Inaugural symposium of the Chair in Hospitality Studies

From thursday 19 to friday 20 November 2026
19 November: 2 pm–10 pm – ENS (Paris 5th arrondissement)
20 November: 10 am–7 pm – Inalco (Paris 7th arrondissement)
École Normale Supérieure (ENS – 45, rue d’Ulm – Paris 5th arrondissement), Dussane Room, and the Inalco Research Centre (2, rue de Lille – Paris 7th arrondissement), Dumézil Auditorium
On registration
On premise

Registration is free and compulsory.

For the event on 19 November, please register by email: View e-mail and View e-mail

For 20 November, please complete the registration form below:

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Programme du colloque-Inaugural CDH.pdf (954.9 KB, .pdf)

Organizer(s)

CESSMA

Type

Colloquium

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Co-founded by the École normale supérieure (ENS-PSL), the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations (Inalco) and the Primo Levi Centre (CPL), the Chair of Hospitality (CdH) is based on the following observation: one cannot conceive of today’s world without considering hospitality, and one cannot conceive of hospitality without taking into account the psychological, cultural, social and political dynamics it entails.

The Chair advocates the idea that hospitality shapes the way we form society, produce knowledge, conceive of the law, practise care and organise institutions.

The Chair aims to be an innovative space in which to reflect on and practise hospitality. It is particularly interested in the ways in which our spaces and times become hospitable or not.