ALLSH research is supported by 19 laboratories, including 9 Unités de Recherche (UR) and 10 Unités Mixtes de Recherche (UMR) and 2 Unités Mixte de Service - UMS (CLEO and Maison Asie Pacifique).
The scientific activity of our faculty covers an extremely wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience to the arts, including literature, languages, linguistics, phonetics, anthropology, geography and psychology.
The faculty enrols doctoral students in 3 doctoral schools, Langues, Lettres et Arts and Cognition, Langage, Education and Espaces, Cultures, Sociétés, located on the MMSH site.
With 4,500 m² dedicated to research, the Maison de la Recherche (MR) houses 10 of the Faculty's 19 research units, as well as an administrative, financial and development service to support the research units, and a service to assist with the programming and funding of scientific events.
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Call for Papers: Extractivist Visualities. Ecosophical Visualities. 🗓️ before October 25, 2026 
🗓️ before October 25, 2026Call for Papers: Extractivist Visualities. Ecosophical Visualities.
Symposium: “Extractivist Visualities. Ecosophical Visualities. Images and Artistic Practices Confronting and Transcendin […] -
Julia Tibblin Seminar 🗓️ Friday, October 2, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
🗓️ Friday, October 2, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Julia Tibblin Seminar
Julia Tibblin (LPL) will present her dissertation, defended at Lund, on inclusive forms and mental representations of ge […] -
Ornamentation in Islamic Art September 30 through October 2, 2026 
September 30 through October 2, 2026Ornamentation in Islamic Art
Three days to explore the artistic role of ornamentation in Islamic art and its anthropological and social functions
