Physical Libraries & Archives

The Collection includes artefacts from Asia and Australia. The collection of Australian artefacts was established in the 1950s with the intention to exemplify, for students of Catholic theology, the wide variety of material expressions developed by different religious traditions in the world. The collection also highlights zones of missionary contact and their inclusion in theological thinking about non-Christian traditions.

Collection of some 28.130 titles (books), subscribed and catalogued, and 16.500 not yet catalogued, as well as 259 titles of catalogued rare Greek and International academic journals

The library's total collection currently comprises around 21,000 library units, of which over 13,160 are monographic publications—library items in the fields of Ottoman history, Oriental languages and literature, art, and various scientific disciplines, in Bosnian, Turkish, Persian, Arabic, English, German, French, and other languages.
The library also holds over 7,000 journal issues, including 137 annual titles (approximately 2,450 issues) and 130 other journal titles (approximately 4,250 volumes).
A special collection is the Hamid Hadžibegić Library, which consists of 1,079 titles and 114 issues of various historical journals.

The Gazi Husrev-beg Library in Sarajevo is one of the oldest institutions of science and culture in Southeastern Europe, and the oldest public library in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded in 1537 as part of the Gazi Husrev-bey endowment (waqf), and for nearly five centuries it has been collecting, preserving, and bearing witness in writing to the scientific, cultural, and overall social developments of this region. Therefore, it is rightly regarded as a Guardian of cultural and historical heritage and a Treasury of memory for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Library’s entire collection is a unique historical record, and it currently holds around 200,000 library units divided into several distinct collections. Its manuscript collection, which includes 10,585 valuable and unique codices written in Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and Bosnian, was inscribed in UNESCO’s “Memory of the World” Register in 2017 as a movable cultural and historical heritage of global significance. The oldest manuscript preserved in the Gazi Husrev-bey Library’s collection is a copy of Ihyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), written in Arabic by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ghazālī, and transcribed during the author’s lifetime in the year 1106. Among the numerous manuscripts of priceless value for the history of Sarajevo, the autograph chronicle by the Sarajevo chronicler Mula Mustafa Bašeskija is of particular importance.
Since 1963, the Library has published 18 catalogues of its manuscripts, and since 1972 it has also been publishing its annual journal, Anali Gazi Husrev-begove biblioteke (Annals of the Gazi Husrev-bey Library), a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the Library’s book and historical materials, as well as topics in the cultural history of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Islamic studies.

The Archives of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, housed within the Gazi Husrev-bey Library in Sarajevo, preserves specialized archival material documenting the work and activities of the Islamic Community from 1882 to 2016, totaling about 850 linear meters and 2,130 archival books. It currently holds 13 fonds, 6 collections, and various other materials, with documents written mainly in Bosnian, as well as Ottoman, Arabic, German, and other languages. Among its most valuable holdings are 88 sidžils (court records) of the Sarajevo Sharia Court from the 16th to 19th centuries, around 1,500 vakufnames (endowment charters), numerous diplomas (idžazetnames), and over 7,000 Ottoman documents such as firmans, fatwas, and deeds, many of which illuminate Bosnia’s political, social, educational, and cultural history. The archives also contain translated Ottoman documents, a Bosnian-language collection with over 1,000 archival units from the Austro-Hungarian period to WWII, as well as materials from notable Bosnian scholars and intellectuals. Together, these collections represent a rich resource for historical and scientific research on the Islamic Community and the broader history of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Library of the Catholic Faculty of Theology traces its origins back to 1882 in Travnik, later moving to Sarajevo in 1893/94, where it became an important resource for theological and philosophical education. Today, the Library houses around 76,000 volumes, including rare editions, complete collections of Church Fathers published by J. Migne, and acts of ecumenical councils by Mansi, covering fields such as philosophy, theology, psychology, sociology, natural sciences, arts, literature, and history. Modernized between 2002 and 2005, it now offers free access to materials, structured catalogues, and specialized reading rooms. With over 33,000 books, 43,000 periodical issues, and around 13,000 items still awaiting processing, it continues to expand through purchases, exchanges, and donations. Serving primarily students, professors, and researchers, the Library operates daily and is adapting to the digital age by investing in advanced library-information systems to further support academic and spiritual development.

