Aleksandar Protic, Sorbonne UNESCO Club Founder & Academic Director
Aleksandar Protic works at the leading French university Ecole Polytechnique, Program for Senior Executives, as the Head of Talent ; also serving as the Vice President of the European Federation of UNESCO Centers, Clubs and Associations. Sorbonne University Alumnus, he directs the Tesla Academy. He has authored or co-authored a number of publications with scienctists, thought leaders and civil society activists. Passionate for education, innovation and international cooperation in the service of Sustainable Development, he is a laureate of high-level recognitions and distinctions and a part of a team winning the European Award in Science and Education. University speaker at the Sorbonne, Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, l’ENA, he also served as advisor/contributor to the United Nations Development Program, French National Center for Scientific Research, and Academies of Sciences.
University CES Speaker at Harvard University Center for European Studies
Guest Speaker at MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms
Georges Molinié
Sorbonne University president, Sorbonne UNESCO Club founding patron
The Sorbonne University UNESCO Club was formed under the auspices of the President of the Sorbonne University (Paris IV) professor Georges Molinié, who chaired the University from March 2008 to February 2012. Doctor of Letters and expert, he had already served a first term as president of the Sorbonne University from 1998 to 2003. For two years (2000 to 2002), he served as Vice-President of the Conference of University Presidents. Professor of semiotics and rhetoric, Georges Molinié taught at Sorbonne since 1988. Scientific expert for various research institutions, in France and internationally, Georges Molinié chaired the association of presidents of universities in Paris (in 2001) and the conference of the 17 universities in the Ile-de-France region (2002-2003). He was a member of the Supreme Council of Universities and the National Committee of the French National Center for Scientific Research. Former director of the Revue XVII century, he was also the author of numerous publications and about hundreds of scientific papers. He passed away in June 2014. George Molinié profoundly marked our university: first as a teacher in French language, as a real rhetorician as he liked to say, but also and especially in the various administrative functions that he has fulfilled, such as director of UFR, vice-president of the scientific council, and twice as president.During his second term, he had the heavy burden of making Paris-Sorbonne, with success, a fully autonomous university in accordance with the wishes of its legislator.
Professor Georges Molinié’s full biography
Francis Conte
Sorbonne Malesherbes founder, Sorbonne UNESCO Club founding patron
The Sorbonne University UNESCO Club was formed with significant support of illustrious Sorbonne professor Francis Conte, the head of the Sorbonne’s Master in cross-cultural studies, and UNESCO expert. Some of Professor Conte’s responsabilities include: Director of the Sorbonne University Centre Malesherbes, Head of the Russian department of the University of Bordeaux III, Secretary General of the Institute of Human Sciences of Aquitaine, Director of the Department of the USSR CREST (strategic and technological Research Centre) Polytechnical School, President of the French Association of russisants and director of its publication the Russian Revue, Director of the Faculty of Slavic Studies at the University Paris-Sorbonne, Founding Director of the magazine: the Slavonic Papers, Sorbonne. Professor Conte was the Member of the Jury of the Russian external Aggregation , President of the Jury of the Russian external Aggregation. His other responsibilities include: Director of the University Centre of the Grand Palais, Founding President of the Alumni Association of the Oxford University St Antony’s College , Founding President of the Association Henry Durand, Member of the Executive Committee, the Scientific Council and the Standing Committee of acquisitions MUCEM (Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations); Expert at the Ministry of Research for Slavic Studies, Honorary Fellow of St Anthony’s College (Oxford University). In 2001 he became the Honorary Doctor of the University of Khar’kiv, Ukraine.
Professor Francis Conte’s full biography