Selecting candidates

The Historical Mission and its scientific committee assess and select candidates on presentation of a research project. Subjects that relate exclusively to the history of Societe Generale from 1864 to present day are preferred. However, wider or comparative studies incorporating the history of Societe Generale group are also valued.

Further information about Research Grants

Work conducted

• Benjamin Gérôme, 2nd year Masters student at the University of Metz, for research into “Henri Ardent”
• Delphine Minchella, PhD student in Management Science at the University of Paris-Dauphine, for a thesis on the management of work areas within Societe Generale’s central services
• Edouardo Altmadura, PhD student at the University of Geneva, for a thesis on Societe Generale and the Euromarkets in the 1970s and 1980s
• Mba Ekomy Dimitry, 1st year Masters student at the University of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, for research into Societe Generale and its sites in Sub-Saharan Africa in Senegal, Algeria and Congo-Brazzaville between 1900 and 1970

The Historical Mission also supports the organisation of scientific symposia

• 2011: "Banking architecture: Between Beauty and Practicality", Histara team study day in Paris
• 2011: "Banks and corporate mutations", symposium organised by Professor Hubert Bonin at the Archives Nationales du Monde du Travail in Roubaix
• 2010: "Banks and industry", symposium organised by Ivan Kharaba, Director of the François Bourdon Academy, in Le Creusot
• 2009: "Bank and area of operation" symposium organised by P. Mioche, Professor at the University of Aix-Marseille
• 2008: "Bank and Globalisation" study session organised by M. Lescure, Professor at the University of Paris-X Nanterre
• 2007: "Rugby: from the village to the global", symposium organised by the "Sport, socety and culture" research group of Sciences Po Paris