Académie des sciences, lettres et arts d'Alsace

Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts d'Alsace ; (Académie d'Alsace)
founding	May 25, 1952
Sponsorship	state
place	Colmar , Alsace , France
president	Bernard Reumaux
Website	www.academie-alsace.fr

The Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts d'Alsace (German: Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts of Alsace; Académie d'Alsace for short ) is a French learned society based in Colmar , Alsace .

The academy was founded on May 25, 1952 in Colmar Académie d'Alsace (Academy of Alsace). Since 2007 it has been operating under the name Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts d'Alsace . The forerunner was the Société littéraire de Colmar (Literature Society of Colmar), founded by Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel in 1760 , but which was dissolved in 1820. In 1801, a Société d'émulation des sciences, des belles lettres et des arts was founded in Colmar .

The academy consists of four classes: Belles lettres, Sciences de la nature, Sciences de l'Homme and Art et Artisanat d'art.

The academy has been chaired by the publisher Bernard Reumaux since 2017 .

In the Articles of Association, the seat of the Hôtel de la Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie, 1 place de la Gare in Colmar is specified.

Well-known members include:

Marie-Laure de Cazotte (* 1959), writer
Martial Debriffe (* 1975), author and biographer
Pierre Fluck (* 1947), technology historian
Jean Frère (1924-2018), philosopher
Mir Wais Hosseini (* 1955), molecular chemist
Francis Rapp (1926-2020), Medievalist
Hervé This (* 1955), physical chemist

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ "Le Comité de l'Académie" on http://www.academie-alsace.fr / of March 30, 2020 (French)

↑ STATUTS DE "L'ACADÉMIE D'ALSACE DES SCIENCES, LETTRES ET ARTS" from 2019. Accessed March 30, 2020 (French; PDF).

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[1] "Le Comité de l'Académie" on http://www.academie-alsace.fr / of March 30, 2020 (French)