Faculty of Arts of Paris

It partly succeeded the Faculty of Arts of the former University of Paris (1150–1793). In 1896, it was joined to four other faculties in Paris to form the new University of Paris. It was dissolved in 1970, at the same time as the University of Paris. Sorbonne University and the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University are its main successors today.

• Name — Faculty of Humanities of Paris The Sorbonne • Native Name — Faculté des Lettres de Paris La Sorbonne • Native Name Lang — fr • Former Names — Faculté des Arts (1200–1793) Faculté des Lettres (1808–1896) Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines (1896–1971) • Motto Lang — fr • Type — Public • Closed — 1971 • Parent — University of Paris (1896–1971) • Dean — Raymond Las Vergnas (last, 1968–1971) • City — Paris • Country — France • Campus — Urban • Language — French, English • Free Label — Current successors • Free — Sorbonne University (in the same building) Panthéon-Sorbonne University Paris Cité University Sorbonne Nouvelle University The Faculty of Humanities of Paris (in French: Faculté des Lettres de Paris fakylte de lɛtʁ də paʁi), commonly known as the "Sorbonne", was one of the four faculties of the University of Paris, refounded in 1896, and an independent entity from 1808 to 1896, based in the Sorbonne building, in Paris. It was the heir to the Faculty of Arts of the old University of Paris, founded around 1200, and to the College of Sorbonne, founded in 1270. It was set up by the imperial decree regarding the University of France on 17 March 1808. It partly succeeded the Faculty of Arts of the former University of Paris (1150–1793). In 1896, it was joined to four other faculties in Paris to form the new University of Paris. It was dissolved in 1970, at the same time as the University of Paris. Sorbonne University and the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University are its main successors today.

• Illustration — A side entrance with a sign reading "Sorbonne" The Faculty of Humanities was created by the decree of 17 March 1808 on the organisation of the Imperial University of France. Under the Bourbon Restoration, the faculty welcomed an average of 1,000 to 1,500 students a year, rising to 2,000 under the July Monarchy. But the number of teaching staff remained limited: between 1809 and 1878, only 51 professors taught at the Faculty of Humanities. In 1896, the University of Paris, also known as the New University of Paris, was re-created as an umbrella organisation for the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Protestant Theology and the École Supérieure de Pharmacie de Paris. The faculty was renamed the Faculty of Arts and Humanities until 1971. Following the loi Faure of 8 October 1970, it was divided into the universities Paris-I (Panthéon-Sorbonne University), Paris-III (Sorbonne Nouvelle University), Paris-IV (Paris-Sorbonne University), Paris-V (Paris-Descartes University) and Paris-VII (Paris-Diderot University) in 1970. • Illustration — The Institut de Géographie within the faculty.

• Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard, philosopher • Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage (1815–1825), geographer • Victor Le Clerc (1832–1865), Latinist • Henri Patin (1865–1876), Latinist • Henri Wallon (1876–1881), historian • Auguste Himly (1881–1891), historian • Ernest Lavisse (1903–...), historian • Alfred Croiset (1845–1923), Hellenist • Ferdinand Brunot (1919–1928), • Henri Delacroix (1928–...), philosopher • André Aymard, historian • André Cholley, geographer • Georges Davy (...-1955), philosopher • Pierre Renouvin (1955–1958), historian • Marcel Durry, Latinist • Raymond Las Vergnas, scholar of the English language, final dean of the faculté (1968–1971), then first president of Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3