Abstract
The beginning of the French anthropology was marked when P. Broca founded its anthropological Society in 1859 (Société d’anthropologie de Paris). In his history of nearly one hundred and fifty years, the Society has held as many as eighteen hundred and thirty-two regular meetings while continuing to publish its bulletins (Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’anthropologie de Paris). In addition, the Society has played a leading role in the activities of the Francophone anthropologists in the world (GALF) since 1964. The Society suffered somewhat from diminution of its membership towards the end of the 20th century, but the trend has since been reversed owing to some measures it has taken. I shall report on some of those measures and also on the structure of CNRS (Centre National de la recherche scientifique) focusing on how different it is from our Japanese educational and research system.