Manuscript collection kept in the Center for Slavic and Byzantine Studies “Prof. Ivan Dujčev” represents all written traditions of the Balkans in the broad chronological range from the 9th to the 19th cc. This manuscript heritage includes the largest collection of Greek manuscripts in Bulgaria (460 in total), 126 Slavic manuscripts, and over 250 Oriental (Turkish and Arabic) codices and fragments. The Greek parchment manuscripts are more than 200. A “codex unicus” is kept in the library. This is the Gospel Lectionary, written by the scribe Anastatios with a two full-length miniatures of the evangelists from the end of the 9th c. Many of the manuscripts are of Constantinople origin and represent the so-called Bluetenblattstil, which is the style of luxury manuscripts for emperors and patriarchs. There are manuscripts in Laubsagelstill and also many codices with a musical notation. A manuscript made of palimpsest sheets of parchment is stored in the collection. The earlier lower layer of the late 9th c., contains the earliest version of the menaion. Other manuscripts, attracting the attention of researchers are Physiologist with illustrations (a copy from the 17th c.) and an illustrated copy of the Prophecies of Leo the Wise from the 16th century.

Contains digital copies of the manuscript collection of Zographou Monastery on Mount Athos, as well as digitized copies from some other collections, kept in Vatican Library and some Bulgarian libraries .

Sofia University Library is the second larch research library in Bulgaria. Rare and Valuable Books holdings, based on collections, includes manuscripts, old print books, periodicals, reference editions, maps and atlases, bibliophile editions in Bulgarian, Slavic, Classic and Contemporary European languages in the period XIV - XX century. The basis of the fund was set by the collection "Bulgarian old print editions" that contains 2,453 volumes of books and periodicals. Among them are "Nedelnik" (collection of precepts and sermons for every holiday of the year based on Greek and Slavic sources) by Sophronius of Vratsa, "Primer with different teachings" by Dr. Petar Beron, "Bulgarian grammar" by Neophyte Rilski, "Forest Traveler" by G.S. Rakovski, Hristo Botev’s newspapers, the first Bulgarian magazine "Lyuboslovie", and others. The holdings include the following collections: 1. Manuscripts (XIV-XIX centuries) 2. Bulgarian old print editions (1806-1878) 3. Foreign old-print, rare and valuable editions (up to 1900) 4. Archive of Prof. Stoyan Romanski (a unique collection of 380 hand-written theses on ethnography) 5. Collection “Slavika” (XVI-XIX centuries) 6. Cartographic editions (until 1900) and others.

A collection of source material documenting the history of Vatican II of which certain parts are currently being digitised and other can only be consulted in person.

Jean de Menasce (1902–1973) was Director of Studies from 1949, first holder of the Chair of Ancient Iranian Religions (created in 1948) – Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See his page in the ‘Dictionnaire prosopographique de l'EPHE’ (Prosopographical Dictionary of the EPHE) and Philippe Gignoux, ‘Jean de Menasce (1902-1973)’, Annuaires de l'École pratique des hautes études, year 1973, pp. 45-49.

Jean de Menasce collection: manuscript archives and documentation.

Physical location: Paris, University Library of Languages and Civilisations (BULAC), reference number: BULAC-M. For an online inventory, see this page.
Commentary: a large collection of Jean de Menasce's archives (manuscripts and iconographic archives) is held at the National and University Library of Strasbourg (Jacques and Raïssa Maritain collection, reference number: MS.MARITAIN); at the Jacques Doucet Literary Library (correspondence, reference numbers: Ms Ms 31755, 37721, 38206); at the Archives of the Dominican Province of France (reference: APDF-M; see Jacques Loew collection, reference: APDF-L) and at the Cantonal and University Library of Fribourg (reference: BCUF-M).

Jean Yoyotte (1927-2009) was Director of Studies in 'Religion of Egypt' (from 1964), in 'Religion of Egypt (Pharaonic Studies)', then in 'Religion of Ancient Egypt' until 1991. He was also Director of te Wladimir Golenischeff Centre (founded in 1967) and Director of the Department of Egyptian Religion (Pharaonic Studies) - Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See his page in the EPHE Prosopographical Dictionary.

Jean Yoyotte Collection - Wladimir Golenischeff Centre (CWG - EPHE): manuscript archives, 1911-2017.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE CWG 5YOY 1 to 249). See presentation and inventory of the collection, the presentation of the Jean Yoyotte collection on Hypotheses and the ‘Archives de Jean Yoyotte’ (Jean Yoyotte Archives), a digitised portion of the collection, online at PSL-Explore. Related EPHE collection: ‘Fonds Centre Wladimir Golenischeff (CWG)’.
Commentary: The French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (IFAO – Cairo) holds a Jean Yoyotte collection containing documents produced during his time as a member of the IFAO (reference: EG-IFAO-FJY).

