor. Apostolidès was born during World War II in the village of Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais in Auvergne. His grandfather, Evangel Apostolidès, was a Greek doctor from Asia Minor. After his studies in France, Evangel did not return home because of the rise to power of Mustafa Kemal.
Eugène JostEugène Jost (18 September 1865, Corsier-sur-Vevey - 24 January 1946, Lausanne) was a Swiss architect of the Belle Époque. Eugène Jost initially studied at the industrial school in Corsier before moving to Paris, where he studied architecture at the école nationale supérieure des beaux-arts between 1884 and 1891 under Louis-Jules André then Victor Laloux. He won several prizes, medals and internal competitions and then returned to Switzerland, specializing in hotels. He set up his practice in Montreux, a wealthy tourist spot.
École nationale supérieure de chimie, de biologie et de physiqueThe École nationale supérieure de chimie, de biologie et de physique or ENSCPB (or "CPB" in common parlance) - which can be translated as Graduate School of Chemistry, Biology and Physics - is one of the French grandes écoles, whose main purpose is to form chemical and physical engineers (with a level "bac+5"). It is located on the campus of the Polytechnic Institute of Bordeaux, in the town of Pessac, close to the famous city of Bordeaux. In 2009, the school merged with the Institut des sciences et techniques des aliments de Bordeaux (or "ISTAB").
École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifsThe École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ÉnsAD, also known as Arts Decos', École des Arts Décoratifs) is a public grande école of art and design of PSL Research University. The school is located in the Rue d'Ulm in Paris. The École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs played a major role in the development of the Art Deco design movement in the 1920s and in the creation of new design concepts.
Robert MisrahiRobert Misrahi (miz.ʁa.i; born 3 January 1926) is a French philosopher who specialises in the work of 17th Century Dutch thinker Baruch Spinoza. Born in Paris to Turkish-Jewish immigrants, Misrahi studied at the University of Paris (Sorbonne), where he became a protege of Jean-Paul Sartre. He is currently the emeritus professor of ethical philosophy at the Université de Paris I (Sorbonne), he has published a number of works on Spinoza and published the essentials of his work on the question of happiness.
École nationale supérieure de l'électronique et de ses applicationsÉcole Nationale Supérieure de l'Électronique et de ses Applications (also known as ENSEA) is a graduate school (grande école) of electrical engineering and computer science, located in Cergy (in Val d'Oise department) close to Paris in France. It was founded in 1952 under the name of ENREA and became ENSEA in 1976. Future engineers are recruited after a centralized and selective country-wide specific entrance examination ("Classes Préparatoires") or laterally into final or pre-final year after a bachelor's degree in electronics or relevant scientific fields (physics, chemistry, electronics, computer science, etc.
Annie Lacroix-RizAnnie Lacroix-Riz (born 18 October 1947) is a French historian, professor emeritus of modern history at the university Paris VII - Denis Diderot, specialist in the international relations in first half of the 20th century and collaboration. Her work concerns the political, economic and social history of the French Third Republic and Vichy Government, the relations between the Vatican and Reich, as well as the strategy of the political elites and economic French before and after the Second World War.
Jean-Michel LeniaudJean-Michel Leniaud (18 August 1951, Toulon) is a French historian of art. A specialist of architecture and art of the 19th and 20th centuries, he was director of the École Nationale des Chartes from 2011 to 2016. He is president of the Société des Amis de Notre-Dame de Paris.
Quentin LauerQuentin Lauer, S.J. (April 1, 1917 – March 9, 1997) was an American Jesuit priest, philosopher and Hegel scholar. Lauer’s academic work helped introduce Hegel's thought to the American philosophical community. He was President of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division from 1985–1986, and a President of the Hegel Society of America. Quentin Lauer was also a scholar of Edmund Husserl. He was a professor of philosophy at Fordham University from 1954 to 1990.
Grande mosquée de LyonThe Grande mosquée de Lyon ("Great Mosque of Lyon"), France's sixth largest mosque, was officially inaugurated on 30 September 1994. The Great Mosque of Lyon also has an association of halal certification called ARGML. This is the most reliable association of halal certification in France. It is located at 146 Boulevard Pinel, 5 km east of Presqu'île in Lyon. The Mosque includes cultural facilities, a library and a school. It was designed by the Lyon architects Ballandras and Mirabeau and largely funded by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries.
École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-BellevilleThe École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville is a French grande école and school of architecture. It is currently ranked as the best architecture school in France. The school is recognized for its focus on sustainability, and its students have received awards for adaptable designs encouraging new attitudes towards waste. The school has partnerships with 66 international universities, including La Sapienza in Rome and the University of Hong Kong.
Nacéra BenseddikNacéra Benseddik (نَصِيرة بِن صِدّيق, Naṣīrah Bin Ṣiddīq) is an Algerian historian, archaeologist and epigrapher. She was born in Bordj Bou Arreridj on 4 December 1949. Benseddik's focusses on the classical and late Antique history and archaeology of Algeria. She has published widely on the subject through books and articles, as well as conference papers and editing Wikipedia. She is interested in interactions between Roman migrants and people already living in North Africa, particularly in the late Antique period.
Jean TremblayJean Tremblay (born November 29, 1948) is a Canadian businessman and politician who was mayor of Saguenay, Quebec, Canada from 2002 to 2017. Before that he was mayor of Chicoutimi since 1996. Tremblay received international attention from his fight to maintain the saying of Catholic prayers before city council meeting. The Canadian Supreme Court. In Mouvement laïque québécois v Saguenay (City) (2015) ruled against the city. Tremblay was born in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec.
Werner LambersyWerner Lambersy (16 November 1941 – 18 October 2021) was a Belgian poet. Lambersy was born in Antwerp to a Jewish mother and Flemish father. During World War II, his father was involved with the Schutzstaffel and went to prison after the war. Therefore, Lambersy grew up without a father figure in his life. This family background influenced much of his poetic work. Throughout his career, Lambersy wrote nearly seventy books and was considered a major player in French literature.
Carlos Raúl VillanuevaCarlos Raúl Villanueva Astoul (May 30, 1900 – August 16, 1975) was a Venezuelan modernist architect. Raised in Europe, Villanueva went for the first time to Venezuela when he was 28 years old. He was involved in the development and modernization of Caracas, Maracay and other cities across the country. Among his works are El Silencio Redevelopment which included 7797 apartments and 207 shop premises and the Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of the Central University of Venezuela.
