About the institute
About
The Paris Institute for Critical Thinking is a non-profit organization founded in 2018 and based in Paris, France. The Institute is devoted to scholarly teaching and research in the English language.
The Paris Institute for Critical Thinking (PICT) is an independent, volunteer-run, non-profit institute with no state or corporate backing. We provide a public space for the humanities and arts, unregulated by the gatekeepers of traditional higher education.
What is PICT?
The Paris Institute for Critical Thinking (PICT) is a non-profit educational institution founded in 2018 and based in Paris, France.
The teaching and research at PICT are focused on the humanities and arts, which we regard as the natural home of critical thinking. The core of our academic program consists of our university-quality courses. These are complemented by a spectrum of other events including lectures, conferences, and workshops. Finally, we provide intellectual content for our global community through a range of podcasts, blogs, and videos as well as dePICTions, our own critical journal.
Our community welcomes participants from all backgrounds, regardless of profession, age, or educational level. All our offerings are in the English language.
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Partners
PICT is proud to cooperate with a distinguished list of partners and sponsors. These institutions support PICT in various ways, for instance as venue sponsors who provide spaces for PICT courses. Their contributions are essential to our mission of enriching Paris with opportunities for critical learning, reflection, and discussion in the English language.
Please contact us if you too would like to become a PICT venue sponsor or support the institute in any other way.
- Association of Former UNESCO Staff Members (AFUS)
- Atelier von Nagel
- Cambridge Society of Paris
- Centre for Critical Thought, University of Kent
- Chakalaka Films
- Cinescuela
- Collège d’Études Mondiales (FMSH)
- École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC)
- Finca Heimatlos
- Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre
- Fondation Danoise
- Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH)
- Goethe-Institut Paris
- Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF)
- La Languerie
- London Group of Multilingual Writers (LGMW)
- Maison de la Vie Associative et Citoyenne de Paris Centre — site Marais
- Maison des Écrivains et de la Littérature
- Maison des Étudiants Suédois
- Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
- San Francisco Books Paris
- Shakespeare and Company
- Sorbonne pour l’Organisation des Nations Unies (SONU)
- The Abbey Bookshop