The Andreatta College is a guesthouse for Italian and international scholars, doctoral and postdoctoral students, or visiting scholars from European Higher Education Institutions and other universities, who wish to spend a period of research at the Dossetti Library.
The building, conveniently situated next to this Library, has seven bedrooms distributed on two floors, a small library for internal use and a large living room with a kitchen. For the Guesthouse Rules and Code of Conduct, please visit this page.

The FSCIRE Archives are a tool and a service for the internal and external scientific community. The Archives, which consist of materials collected over the years by researchers working at FSCIRE and through donations and acquisitions from private individuals, are composed of numerous fonds pertaining to personalities who animated the History of the Catholic Church in the XIX and XX centuries, including Giuseppe Dossetti, Giacomo Lercaro, Lorenzo Milani, and Giuseppe Roncalli. One of the most important collections preserved at FSCIRE is the archive group on Vatican II, which contains 230 folders of direct sources relating to the conciliar sessions, documents and statements produced by the Council, as well as personal papers of the Council periti.
Archival resources include textual documents, on paper, like correspondences, reports, notes, and notebooks; 600 microfilm reels pertaining to several of the FSCIRE fonds; photographs; sound and video recordings. Finding aids are available for consultation at our center.

The Giorgio La Pira Library is a specialized library for researchers and represents the linguistic, doctrinal and cultural diversity of Islamic history. Modeled on FSCIRE’s sixty years of experience, it was born to become the Dossetti Library’s “twin”. The first stage in the creation of the library’s patrimony centered around a nucleus consisting in the Islam section of the Dossetti Library (which is at present being digitized and transferred), the highly esteemed Noja Library (whose transfer is being requested from the commissioners of the Noja Foundation of Lesa, now inert), the Bori Library and other digital funds. Talks are also underway to host the offices of TIMA – The Islamic Manuscript Association, one of the most accredited networks of philologists. Since 2018, librarians and researchers have established, and continue to establish, collaborations and relationships with major institutions in numerous countries aimed at the acquisition of duplicates, rare items and gifts, following in the footsteps of the great libraries of Islamic tradition. Future partnerships with the European DG Devco are also nearing conclusion.

The Giuseppe Dossetti Library, constantly enriched by new acquisitions, has become over the decades an essential point of reference for those who wish to deepen their knowledge of historical-religious sciences. In the library, scholars have at their disposal a patrimony of books that embraces the entire panorama of religious sciences, from the historical, exegetical and theological point of view. Over 300,000 volumes in the library’s possession are arranged on 5,323 meters of shelves, occupying an area of 2,100 square meters; an equally large area is dedicated to a newspaper and periodicals library that has 2,565 journals, either printed or in electronic format, which occupies 900 square meters, with 2,759 meters of compact shelves. The patrimony of the libraries of books and of newspapers and journals is included in the SBN and ACNP cataloguing and research systems.

The Christian and Byzantine collection, named after its founder Gabriel Millet, was created from his bequest to the EPHE. It is a heritage collection of documentary resources from the early 20th century. The collection includes a large number of glass plates and paper prints, as well as architectural drawings, watercolours, and ivory casts. There are also models of buildings, letters and a collection of publications.

This library specialises in Egyptology and contains reference works, dictionaries and lexicons; major French and international journals (both current issues and back issues); a large collection of French and foreign monographs (on topics such as religion, archaeology and text editions); valuable antique works; a wide selection of offprints; and maps.
It also holds extensive closed archives (Golenischeff, Lacau, Montet and Yoyotte) and open archives (French Tanis Excavation Mission, EPHE/MAE), which contain photographic plates, prints, plans, drawings and notes.

The photo library contains 12,000 slides and over 3,000 photographs documenting the Tibetan region. The collection consists of over 3,000 monographs in Western languages and a thousand titles in Tibetan, including several large collections. One of its specific collections comes from Rolf Stein's library. The subjects covered include religions (Buddhism and Bön), history, philosophy, civilisation and the arts of the Tibetan region, particularly Tibet and Bhutan.

The Michel Fleury Library, the library of the Historical and Philological Sciences Section of the EPHE, has existed since the school was founded in 1868. Its collection comprises more than 70,000 documents (monographs, periodicals, microforms, offprints, theses).

