André Mazon et les études slaves : Introduction

André Mazon et les études slaves Introduction André Mazon passed away on july 13th 1967. This issue of the Revue des études slaves takes a look back at a distinguished man who actively studied and traveled the Slavic world for more than sixty years, through wars, revolutions and academic turmoils. In France, he was instrumental to the development of Slavic studies with his teaching first at Strasbourg University, then at the Collège de France, and with his many publications. He was also as an organizer, a long-time head of the Institut d’études slaves, a pillar of the redaction of the Revue des études slaves, and an untiring defender of scientific relations with other slavists. Jean Breuillard draws a complete picture of Mazon’s legacy as a linguist. Robert Roudet revisits the famous controversy Mazon raised by his skepticism about the authenticity of the Slovo o Polku Igoreve, uniting against himself Roman Jakobson and Dmitrij Lixačev. Antoine Marès shows us Mazon practising his ‘religion of exchanges’ and maintaining or restoring scientific ties with the Slavic countries, in spite of their ideological transformations. Vladislav Rjéoutski studies the particular case of relations with Soviet Russia. Finally, Edward L. Keenan gives us the point of view of a disciple of Roman Jakobson who nevertheless shares Mazon’s views about the Slovo.