History, culture and heritage (HCP)

Expertise

2021 Booklet of Chairs

Published on 7/22/21 | Modified on 5/25/22

In 2012, UPPA launched a distinctive initiative with the creation of research and education chairs.

Several aims were pursued:

to invest into significant scientific projects in accordance with the strategy of the university
to create a task force dedicated to these specific research objectives
to tighten the relationships with private and public partners, placing them within a five-years horizon instead of the traditional three-years partnership format
to provide an increased visibility, thereby promoting the outreach of upcoming results and strengthening our international network.

With E2S UPPA I-site, this framework has been significantly expanded. New chair formats have been launched, in addition to the existing format directed at established researchers.

Junior chairs for young promising researchers, and part-time international chairs hosting researchers with a very high international visibility have been created.

Facts (2020)

34 chairs in 2020

13 Junior Chairs
15 Senior Chairs with partnerships
4 International Academic Guest Chairs
2 International Guest Chairs with partnership

Teams

86 permanent employees
88 PhD
151 Post-doctorate

A considerable increase in the potential of scientific experts for UPPA

Published on 7/22/21 | Modified on 9/13/21

The objective is to drastically increase the scientific power of E2S UPPA, and at the same time, to embed – at the very starting point of the chair – research and education as the scientific team built up around a chair should have also educational responsibilities within the flagship programs of E2S UPPA.

70 doctoral positions and more than 100 one-year post-doctoral fellowships have been offered within these chairs, over a wide variety of scientific topics in line with the ambitions and missions of E2S UPPA.

Private and public partners

This unprecedented effort was made possible due to a wide participation of private and public partners. Their decisive input is acknowledged in the description of each specific chair.

Each project results from the convergence between scientific issues, stakeholders’ needs and, above all, the interest in the mutualisation of concerns and efforts. Our experience shows that it has been beneficial to everyone.

The E2S-UPPA cofunded chairs

History, culture and heritage (HCP)A history Chair to shed light on the present

Published on 4/19/24 | Modified on 3/25/19

Three questions to Laurent Jalabert, holder of the HCP Chair (history, culture and heritage), attached to the ITEM (identities, territories, expressions and mobility) laboratory.

Signing of the partnership with the Crédit Agricole Pyrénées-Gascogne. Mr. Laurent Jalabert, Director of the “History, culture and heritage” Chair, Mr. Jean-Paul Mazoyer, General Manager of the Crédit Agricole Pyrénées Gascogne and Mr. Mohamed Amara, President of the UPPA.

How did the idea of this Chair blossom?

We wanted to build a structure that would allow the ITEM lab to work with partners in the private sector, regional authorities and players of the associative world. This Chair is the ideal tool for that. It gives us the chance to carry out ambitious projects centered on issues related to research on heritage and how to valorize it, while streamlining the relationships between fundamental research and teaching. In this way, the Chair backs the training of our PhD and Master’s students. It is also important to point out that we received valuable support from the French heritage foundation right from the start.

Can you give us some examples of research projects?

We conduct theme-based research or asset appraisals depending on the needs of our partners, communes, businesses or associations. Our most recent partner is the Crédit Agricole Pyrénées-Gascogne for which we are drawing up an exhaustive historical record from its creation to today. Our most solid project involves research on “The history of small winegrowers” supported by the winegrowers of Buzet, the House of Armagnac Dartigalongue, and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. We try and concentrate on specific fields.

Could you tell us a bit more about the partnership with the Cave de Buzet?

The program was kicked off in 2014 and was organized around four different aspects: an inventory of the private funds available and classification of the winery’s archives; recording the memories of the winegrowers; an appraisal of the winegrowing heritage of Buzet; and a historical record of the cooperative winery. To understand the present, our partners need to dive into the past of their company, its governance, its identity, its relationship with the region... and this is what we offer them. In return, they help us develop our research on small vineyards across the world and communicate our findings (symposiums, books, scientific articles etc.). This should keep us busy until 2024.

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