The CEMS library was founded in 1970 by researchers in the field. It was mainly built up through books brought back from fieldwork missions and exchanges of the journal Études mongoles with other periodicals.

The Centre d'Études sur les Religions et Traditions Populaires du Japon (Centre for Studies on Japanese Popular Religions and Traditions) has assembled a rich collection of documents on Japanese popular religions, folklore, ethnology and anthropology, as well as a large collection of black and white photographs depicting everyday life in Japan, mainly focusing on its religious aspects.

Its collections (30,000 documents) cover ancient religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They relate to the constitution and interpretation of the written sources of the three monotheistic religions, taking into account their environment and their intellectual, religious and philosophical extensions. See the website.

Eveline Lot-Falck (1918–1974) was Director of Studies in ‘Religions of Northern Eurasia and the Arctic’ (previously entitled: ‘Religions of Northern Eurasia’) and specialist in Siberian religious ethnology – Chair of ‘Religions of Northern Asia and the Arctic’ from 1963 to 1973 – Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See her page in the 'Prosopographical Dictionary of the EPHE'.

Eveline Lot-Falck Collection - Centre for Mongolian and Siberian Studies (CEMS - EPHE): manuscript archives. Currently being processed.

Physical location: Maison de l'Asie (Paris, 16th arrondissement). Coming soon: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque.

Paul Vignaux (1904–1987) was Director of Studies in ‘History of Doctrines and Dogmas’ (from 1934), then in ‘History of Medieval Theologies’, Director of the Department of History and Comparison of Theologies and Mystics of the Fifth Section (founded in 1966), Director of the Centre for Studies in the Religions of the Book (CNRS-associated laboratory no. 152) and Section Chair (1962-1971) - Section of Religious Sciences (V). See his page in the dictionnaire prosopographique de l’EPHE and Jean Jolivet, Alain de Libera, 'Paul Vignaux (1904-1987)', Annuaires de l’École pratique des hautes études, 1987, pp. 22-25.

Paul Vignaux files - Library of Religious Sciences (BSR - EPHE): manuscript archives, 1936-1987.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE BSR 5VIG 1 to 13). See presentation and inventory of the collection here.
Comment: the Paul Vignaux collection is held at the La contemporaine library at Paris Nanterre University, see Calames.

Rolf Alfred Stein (1911–1999) was temporary lecturer on ‘Underground dwellings’ and ‘Myths and religious concepts relating to dwellings in Northern China and High Asia’ from 1949 onwards, Director of Studies in ‘Religions of China and High Asia’ from 1951 (later renamed ‘Comparative Religions of the Far East and High Asia’, then ‘Religions of Tibet’) and Director of the Department of ‘Religions of the Far East’ - Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See his page in the ‘Dictionnaire prosopographique de l'EPHE’ (Prosopographic Dictionary of the EPHE) and Anne-Marie Blondeau, ‘Rolf Alfred Stein,’ annuaries of the École Pratique des Hautes Études, year 1999, pp. 29-31.

Rolf Alfred Stein Collection - Documentation Centre on the Tibetan Area (CDAT - EPHE): manuscript archives, private library. Currently being processed.

Physical location: Maison de l'Asie (Paris, 16th arrondissement).

Richard Stauffer (1921–1984) was Director of Studies in ‘History of the Reformation and Protestantism’ (from 1964), then in ‘History and Theology of the Reformation’ and Section Chair (from 1979 to 1984) - Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See his page in the ‘Dictionnaire prosopographique de l'EPHE’ (Prosopographic Dictionary of the EPHE) and Jean Baubérot, ‘Richard Stauffer (1921-1984)’, Annuaires de l’École pratique des hautes études, 1984, pp. 33-37.

École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) collection. Section V – Religious Sciences Section: institutional archives (1886-2005), section chair, 1979-1980.

Physical location: Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, National Archives (reference number: 20190568/4).

Arnaud Serandour: Senior Lecturer – Chair in ‘History of Judaism in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods’ – Religious Studies Section (Ve). See his IdRef reference and the presentation of Arnaud Serandour on the EPHE - PSL website.

Arnaud Serandour files: manuscript archives, 1995-2015.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE SA 5SER).

