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Ambassador Patrice Paoli guest on Multipolaire podcast

The fourth episode of the Multipolaire podcast features Patrice Paoli, career diplomat and former student at Inalco (Arabic and Persian) and IEP Paris. A rich conversation with an experienced voice of French diplomacy, to better understand the stakes in the Middle East and the role of language in reading the contemporary world.

Harit Joshi, winner of the Mohammad Habib Memorial Prize 2025

Harit Joshi, lecturer in Hindi and ancient and medieval Indian history at Inalco, and researcher at CESSMA (Inalco-UPC-IRD), has just been awarded the Mohammad Habib Memorial Prize by the Indian History Congress (IHC) for his book "The Ceremonial of Power. The Mughal Empire under Shah Jahan" (Primus Books, 2024).

"Money, money, money" religions, capital, finance (XIXth-XXIst centuries)

CERMOM is pleased to invite you to the study day of the Association française d'histoire religieuse contemporaine "Money, money, money" religions, capital, finances (XIXe-XXIe siècle).

Entretiens PEA - Portraits of researchers in Areal Studies

Since 2021, LaCAS has been running the PEA program, which to date has resulted in around 30 interviews with researchers, in which they look back on their careers and share their experiences in the field of areal studies.

Master and Research Seminar: History, Politics and Culture in Baltic, Central and Southeastern Europe - 2024-2025

This collective seminar offers a multidisciplinary perspective (history, cultural history, political science, geography, sociology) on a trans-regional theme chosen for the year. With no language prerequisites, it is open to all. It can be taken by Inalco master's (UE2 or UE4) or doctoral students, as well as by students from other institutions, under agreements with INALCO, or as a master's or doctoral minor, and is worth 4 ECTS per semester.

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Bengali

This page has been translated automatically. Bengali, or "Bangla" to its speakers, is the national language of Bangladesh and one of the constitutionally recognized languages of India, where it is the official language of the states of West Bengal and Tripura. There are many Bengali emigrants around the world, mainly in England and North America. In total, 250 million people worldwide speak Bengali. Over the past fifteen years, France has seen a steady increase in the number of immigrants and refugees from Bangladesh.

Bambara (Mandingo)

This page has been translated automatically. Mandinka began to develop as one of the main languages of West Africa around the time of the creation of the Mali empire (around the 13th century). Today, the number of native and non-native speakers is estimated at between 30 and 40 million. Mandinka is a continuum of dialects covering vast territories in Mali, Guinea, Burkina-Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Sierra-Leone. Within this group, a number of literary standards have recently emerged (sometimes based on variants spoken in national or regional capitals, sometimes on more traditional, prestigious variants).

Syrian-Lebanese Arabic

Syrian-Lebanese dialectal Arabic is the variety of Arabic historically spoken by the sedentary populations of Syria and Lebanon. These are part of a larger group commonly known as Levantine Arabic, which also includes the sedentary varieties of Palestine and Jordan.

Chleuh (Berber)

This page has been translated automatically. Berber (Tamazight in Berber) covers an immense geographical area: North Africa, Sahara-Sahel; it can be considered the indigenous language of North Africa. Berber is one of the branches of the large Chamito-Semitic (or Afro-Asiatic) linguistic family, which includes, in addition to Berber, Semitic, Cushitic, Egyptian (ancient) and, with a more distant degree of kinship, the "Chadic" group (Hausa).