National institute of the languages and Eastern civilizations

The National institute of the languages and Eastern civilizations (INALCO) , known as Languages O' or Langues' O (to pronounce Langzo ), is a French establishment of higher education and research charged to teach the languages and civilizations other than those originating in Western Europe. “O' Languages” is the name given by generations of students to the School special, then royal, then imperial, then national, Eastern languages (alive) of Paris, which took its current name in 1971.

Its principal seat is with Paris, in the VII {{E}} district; its removal is envisaged in the XIII {{E}}.

General presentation

As of their origin the O' Languages were seen entrusting a mission which made conspicuous them vis-a-vis the other establishments of higher education: it is not a question to be satisfied with a purely university or academic approach with the other languages, other people, other cultures. Their essential goal is to know, with the direction first term, the others.

The students of Langues' O were traditionally called “silvains”; the term, almost fallen in disuse, is derived from the name of the first president of the school Antoine-Isaac Silvestre of Sacy (familiarly “Woodland”) of which the statue throne in the court of the hotel of 2 rue de Lille. A “very high order and very secrecy of Woodland of Sacy” would have been at the origin of a tradition of hoaxes which made the silvains famous among the Parisian students for the sophistication of their gags. A greeting specific to the silvains (“ahure”) would have belonged to this folklore.

In 2006, the logo of the establishment is consisted of the inscription “O' Languages” overcoming the acronym INALCO and the upper part of a terrestrial sphere; one finds sometimes a logo older consisted of a Oiseau and a Serpent (borrowed from the Girouette of the 2 Rue of Lille).

History of the School of the Eastern Languages (Paris)

Origins (1669) up to 1914

The special École of the Eastern Languages was created, in particular under the impulse of Lakanal, by the national Convention (Order in Council of the 10 germinal year III/March 30th 1795). In the same movement were created the National university the 9 brumaire year III (October 30th 1794) and the Polytechnic school the 7 vendémiaire year III.

It opened its doors in the enclosure of the National library in Paris street New-of-Small-Fields, with for mission of teaching alive Eastern languages “of a utility recognized for the policy and the trade”. The first taught languages were the Arab “literary and vulgar”, the Turkish and the Tatar of the Crimea, the Persan and the Malayan.

It increases regularly during the XIXe century, adding new languages and incorporating the École of the Young people of languages instituted by Colbert in 1669 to train interpreters for the languages of the Raising.

In 1874, the School settles in a private mansion located at the corner of the Street of the Holy Father and Street of Lille.

From 1914 to 1984

In 1914, the School becomes National school of the alive Eastern languages (ENLOV) and receives a particular status which will remain in force until in 1968, year when the pleasing movement studying to integrate the establishment in the university sector as a University center of the alive Eastern languages . This “CULOV” does not keep fortunately a long time this name whose three letters lend to easy jokes and becomes by decree of February 3rd 1971 the National institute of the languages and civilizations Eastern (INALCO), attached until in 1984 with the university of the new Sorbonne (Paris III).

The various departments piled up with 2 rue de Lille are then dispersed “temporarily” in various peripheral university centres: Dauphine, Asnières, Clichy or in buildings rented in Paris: Quay Voltaire, Censier, street Broca, street Riquet. New languages are added to the others and the research activities develop. Interdisciplinary departments multiply, like the preparation center with the international exchanges (International business), the die of high international studies (HEI, devoted in particular to the preparation of the contests of the Foreign affairs), the die Communication and intercultural formation, the automatic Traitement of the languages and multilingual engineering, etc

In the years 1972 - 1975, the regrouping in a single site (Cergy-Pontoise, Marne-the-Valley) and the transformation under consideration of the institute into international university of the language and communication (UNILCO) do not lead in spite of the precursory aspect of the project defended by Rene Sieffert and François de Labriolle.

Since 1985

Since 1985, the INALCO has a statute of Grand establishment and public corporation in scientific, cultural and professional matter (like the Institut of political studies of Paris for example) under supervision of the ministry in charge of higher education (currently ministry for higher education and research). It has the role to teach the languages of the Europe Central and Eastern, of Asia, of Oceania, of Africa and the populations aboriginals of America, as well as the geography, the history, the institutions, the political life, economic and social of the countries concerned (taking again decree 71-98 of February 3rd, 1971).

In the years 1990, other projects of regrouping do not lead (most advanced being at the National university of young girls of the Jourdan boulevard).

It is finally in the ZAC Paris Left bank “square Tolbiac” in a ground located at the south of the future avenue of France, that the INALCO will be established, with the library of the Eastern Languages, within the framework of a pole “languages and civilizations”, that the university Paris VII will divide. The architectural choice was made at the beginning of 2005.