Hartmut Otto Rotermund: Director of Studies (from 1968), Director of Studies in 'Far Eastern Religions (Korea, Japan)' and then in 'Religions and Popular Traditions of Japan'. He was also Director of the Japan Section, then founder of the Centre for Studies on Japanese Religions and Popular Traditions (1970s) and Director of Studies Emeritus (from 2007) - Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See his IdRef reference and the presentation of the Japanese Civilisation Laboratory of the Centre for Research on East Asian Civilisations.

Iconographic collection on religions and popular traditions in Japan - Centre for Studies on Religions and Popular Traditions in Japan (CERTPJ): manuscript and iconographic archives (photographs of places, objects, religious ceremonies in Japan, as well as some elements of folklore), 1954-1972.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE SA 5ROT 1 to 69). See the page in Calames.

Guillaume Rocca-Serra: specialist in Hellenistic Greece – associated with the Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See Guillaume Rocca-Serra, ‘Exposé de M. Guillaume Rocca-Serra’, Annuaires de l’École pratique des hautes études, 1980, pp. 415–419.

Guillaume Rocca-Serra files - Bibliothèque des Sciences Religieuses (BSR - EPHE): manuscript archives (research in ancient philosophy, Roman art and the Greek language), 1953-2008.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE BSR 5ROC).

Jean Orcibal (1913–1991) was Director of Studies in Modern and Contemporary Catholic History (1952–1978) and Secretary of the Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See his page in the ‘Dictionnaire prosopographique de l'EPHE’ (Prosopographic Dictionary of the EPHE) and Jacques Le Brun, ‘Jean Orcibal (1913-1991)’, Annuaires de l'École pratique des hautes études, 1991, pp. 19-21.

Documentation collected by Jean Orcibal: manuscript archives (correspondence), 1976-1989.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE SA 5ORC 1 to 6).

Gabriel Millet (1867–1953) was lecturer and first holder of the chair in Byzantine Christianity (from 1899), deputy director (from 1907) and then director of studies (from 1912) – Chair in Byzantine Christianity and Christian Archaeology – Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See André Grabar, ‘Gabriel Millet (1867-1953)’, Annuaires de l'École pratique des hautes études, year 1953, pp. 11-20.

Collection of the Gabriel Millet Centre (CGM), Christian and Byzantine collection: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE CGM). See Gabriel Millet, ‘La collection chrétienne et byzantine des Hautes Études,’ Annuaires de l'École pratique des hautes études, year 1902, pp. 1-94. Part of the photographic documentation from Gabriel Millet's Christian and Byzantine Collection is available online at PSL-Explore.

The Gabriel Millet collection, consisting of documents relating to his teaching and research activities, is held at the Collège de France. (Paris, Collège de France archives department, reference number: 51 CDF 1-96). See its page on Calames.

Paul Lévy (1909–1998) was Director of Studies in ‘Comparative Religions of Southeast Asia’ (previously titled: ‘Malayo-Polynesian Religions’, then ‘Religions of Southeast Asia’) continental and insular - Chair in ‘Civilisations of Southeast Asia’ (1948-1979) and Section President (1972-1975) and then Honorary President of the Section - Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See François Bizot, ‘Paul Lévy’, Annuaires de l'École pratique des hautes études, 1999, pp. 21-23.

Paul Lévy Archives: audio recordings (lectures), 1973–1979.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE SA 5LEV).

Jules Leroy (1903–1979) was lecturer in ‘Ancient Christian Art of Syria’ – Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See André Grabar, Jules Leroy, ‘Byzantine Christianity and Christian Archaeology,’ Annuaires de l'École pratique des hautes études, 1960, p. 97 and René-Georges Coquin, ‘Abbé Jules Leroy (1903-1979)’ [obituary], Syria, Archaeology, Art and History, 1980, pp. 502-503. 

Jules Leroy Papers - Library of Religious Sciences (BSR - EPHE): manuscript and iconographic archives, 1954-1972.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE BSR 5LER 1 to 3).

Claude Lepage: Director of Studies in ‘Religious Archaeology of the Byzantine World and Eastern Christian Arts’ (since 1987), specialist in the religious archaeology of the Byzantine world and Christian arts of the Near East and Ethiopia, Director of the Gabriel Millet Centre, Head of the Section's IT Laboratory (created by Claude Lepage in September 1990) and Founding Director of the IT Laboratory - IT Resource Centre (CRI) and experimental laboratory for the entire EPHE, then of the Laboratory for New Technologies for Research and Communication (in 1998) - Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See his IdRef reference and Claude Lepage, ‘Computer Laboratory,’ Annuaires de l'École pratique des hautes études, 1990, pp. 433-442 and id., ‘Laboratoire informatique. Centre de ressources informatiques (CRI) et laboratoire expérimental de l’EPHE,’ Annuaires de l’École pratique des hautes études, 1994, pp. 467–481.

