Sorbonne
Latin Quarter school
The Sorbonne is a historic university in Paris, founded in the thirteenth century and long synonymous with French higher education.
The name now refers to several successor institutions after the original University of Paris was reorganized in 1970.
She studied philosophy at the Sorbonne.
In casual use, the Sorbonne evokes academic prestige and Parisian intellectual life.
Higher education institution
- ParisFrance's chief city
- facultyInherent power or ability
- rectorParish clergy chief
- chancellorSenior administrative official
enrollment · degrees · diplomas · alumni · professors · lectures · seminars · curriculum
Of the Middle Ages
- theologyStudy of the divine
- scholasticismRigorous dialectical learning method
- Latin QuarterParisian intellectual district
- reformationProcess of improving institutions
revolution · Napoleon · restoration · founding · ancient · heritage · tradition · centuries
Study of fundamental truths
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
debate · ideas · thinkers · intellectuals · academia · Descartes · Sartre · Simone de Beauvoir
Public expressions of opposition
- 1968Volatile year of upheaval
- MayYear's fifth month
- demonstrationsPublic displays of opinion
- activismDirect effort for reform
strikes · barricades · occupation · uprising · revolution · youth · counterculture · movements
university
Higher education institution
chancellor · enrollment · degrees · diplomas · alumni · professors · lectures · seminars · curriculum · departments
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- theologyStudy of the divine
- scholasticismRigorous dialectical learning method
- Latin QuarterParisian intellectual district
reformation · revolution · Napoleon · restoration · founding · ancient · heritage · tradition · centuries · historic
philosophy
Study of fundamental truths
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
discourse · debate · ideas · thinkers · intellectuals · academia · Descartes · Sartre · Simone de Beauvoir · Foucault
protests
Public expressions of opposition
- 1968Volatile year of upheaval
- MayYear's fifth month
- demonstrationsPublic displays of opinion
activism · strikes · barricades · occupation · uprising · revolution · youth · counterculture · movements · radicalism
chapel
Small worship room
frescoes · Richelieu · tomb · amphitheater · limestone · columns · arches · murals · cloister · gallery
- French UniversitiesBordeaux, Lyon, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Toulouse
- University of ParisLatin Quarter
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- FranceParis, Notre-Dame, Lyon, croissant, Toulouse
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, graduate school
- ParisEiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre-Dame, Seine, Montmartre
Sorbonnetrade school
Career-focused technical education
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