Overview

Created by the Franco-Egyptian cooperation agreement of 1968, CEDEJ is a multidisciplinary research center whose work focuses on all disciplines of the human and social sciences in contemporary Egypt, including political science, law, economics, geography, sociology, anthropology, 20th century history, and others. CEDEJ traces its ancestry back the French School of Law of Cairo (1956-1980), whose holdings were acquired by the Centre. The Centre’s main vocation is to welcome researchers and students of various nationalities and offer them access to information resources, present research at seminars and conferences, and publish research. This includes CEDEJ’s journal, Egypt/Arab World (in French: EMA, Egypte/Monde Arabe), available online at revues.org. CEDEJ aims to produce knowledge relevant to the human and social sciences in Egypt and the wider region. It works in partnership with other research and training institutions, both local and foreign. The center focuses on empirical research and facilitates researchers’ access to the field. The CEDEJ is under the joint supervision of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (MAEDI) and the National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS). It has been considered a Service and Research Unit since 2006 under the title USR 3123. The CEDEJ has significant assets which include a library holding over 35,000 titles and a searchable online catalog, statistics, a map library focused on Egypt with digital and georeferencing services (see here), and thematic press records from 1976 to the present, most of which can be found through the Bibalex program.