Claude Lepage files: manuscript archives (operation of the computer network of the new technologies laboratory), 1989–2001.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE SA 5LEP 1 to 3).

Claude Langlois (1937-2024) was Director of Studies and holder of the Chair in Contemporary Catholic History and Sociology (from 1993 to 2005) - Societies, Religions, Secularism Laboratory (GSRL), president of the Section (1995-2002) and co-founder and director of the European Institute for Religious Studies - IESR (2002-2005) - Religious Studies Section (Ve). See his page in the ‘Prosopographic Dictionary of the EPHE’.

Claude Langlois Files - Library of Religious Sciences (BSR - EPHE): manuscript archives, 1958-2000.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE BSR 5LAN 1 to 33). See the presentation and inventory of the collection.

René Labat (1904-1974) was Director of Studies in Assyrian Studies and holder of the Chair of Assyriology (from 1933) - Historical and Philological Sciences Section (IV). See his page in the EPHE Prosopographical Dictionary.

The collection of cuneiform tablets at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) is one of the most important Assyriological collections in France. It includes several hundred cuneiform tablets and impressions from Mesopotamia, as well as a dozen inscribed bricks from Susa and Babylonia.The tablets were studied and described by Father Jean-Vincent Scheil (director of studies in Assyrian), and the inventory was compiled by Jean-Marie Durand (director of studies in Sumerian at the EPHE). René Labat catalogued these tablets with Georges Contenau and Raymond Jestin.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: Labat Collection). A summary catalogue of the collection can be found in the online Annuaire de la IVe section (1932-1933).

Philippe Hoffmann: Director of Studies in 'Theologies and Mystics of Hellenistic Greece and Late Antiquity' (since 1986), Director of the Laboratory for the Study of Monotheistic Religions (1999-2009), President (from 2002 to 2006) and then Dean (2006-2010) of the Religious Sciences Section and Director of Studies Emeritus (subject areas: Religions, Beliefs and Spiritualities) - Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See his IdRef reference and his EPHE page.

École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) collection, Section V - Religious Sciences Section: institutional archives (1886-2005), section chair, 1999-2005.

Physical location: Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, National Archives (reference number: 20190568/46).

Antoine Guillaumont (1915-2000) was lecturer in Syriac (1946-1951), director of studies in Hebrew and Aramaic (from 1952) - Historical and Philological Sciences Section (IV), director of Studies and first holder of the Chair in Eastern Christianity (from 1956 to 1981) - Religious Sciences Section (V). See his page in the ‘Dictionnaire prosopographique de l’EPHE’ (Prosopographic Dictionary of the EPHE) and Alain Le Boulluec, Marie-Joseph Pierre, ‘Antoine Guillaumont’, Annuaires de l’École pratique des hautes études, 1999, pp. 17-20.

Claire Guillaumont (1916-2005) was agrégée in literature and Doctor of Greek Studies - Centre for the Study of the Religions of the Book (laboratory associated with the CNRS). See for this page for the Centre for the Study of the Religions of the Book: Pierre Hadot et al., "Centre for the Study of the Religions of the Book. Laboratoire associé au CNRS, n° 152," Annuaires de l'École pratique des hautes études, 1981, pp. 456-478.

Antoine and Claire Guillaumont Collection - Bibliothèque des Sciences Religieuses (BSR - EPHE): manuscript archives (correspondence, research notes, course notebooks, scientific texts and documentation), 1947-2000.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference number: EPHE BSR 5GUI 1 to 82). See presentation and inventory of the collection in the Archives of Humathèque Condorcet and Calames.

Daniel Gimaret: Director of Studies in ‘Islamism’, then in ‘Muslim Theology’, specialising in the study of various theological doctrines (in the broadest sense of the term, possibly including philosophy or politics) in Islam during the classical period (1973-1998) - Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See his page in the ‘Dictionnaire prosopographique de l'EPHE’ (EPHE Prosopographical Dictionary).

Daniel Gimaret files - Library of Religious Sciences (BSR - EPHE): manuscript archives, documentation, 1969-2008.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE BSR 5GIM).