The presidents (administrators of 1914 to 1969) of O' Languages

  • Professor Louis-Mathieu Langlès (1796-1824) - Persan
  • Professor Antoine-Isaac Silvestre of Sacy (1824-1838) - written Arabic
  • Professor Pierre Amédée Jaubert (1838-1847) - Turkish
  • Professor Charles Benoît Hase (1847-1864) - Greek modern
  • Professor Joseph Reinaud (1864-1867) - written Arabic
  • Professor Charles Schefer (1867-1898) - Persan
  • Professor Charles Barbier of Meynard (1898-1908) - Turkish, Persan
  • Professor Paul Boyer (1908-1936) - Russian
  • Professor Mario Castlings (1936-1937) - Rumanian * Professor Jean Deny (1937-1948) - Turkish
  • Professor Henri Massé (1948-1958) - Persan
  • Professor Andre Mirambel (1958-1969) - Greek modern (deceased in 1970)
  • Professor Andre Guimbretière (1969-1971) - Hindi
  • Professor Rene Sieffert (1971-1976) - Japanese (deceased in 2004)
  • Professor Henri Martin of the Country house of Hust (1976-1986) - civilization of the the Middle East (deceased in 1986)
  • Professor François Champagne of Labriolle (1986-1993) - Russian (vice-president of 1971 to 1986)
  • Professor Andre Bourgey (1993-1997-2001) - age of the Middle East
  • Professor Gilles Delouche (2001-2005) - Thai
  • Professor Jacques Legrand (2005 -? ) - Mongolian
By decree of the President of the Republic dated March 3rd, 2005, Jacques Legrand, professor of the universities, is named in quality of president of the INALCO as from the March 9th 2005, for one four years duration.

Components

Departments of formation and research (actual position)

  • Department Africa - to dir. Jean-Luc City

  • South Asia Department - to dir. Philippe Benoit
  • Department Southeast Asia, High Peaceful Asia, - to dir. Jerome Samuel
  • Department China - to dir. Isabelle Rabut
  • Department of Arab studies - to dir. Luc-Willy Deheuvels
  • Department Eurasia - to dir. Halkawt Hakim
  • Department Central and Eastern Europe - to dir. Thomas Szende
  • Department of language and civilization of the Japan - to dir. Michael Lucken
    • Hebraic
  • Department of languages and civilizations and Jewish - to dir. Masha Itzaki
  • Department Russia - to dir. Vincent Simpleton
  • Section Languages and cultures of the America S - resp. César Itier, Michele Therrien

Departments of the INALCO (state in 1971)

  • Department Africa
  • Department Southeast Asia, High Asia, Oceania
  • Department China
  • Department Korea - Japan
  • Department Central and Eastern Europe
  • Department India - Pakistan
  • Department Close and the Middle East - North Africa
    • Arab Section of language
    • Section of Turkish, Iranian and Afghan studies
    • Section of civilization of the Close relation and the Middle East and North Africa
    • Section of languages and Hebraic and Jewish civilizations
  • Department Soviet Union
  • Section Languages and cultures of the America S (created in 1973)

Specialized dies

  • the Preparation center with the international exchanges (CPEI) become “department of International business”,
  • the die Communication and intercultural formation (CFI),
  • the die French foreign language (FLE),
  • the die High international studies (HEI), http://les-anciens-hei-inalco.spaces.live.com/
  • the department “Texts, data processing and multilingualism” (TIM):
    • multilingual Engineering (IM),
    • automatic Treatment of languages (TAL).

Lesson

List languages taught with the INALCO in 2007

On the whole, approximately 90 languages (in quasi totality of the living languages, with or without official statute) and civilizations are taught; for some of them only a partial course is assured. To that a teaching is added to professional vocation within dies LMFA (Languages of the world and formation applied).

Prepared diplomas

Traditional diplomas and of first cycle

Before 1971, there existed only one diploma of raises patented National school of the alive Eastern languages for the language diploma specific to the ENLOV prepared in theory in three years delivered by the Minister for state education. Nevertheless, since 1966, the School had been entitled to prepare with the Doctorat of third cycle, accessible to the holders from this diploma.

