Homage to Ernest Renan

Abstract

Organized by Henry Laurens. Excerpts from the talks of Henry Laurens, Perrine Simon-Nahum and Pierre Rosanvallon The author of a protean work, Ernest Renan was at once a writer, philologist, historian, and philosopher. He was also a professor of the College de France, of which he was the Administrateur from 1883 to 1892. The Autumn symposium of the College de France, which was held on 11 and 12 October 2012 on Henry Laurens’ initiative, looked at this complex personality, who is ultimately l...