Pierre Geoltrain (1929-2004) was assistant lecturer (from 1968, tenured in 1970), direcotr of studies in 'Origins of Christianity' (from 1972), founder of the Centre for Historical Analysis of Judaism and Christianity in Ancient Societies (CANAL) and secretary (from 1975) and then vice-president of the Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See his page in the ‘Dictionnaire prosopographique de l'EPHE’ (Prosopographic Dictionary of the EPHE).

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE BSR 5GEO 1 to 17). See the presentation and inventory of the collection.

Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was Director of Studies - Chair of Islamism and Religions of Arabia (1954-1977) - Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See his page in the ‘Prosopographical Dictionary of the EPHE’.

Stella Corbin (1910-2003) was the wife of Henry Corbin and collaborator in his scientific activities.

Henri and Stella Corbin Collection - Library of Religious Sciences (BSR - EPHE): manuscript archives, 1916-2003.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE BSR 5COR 1 to 346). See the presentation and inventory of the collection in the Archives of Humathèque Condorcet, Calames and the EPHE website.

Madeleine Biardeau (1922–2010) was Director of Studies in Indian Religions (1960–1989) – Religious Studies Section (Ve). See her page in the ‘Dictionnaire prosopographique de l’EPHE’ (EPHE Prosopographical Dictionary).

Madeleine Biardeau Collection: manuscript archives, research library.

Physical location: Paris, University Library of Languages and Civilisations – BULAC (EPHE BIAR H/B).

Georges Bernanos (1888-1948) was a writer and a close friend of Daniel Pézeril - Associated with the Religious Sciences Section (Ve). IdRef reference; biography of Georges Bernanos.

Daniel Pézeril (1911-1998) was a Catholic priest and assistant chaplain at the Catholic Centre for French Intellectuals (from 1947) - Associated with the Religious Sciences Section (Ve). IdRef reference.

Papers of Father Daniel Pézeril: manuscript archives, publications of the works of Georges Bernanos, 1926-2002.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Concordet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE SA DEL 1 to 29). See also the presentation and inventory of the collection.

Jean Baubérot: technical collaborator in Higher Education in the Fifth Section (1967–1969), a research assistant specialising in Higher Education in the Fifth Section (1970–1978), Director of Studies in ‘History and Sociology of Protestantism’ (from 1978 to 1991), then in ‘History and Sociology of Secularism’ (from 1991 to 2007) and Director of Studies Emeritus (2007-2011). He was also Director, then President of the Section (from 1986 to 1994), Head of the Sociology of Religions and Secularism Group - GSRL (1995-2001) and President of the EPHE (1999-2003) - Religious Sciences Section (Ve). See his page in the ‘Dictionnaire prosopographique de l'EPHE’ (EPHE Prosopographical Dictionary).

École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) collection. Section V – Religious Sciences Section: institutional archives (1886-2005), files from his presidency. 1988-1994.

Physical location: Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, National Archives (reference numbers: 20190568/5-20190568/18)

Françoise Aubin (1932-2017) was a member of the research group "Islam in China in Texts' (from 1990-1995) - École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). IdRef reference.

Françoise Aubin Collection, Centre for Mongolian and Siberian Studies (CEMS - EPHE): manuscript and iconographic archives (documentation, bibliographic records, correspondence, photographs, magnetic tapes), personal library.

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque (reference: EPHE CEMS AUBIN).

Jules Bloch (1880–1953) was a lecturer at the EPHE (1909–1914) and a director of studies in ‘Comparative Grammar’ (from 1919) – Historical and Philological Sciences Section (IV). See his page in the Dictionnaire prosopographique de l'EPHE (Prosopographic Dictionary of the EPHE) and in Jean Filliozat, ‘Jules Bloch (1880-1953)’, bulletin of the École française d'Extrême-Orient, 1955, pp. 353-368.
Colette Caillat (1921–2007) was a French linguist, orientalist, specialist in Indian studies, religions and religious literature (Jainism, Buddhism), Middle Indian grammar and lexicography (Pali and Prakrits), philology and epigraphy and professor of Indian and Southeast Asian civilisation and head of the Indian Studies Section at the University of Paris III-Sorbonne-Nouvelle. See her profile on the website of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.

Jules Bloch and Colette Caillat collection: manuscript archives (working notes on Indian astrology and astronomy, grammar, verb studies, languages, philology and Indian literature; catalogues and manuscripts in Pali; dissertations and doctoral theses; obituaries and documentation).

Physical location: Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet, Humathèque.

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