The ESU in Besançon
ESU 2025 in Besançon, France
The ESU 2025 will be located within the premises of the faculty of Humanities of the University Marie et Louis Pasteur (formerly known as the Université de Franche-Comté, created in 1423) in the heart of Besançon. The ESU is organized in Besançon with the help of the teams of two masters in Digital Humanities (“mention Humanités Numériques”), the master Rare Book and Digital Humanities and the master Valorisation Numérique du Patrimoine Culturel Africain de l’Antiquité à nos Jours (VANUPAAJ) with the support of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie
French for DH
As mentioned earlier, our main goal as organizers is that participants and instructors make the most of their stay in Besançon. In partnership with our Centre de Linguistique Appliquée which has a tradition of more 70 years in teaching French for non-native speakers, we will propose a program of French classes along with the ESU (before and after). After the ESU, you will have to possibility to study French for 2 to 4 weeks during the month of August at our CLA. We will come back to you with more information in the next weeks, if you are already interested, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Coming to Besançon
Besançon is located in the east of France, halfway between Lyons and Strasbourg, close to Switzerland and relatively close to Germany and Italy. It is possible to reach Besançon by train, by bus, by car and by plane. The closest airports are Basel-Mulhouse Euroairport, Paris (Charles de Gaulle and Orly) and Lyon Saint-Exupéry. It takes 3 hours to reach Besançon from these airports.
Accommodation
The city of Besançon, ca. 120 000 inhabitants and more than 25 000 students, offers several possibilities of relatively cheap accommodation. For the ESU 2025, several options are available:
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1°) the first one is Bed n’ Crous Besançon (24 Euros / night, breakfast excluded) proposed by our partner the Crous Bourgogne Franche-Comté
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2°) the second one is the Centre International de Séjour (45,60 Euros/night for a single room during weekdays, 40,90 Euros/night during weekends for a single room, including breakfast ; 28,60 Euros/night/person for a double room during weekdays, 23,90 Euros during weekends, including breakfast)
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3°) we will provide, in a few weeks, a list of hotels with which the university Marie and Louis Pasteur is working and that will offer a reduced rate for ESU participants.
What to do, what to see
For us, organizers, welcoming the ESU also means welcoming scholars from all over the world to our territory. Throughout the two weeks of your stay in Besançon, we will try to give a snapshot of Besançon and its surroundings as well of our traditional food. We will come back to you in a few weeks with a more detailed program of meals and visits. Meanwhile, have a look at Besançon and the surrounding region