University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle

The University of the New Sorbonne (Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, also known as Paris III) is a public university in Paris, France.

The Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle is a founding member of the Paris Universitas, a union of 6 Parisian universities.

Overview

The Sorbonne Nouvelle offers courses in a wide range of Arts and Humanities subjects.

University Sites

The Sorbonne Nouvelle has sites at various locations in Paris, and one site at Asnières. The main university centres are:

Central Sorbonne Building - central administration offices, Literature

Censier - the main teaching site, named after the adjacent street

Bièvre - houses teaching and research facilities for language study and the main staff and student refectories

Rue Saint Jacques - French as a Foreign Language

Rue des Bernardins - Linguistics and Phonetics

Rue de l' Ecole de Médecine - English Studies

Rue Saint Guillaume - Latin American Studies

Place du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny - Houses the E.S.I.T (School of Interpreting and Translation)

Asnières - located outside of Paris, it houses the German Studies department

University Libraries

The Sorbonne Nouvelle has one central and five specialised libraries (Foreign language and culture and French literature). It is also connected to the Library of Saint Genevieve, the Central Sorbonne Library, the Inter-University Library for Oriental Languages and the Library of Saint Barbara

University Press

The Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle publishes research carried out by the university.

Accommodation and Refectories

The C.R.O.U.S. de Paris (Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires et Scolaires) is the organisation responsible for both student accommodation and refectories in Paris. It runs various student halls of residence and student restaurants both in central Paris and in its outskirts. The Restaurant Universitaire Censier is the student refectory which is used by the large majority of Paris III students due to its proximity to the Censier university site.

Notable Alumni

• Olivier Assayas - French film director and screenwriter
• Arnaud Desplechin - French film director
• Travis Jeppesen - American novelist and poet
• Hüseyin Latif - Novelist and Aujourd'hui la Turquie's Director of publication
• Sarah Lelouch - Daughter of Claude Lelouch
• Laila Marrakchi - French film director
• Homa Sayar - Iranian Poet

Notable Faculty

• Frédéric Bozo - Academic
• Latifa Ben Mansour - Algerian writer and linguist
• Imanol Ordorika Sacristán - Mexican social activist
• Predrag Matvejevic - writer and academic

External links

• Research site of the Sorbonne Nouvelle
• Forum de Paris 3, news by and for Censier students
• Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle
• CROUS de Paris

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