The decree of January 5th, 1970 relating to the diplomas of the University center of the alive Eastern languages (official journal of January 13rd, 1970 and official bulletin of state education n° 4 of January 22nd, 1970) ratifies the reform of the studies worked out in 1968-1969 and defines temporarily the contents of new certifications, which cohabit during three years with the old system, whose last diplomas are delivered in 1972:

  • the certificate of initiation (“ten units of value, including eight of language and two of civilization”), normally delivered after four six-month periods;
  • the diploma of the university center of the alive Eastern languages which “comprises, in addition to the ten units of value of the certificate of initiation, ten other units of value including/understanding: six units of value of language or literature, including four at least taken among those of the CULOV; four units of value of civilization, including two at least taken among those of the CULOV”;
  • new the higher diplomas of language (six UV of language or literature and four of civilization) and of civilization (eight UV of civilization and two of language or literature). (cf will infra diplomas of second cycle)

From 1972, the diploma of the National institute of the languages and Eastern civilizations perennializes this reorganization in 20 units of value (60 to 80% of UV of language, 20 to 40% of UV of “civilization”, up to “free” 20% of UV being able to be taken apart from the principal speciality. It receives the denomination of DULCO ( unilingual diploma of language and Eastern civilization ) when 12 of UV at least raise of only one language and bilingual diploma (with major and minor or two languages with equality) if the number of UV of a language is lower than 11 (provided that at least 5 UV were acquired in another language, in a “logical” combination). These bilingual diplomas does not exist any more, like the certificates of language and civilization (CLC) delivered after success with the two years examinations (8 UV of language and 2 UV of civilization), except for the languages with the incomplete course. UV are from now on called EP (teaching elements).

The DULCO gives access directly to the second cycle (national license) in other establishments (and obviously to the higher diploma of the INALCO) and is more or less compared to DEUG or the second year of license; according to the languages, this diploma prepares into two or three years (in this last case, the students having already a certain knowledge of the language can follow in parallel the first two years courses).

Second traditional cycle

A higher diploma , then a diploma of research and studies applied , diplomas suitable for the establishment, are created in the tread for the “second cycle”. Under certain conditions, the higher diploma is transformed into license and the DREA in control , diplomas national.

All the lesson of second cycle is organized in six-month periods and EU (units of teaching).

First year of 2nd cycle (license and higher diploma of the INALCO)

  • License (national diploma)

    • Licenses of language, literature and civilization foreign (LLCE)
    • Licenses LLCE mention FLE (French foreign language) http://www.fle-inalco.com/
    • License of language and regional culture (languages océaniennes)
    • Licenses bidisciplinaires (a language and sciences of the language, for Arabic, the Berber one, the swahili and the wolof).

  • higher Diploma (diploma of establishment)

    • higher Diploma of language and civilization
    • higher Diploma of language and civilization mention FLE (French foreign language) http://www.fle-inalco.com/
    • higher Diploma of center-Asian studies

Second year of 2nd cycle (control and DREA)

  • Control (national diploma)

    • Control of language, literature and civilization foreign (LLCE)
    • Control of language and regional culture (languages océaniennes)

  • Diploma of research and studies applied DREA (diploma of establishment)

    • DREA of language and civilization

Diplomas professionnalized of 2nd and 3rd cycles

These formations will be from now on licenses LMFA (Languages of the world and formation applied), alternate with licenses LLCE, followed masters professional option (possible option research also).

  • Die International business

    • DREC Diploma of research and commercial studies (at one time: diploma of the CPEI)
    • OF the Eastern Languages and international business (3rd cycle)

  • Die Intercultural Communication and Formation

    • DREA intercultural Orientation in the professional practices (diploma of establishment)

  • Die High international studies (HEI) http://les-anciens-hei-inalco.spaces.live.com/

      • multi-field
    • LIPEC License of contemporary studies
    • DREI Diploma of research and international studies (diploma of establishment)
    • DRECA Diploma of research and thorough contemporary studies (diploma of establishment)
    • OF the international Expertise (3rd cycle)

  • Die French foreign language (FLE)

    • Control FLE from the multilingual and pluriculturelle point of view (2nd cycle) http://www.fle-inalco.com/

  • multilingual Die Engineering

    • OF Traductique and information management (3rd cycle)
    • OF multilingual Engineering (3rd cycle)
    • DIM (multilingual diploma of engineering, diploma of establishment) (3rd cycle)

  • automatic Die Treatment of languages (TAL)

    • automatic License Treatment of the languages
    • automatic Control Treatment of the languages

Doctoral studies

Since the creation of the new doctorate, the INALCO is entitled to prepare this diploma, initially in partnership with the university of Paris III, then only.

  • Specialities of DEA and doctorate:

    • High Asian studies and the Pacific
    • African Studies
    • euro-Asian Studies
    • the Middle East, the Mediterranean

Since 1995, it delivers accreditation to supervise researchs.

Diploma specific to the Continuing education

  • Certificat practices language and of culture Eastern (CPLCO, organization similar to that of the CLC, but with course in evening or saturdays and possible access without the baccalaureat or its equivalent)

Complete listing of the diplomas

The site of the INALCO gives the list of the diplomas currently delivered in each language (which is far from offering all the complete range): List diplomas by language on http://www.inalco.fr.

