Sorbonne 3320653 225424085 2008-07-13T16:52:28Z 62.136.204.85 /* Trivia */ <!-- Please note: Before editing this page, note that it attempts to explain the difference in historical usage of the name Sorbonne. Most material that could conceivably be added here probably should be either in the [[University of Paris]] page, or in the articles on one of its successor institutions, see links in text below. The historic [[Collège de Sorbonne]] also has its own page. --> [[Image:Lasorbonne photo2.jpg|thumb|300px|Inscription over the entrance to the Sorbonne]] [[Image:Front of the Sorbonne.jpg|thumb|300px|The front of the Sorbonne Building]] [[Image:SorbonneParis041130.JPG|thumb|300px|Sorbonne Square (Place de la Sorbonne)]] The name '''Sorbonne''' (''La Sorbonne'') is commonly used to refer to the historic [[University of Paris]] in [[Paris]], [[France]] or one of its successor institutions (see below), but this is a recent usage, and "Sorbonne" has actually been used with different meanings over the centuries. For information on the historic [[University of Paris]] and the present universities, which are its successor institutions or the [[Collège de Sorbonne]], please refer to the relevant articles. ==The Collège de Sorbonne== The name is derived from the [[Collège de Sorbonne]], founded in 1257 by [[Robert de Sorbon]] as one of the first significant colleges of the medieval [[University of Paris]]; the university as such predates the college by about a century, and minor colleges had been founded already in the late 12th century. The Collège de Sorbonne was suppressed during the [[French revolution]], reopened by [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] in 1808 and finally closed in 1882. This was only one of the many colleges of the University of Paris that existed until the French revolution. [[Hastings Rashdall]], in ''The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages'' (1895), which is still a standard reference on the topic, lists some 70 colleges of the university from the Middle Ages alone; some of these were short-lived and disappeared already before the end of the medieval period, but others were founded in the Early modern period, like the [[Collège des Quatre-Nations]]. ==The Paris Faculty of Theology== With time, the college came to be the centre of theological studies and "Sorbonne" was frequently used as a synonym for the Paris Faculty of Theology despite being only one of many colleges of the university. ==The entire University of Paris== During the later part of the 19th century, the buildings of the Collège de Sorbonne were re-used for the Faculties of Sciences and Letters of what was at the time known as the ''Academy of Paris'', the name used for the faculties of the former University of Paris within the centralized structure known as the [[University of France]], created in 1808 but dissolved into its constituent universities again in 1896. As a result of this, "Sorbonne" became a colloquial term for the entire [[University of Paris]]. The use of Sorbonne for the Faculty of Theology is the usage still noted in the [[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|Encyclopædia Britannica]], Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) and the [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] from 1913,<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Sorbonne}}</ref> neither of which yet indicate that the word could stand for the university as a whole. Even though neither of these early 20th century English-language encyclopedias is likely to have been up-to-date with current French usage, it still shows that this was an innovation and not yet widely spread. ==The Sorbonne today== In 1970, the University of Paris was divided into thirteen different universities. These universities still stand under the management of a common rectorate – the Rectorate of Paris - with offices in the Sorbonne. Four of these universities currently include the name "Sorbonne" in their names or are affiliated with the Sorbonne: * [[Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University|Panthéon-Sorbonne University]] (Paris I), which also houses the observatory of the Sorbonne; * [[University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle|Sorbonne Nouvelle University]] (Paris III); * [[Paris-Sorbonne University]] (Paris IV); * [[Paris Descartes University]]: Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales - Sorbonne (Paris V). These four public universities maintain facilities in the historical building of the Sorbonne. The building also houses the Rectorate of Paris (which manage all of the thirteen universities of Paris), the [[École Nationale des Chartes]], the [[École pratique des hautes études]], the [[Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne]] and the Library of the Sorbonne. Today the word Sorbonne no longer refers to the University of Paris but to the historical building located in the [[Latin Quarter]] in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. <!-- The difference between the former meaning of the word Sorbonne and the use made today is not clear enought ==The successor institutions== After the historic university in 1970 was divided into thirteen different universities, three of these successor institutions include Sorbonne in their names: [[University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne]], [[University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle]], and [[Paris-Sorbonne University]] (Paris IV). The thirteen universities still stand under a common rectorate with offices in the Sorbonne. --> <!-- The following belongs in one of the articles on the modern universities located in the Sorbonne complex The Sorbonne was famously occupied by students in [[May 1968]]. More recently it was occupied on March 10th 2006 by [[2006 labor protests in France|students protesting]] against the introduction of the "First Employment Contract" (CPE) in France. --> ==Trivia== {{trivia|date=March 2008}} In 1894 the [[International Olympic Committee]] was born in the rooms of this university. In the 1986 hit "Opportunities (let's make lots of money)", the English Pop duo Pet Shop Boys wrote and performed the verse: <blockquote> "You can tell I'm educated, I studied at the Sorbonne. Doctored in mathematics, I could have been a don. I can program a computer, choose the perfect time. If you've got the inclination, I have got the crime." </blockquote> == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.sorbonne.fr/ Sorbonne website] (in French) * [http://www.ccfs-sorbonne.fr/en Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne website] (Sorbonne French Language and Civilisation Courses) *[http://www.paris1-univ.fr Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University Website] * [http://www.paris-sorbonne.fr Paris IV Paris-Sorbonne University website] * [http://www.pariserve.tm.fr/English/paris/quartierlatin/sorbonne.htm Paris — La Sorbonne] historical information {{commonscat|La Sorbonne}} <!-- Concerning interwiki-links, please note the following: most articles on other Wikipedias, including the French, named [[Sorbonne]] are actually about the [[University of Paris]], confusing the institutions/usages, claiming that the university was founded in 1257 etc. They already have iw-links from the [[University of Paris]] page and should not be linked from here. --> {{coor title dms|48|50|55|N|2|20|36|E|region:FR-75_type:landmark_source:dewiki}} [[Category:University of Paris]] [[ar:سوربون]] [[bg:Сорбона]] [[ca:La Sorbona]] [[cs:Sorbona]] [[da:Sorbonne]] [[de:Sorbonne]] [[el:Σορβόνη]] [[es:La Sorbona]] [[eo:Sorbono]] [[fa:دانشگاه سوربن]] [[fr:Sorbonne]] [[gl:Sorbona]] [[id:Sorbonne]] [[ia:Sorbonne]] [[it:Sorbona]] [[he:סורבון]] [[lt:Sorbona]] [[nl:Sorbonne]] [[ja:パリ大学]] [[no:Sorbonne]] [[pl:Sorbona]] [[pt:Sorbonne]] [[ro:Sorbona]] [[ru:Сорбонна]] [[sl:Sorbonne]] [[sv:Sorbonne]] [[vi:Sorbonne]]