About the journal

Founded in 1971 by Jean Cuisenier within the Centre d’Ethnologie Française, Ethnologie française made an early effort to break with the approach of the folklorists who dominated the analysis of social and cultural facts observed in France as well as in Europe at that time.

The review has been part of the editorial department of the Maison Archéologie & Ethnologie – René Ginouvès at the Université Paris Nanterre since 2008, becoming one of the most important French-language journals of general anthropology. Edited and managed by Martine Segalen from 2006 to 2017 and since 2017 by Nicolas Adell, the journal focuses primarily – although not exclusively – on European societies through the lens of ethnographic studies but also of other perspectives including history, sociology, political science, geography, and literary studies.

Ethnologie Française publishes four issues per year. The paper version is published and distributed by the Presses Universitaires de France. Issues published since 2001 are accessible online via the CAIRN portal, with a 36-month moving wall, and older issues can be consulted on the JSTOR platform.

Editor in chief
Nicolas Adell

Executive committee
Nicolas Adell, Baptiste Buob, Laurent Le Gall, Anne Monjaret

Editorial assistant
Sophie Gudin

Head of publication
Anne Monjaret

Scientific board
Niko Besnier (Université d'Amsterdam, Pays-Bas)
Christian Bromberger (Aix-Marseille université/CNRS-IDEMEC, France)
André Burgière (EHESS)
Alain Corbin (université Paris I, France)
† Jack Goody (St John’s College-Cambridge, Grande-Bretagne)
Michael Herzfeld (Harvard University, Etats-Unis)
Reinhard Johler(université de Tübingen, Allemagne)
Carmelo Lisón-Tolosana (Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Politicas, Espagne)
Jean-Pierre Peter (EHESS, France)
Xavier Roigé (université de Barcelone, Espagne)
Martine Ségalen (université Paris Nanterre)
Mila Santova (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgarie)
Pier Gorgio Solinas (université de Sienne, Italie)

Editorial board
Tiphaine Barthelemy de Saizieu (université de Picardie Jules Verne)
Michèle Baussant (CNRS-LESC)
Baptiste Buob (CNRS-LESC
André Burguière (EHESS)
Sophie Chevalier (université de Franche-Comté)
Gérard Collomb (CNRS-LAIOS)
Philippe Combessie (université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense)
Sylvaine Conord (université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense)
Maria Couroucli (CNRS-LESC)
Francis Demier (université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense)
Nicoletta Diasio (université de Strasbourg)
Jean-Yves Durand (universidade do Minho, Portugal)
Laurent-Sébastien Fournier (université de Nantes)
Marie-Luce Gélard (université Paris Descartes)
Elisabeth Gessat-Anstett (CNRS-IRIS, EHESS)
Jean-Pierre Hassoun (CNRS, EHESS)
Monica Heintz (université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense)
Agnès Jeanjean (université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis)
Laurent Le Gall (université de Bretagne occidentale, Brest)
Vanessa Manceron (CNRS-LESC)
Anne Monjaret (CNRS-IIAC-LAHIC)
Jean-Marie Privat (université de Lorraine)
Gilles Raveneau (université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense)
Sylvie Sagnes (CNRS-IIAC-LAHIC)
Gabriel Segré (université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense)
Martin de la Soudière (CNRS–Centre Edgar Morin)
Thierry Wendling (CNRS-IIAC-LAHIC)