Étienne Anheim

Étienne Anheim serves as Director of Studies (Professor) at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), affiliated with the Center for Historical Research (CRH), where he holds the chair in Historical Sociology of Culture in Europe (12th-16th centuries).

His academic foundation includes:

• ENS Fontenay/St-Cloud student (1993-1998)
• Agrégé in History (1996)
• Doctor of History (2004)
• CNRS research fellow at École française de Rome (2002-2006)

Anheim's scholarship evolved from late medieval scholarly culture (scholasticism, polyphonic music) to contemporary focus on economic/social/material history of painting and writing practices (13th-15th centuries), critically engaging with historiography and historical epistemology. His interdisciplinary approach bridges art history, cultural anthropology, and textual studies within medieval European contexts.

He contributes editorially to Synthèse, Médiévales, and Annales journals, reflecting sustained engagement with methodological debates in historical sciences.