The INALCO in addition prepares to enter the European system of the process Sorbonne-Bologna and to prepare with licenses, master S and doctorates (LMD) defined by this new mode, while probably keeping specific diplomas in first cycle (current events of the reform on the forum of the students).

Research

  • Center of Balkan studies (CEB) - Dir. Odile Daniel

  • Center of Chinese studies (CEC) - Dir. Isabelle Rabut
  • Center of studies of median Europe (CEEM) - Dir. Maria Delaperrière
  • Center of Japanese studies (CEJ) - Dir. François Macé
  • Center of studies of the indigenous languages of America (CELIA) - Dir. Francesco Queixalos
  • Center of study and research on the literatures and oralities of world (CERLOM) - Dir. Gilles Delouche
  • Research center onorality (CRO) - Dir. Michele Therrien
  • Middle East Research center and the Mediterranean (CERMOM) - Dir. Luc-Willy Deheuvels
  • Center of studies and research on the Western Indian Ocean (CEROI) - Dir. Claude Allibert
  • Research center and of studies on the contemporary Indian sub-continent (CRESCIC) - Dir. Philippe Benoit
  • Group of research and exchanges in literatures in Eastern languages (GRELLO) - Dir. Magdalena Nowotna
  • Research center in multilingual engineering (CRIM) - Dir. Monique Slodzian
  • Center of research in automatic treatment of languages (CERTAL) - Dir. Patrice Pognan
  • Research center and of Maghrebian Arabic studies (CREAM) - Dir. Dominique Caubet
  • Center Georges Dumézil of studies on the Caucasus (CEGEDECC) - Dir. Dominique Gauthier
  • Research team interdisciplinary on the Mediterranean companies (ERISM) - Dir. Michel Bozdémir
  • Center of the continental Southeast Asia (CASEC) - Dir. Gilles Delouche
  • Circle of linguistics of INALCO (CLI) - Dir. Anaïd Donabedian
  • Research center Berber (CRB) - Dir. Salem Chaker
  • Research center Russian and euro-Asian (CRREA) - Dir. Jean Radvanyi
  • Center of modern and contemporary studies Hebraic and Jewish (CEHJMC) - assistant Dir. Masha Itzhaki
  • Group of research and exchange into didactic of the languages and cultures (DLC) - Dir. Genevieve Zarate http://www.mayeticvillage.fr/frontieres
  • " Research team; Plurality of the languages and the identities into didactic: acquisition, médiations" (PLIDAM) - Dir. Genevieve Zarate
  • Circle Arabist of research on the Arab world (CARMA) - Dir. Luc-Willy Deheuvels

Official page on research with the INALCO

The Publications O' Languages

In order to gather the collective aspects of the scientific research led to the INALCO, several research centres was organized, in particular starting from 1975.
Some of these formations then created reviews where the work worked out by their members and researchers of others was published organismes.
Today, the Publications O' Languages ensure, in addition to the publication, the diffusion and the sale of the periodic reviews, the publication of acts of conferences organized under the aegis of INALCO.
The INALCO also takes part in the edition of the collections Langues & Mondes - Asiathèque http://www.asiatheque.com: methods “LANGUAGES INALCO”, “DICTIONARIES OF the LANGUAGES O'”, “BILINGUAL L&M”.
It moreover created one collection “Library of the INALCO” to the Peeters editions, where works of research professors of Institut.

are published

the reviews

  • Books of oral literature (CRO - CERLOM)

  • Yearly of other Islam (ERISM)
  • Balkan Books (CEB)
  • néo-Hellenic Bulletin of connection (CEB)
  • Books of linguistics of INALCO (CLI)
  • Books of median Europe (CEEM)
  • Cipango (re-examined Japanese studies - CEJ)
  • Studies Indian Ocean (CEROI)
  • Slovo (re-examined Russian and euro-Asian studies - CRREA)
  • Yod (re-examined modern and contemporary studies Hebraic and Jewish - CEHJMC)
  • Reports of the GLECS (linguistic Group of Hamito-Semitic studies)
  • Books of poetic compared & Mezura (Theory of the rates/rhythms and applications poetic)

Official page of the Publications O' LANGUAGES

History

Beginning of the XXe century until 1971, the publications of the National school of the alive Eastern languages were published by the Editions " Bookstore orientalist Paul Geuthner" http://www.geuthner.com/. In 1972, were created the Publications Orientalists of France (POF), mark of the Langues association and Civilizations, created by Rene Sieffert and his wife, subsidized by the INALCO and now centered on the Japanese studies http://www.pofjapon.com.

The inter-University library of the Eastern Languages

See the inter-University article Library of the Eastern languages.

Personalities of yesterday and today having studied with the O' Languages

French personalities

Foreign personalities

Catalog of films

Several scenes of the film Tanguy are held with the INALCO (Dauphine).

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