A series of 5 classes devoted to adventurers, both men and women, throughout history and literature. Each class lasts 3 hours, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, July 13–17, 2026. Classes are held in the historic Sorbonne building.

The American adventures of Sir Walter Raleigh, Elizabethan gentleman
Patrick Brioist, history, University of Tours
Male and female spies of the Enlightenment
Virginie Yvernault, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Cagliostro, Messmer, Saint-Germain... Adventurers, troublemakers of the Enlightenment?
Jean-François Dunyach, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
Italy of Adventurers in the 19th- and 20th-century French Novels
Virginie Yvernault, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
A science adventurer: "Marie Curie"
Nathalie Duval, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University

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