The collection, which is exclusively digital, hosts work carried out as part of the "Passage des disciplines : "Histoire globale du Collège de France, XIXe et XXe siècles" " program, directed by Antoine Compagnon.
" Passage des disciplines " is a research project, undertaken since 2012, that focuses on the birth of scientific and literary disciplines, their arrangement and evolution, on a national and international scale, in the 19th and 20th centuries, based in particular on the history of chair renewals at the Collège de France. This institution is a privileged observatory, as the juxtaposition and redistribution of knowledge are statutory. This research program is organized around the study of the " reports " presented to the Assembly of Professors in defense of the chair projects, from which it is possible to conduct an analysis of the formation and circulation of knowledge from a broader perspective, i.e. not limited to the chairs selected, nor to the frameworks of a single establishment of knowledge. One of the project's key objectives is to study the institutional interactions that have shaped the formation of knowledge and disciplines. This joint analysis of proposals for validated and non-validated professorships at the Collège, in the broader context of higher education and research, can reveal as yet unknown issues in the medium and long term, and shed light on the past and contemporary formation of disciplines.
