The Institut de France (French Institute) is a Frenchlearned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is probably the Académie française.
The institute manages approximately one thousand foundations. It also awards prizes and subsidies, which amounted to a total of 5,028,190.55 euros for 2002. Most of these prizes are awarded by the Institute on the recommendation of the académies.
Académie française (French Academy, concerning the French language) - founded in 1635
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (Academy of Humanities) - founded in 1663
Académie des sciences (Academy of Sciences) - founded in 1666
Académie des beaux-arts (Academy of Fine Arts) - created in 1816 as the merger of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture (Academy of Painting and Sculpture, founded 1648), the Académie de musique (Academy of Music, founded in 1669) and the Académie d'architecture (Academy of Architecture, founded in 1671)
Académie des sciences morales et politiques (Academy of Moral Sciences and Politics) - founded in 1795, suppressed in 1803, reestablished in 1832
The Institute of French Studies at New York University is a multi-disciplinary center for the study of nineteenth- and twentieth-century France.
Each year, the Institute invites four scholars from France's most prestigious institutions of higher learning to give full semester courses.
Our distinguished regular faculty and visitors from France together with our rich program of conferences, lectures, and seminars, make the Institute of French Studies unique in the United States.
The Institute is a part of the network of research centers [1] organized by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and its existence is guaranteed by an international treaty, namely, the Treaty of Cession of French Territories in India, signed between India and France in 1956.
The Institute is housed in a 19th century building, recently renovated and the premises cover an area of 3000 square meter.
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