Distinguished Chair Award
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The Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair in American Studies was offered for the first time in 2005, marking the bicentennial of the birth of Alexis de Tocqueville, the famous french historian and politician and author of "Democracy in America".
The award aims to reinforce collaborative research between France and the United States in France by developing the latest trends in American studies.
Since 2010, the chair position is open to all fields. Fields of specialization can include: public administration, arts, art history, cinema, law, economics, history, literature, philosophy, public policy, religion, international relations, political science, social sciences.
It is financed by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and the Franco-American Commission.
2012-2013 Awardee
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Current Distinguished Chair Awardee (Jan 2013 - June 2013)
Dr. Michel Rosenfeld Justice Sydney L. Robins Professor of Human Rights Director of the Program on Global and Comparative Constitutional Theory Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Yeshiva University
Hosted by Université de Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne UMR de Droit comparé de Paris I
Hélène RUIZ FABRI Directrice de l’Ecole de droit de la Sorbonne
Listen to his inaugural lecture (in French) Les crises actuelles du constitutionalisme: du local au global |
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1st Semester July-December 2012
Dr. Pamela Ronald Professor of Plant Pathology Faculty at the Genome Center University of California – Davis
Hosted by Université de Montpellier 2 and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement UMR Résistance des Plantes aux Bioagresseurs RPB (IRD-CIRAD-U. Montpellier 2)
Michel Nicole Directeur de Recherche, Directeur de l’UMR |
