Talk:Sorbonne

Disambig removed

I have removed the {{disambig}} since this is an artilc discussing the usage of the word "Sorbonne" and isn't disambiguating anything. Discuss if you wish to reinstate the notice.--Commander Keane 05:32, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Translation in Progress

A translation from the French article of the same name is in process; I will be merging the translation and this article soon. Just a heads up; if you'd like to see how it is progressing see User:Tamarkot/Sorbonne. Thanks! Tamarkot 22:06, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Please note that the French Wikipedia (and the translation you are working on) is confusing the University of Paris and the Sorbonne, which are not the same thing. This article is supposed to explain that and refer the reader to the correct articles for each relevant topic. u p p l a n d 04:33, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, I have refactored this page and moved some stuff to other articles (see the page history). I hope the purpose of this page is clearer now. u p p l a n d 07:21, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

The Name

I understand Sorbonne is pronounced "sore bun." If so, it's a fitting name for a university. A sore bun is all I've gotten out of university education. User: Constantine XIII129.93.17.117 (talk) 03:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

If you are referring to your buttocks and you are unlike the old woman in Candide, there are two. So which bun did your university education make sore, the right or the left? 68.113.148.18 (talk) 09:18, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

May 1968

I attempted to add a short section on Sorbonne as a site in relation to May 1968 and it has been removed. Here is how it read:

MAY 1968

Following months of conflicts between students and authorities at the University of Paris at Nanterre, the administration shut down that university on 2 May 1968. Students at the Sorbonne University in Paris met on 3 May to protest against the closure and the threatened expulsion of several students at Nanterre. On Monday, 6 May, the national student union, the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (UNEF) — still the largest student union in France today — and the union of university teachers called a march to protest against the police invasion of Sorbonne. More than 20,000 students, teachers and supporters marched towards the Sorbonne, still sealed off by the police, who charged, wielding their batons, as soon as the marchers approached. While the crowd dispersed, some began to create barricades out of whatever was at hand, while others threw paving stones, forcing the police to retreat for a time. The police then responded with tear gas and charged the crowd again. Hundreds more students were arrested.

Negotiations broke down, and students returned to their campuses after a false report that the government had agreed to reopen them, only to discover the police still occupying the schools.

When the Sorbonne reopened, students occupied it and declared it an autonomous "people's university". In the weeks that followed, approximately 401 popular action committees were set up in Paris and elsewhere to take up grievances against the government and French society, including the Sorbonne Occupation Committee. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.36.227.237 (talk) 23:44, 18 November 2011 (UTC)