Arlette Jouanna

[1][2] She was a member of the Centre de recherches interdisciplinaires en sciences humaines et sociales (CRISES).

Jouanna was a pupil at the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles (Sèvres).

[3] She then completed a History degree in 1968 at the Sorbonne (Paris IV) where she was taught by Roland Mousnier.

[4] She was awarded her PhD in 1975 for a thesis entitled 'L'idée de race en France au XVIe siècle et au début du XVIIe'.

For her entire career she taught at l'Université Paul Valéry (Montpellier III).