The Centre for Grothendieckian Studies (CSG) is a research centre of the Grothendieck Institute, with a dedicated mission to honour the memory of Alexander Grothendieck, an influential mathematician, thinker and writer of the 20th century. Through extensive efforts, we strive to enlarge the accessibility of his remarkable scientific and cultural heritage to experts and the general public while disseminating his groundbreaking ideas.
The CSG offers a valuable online resource featuring extensive surveys and catalogues of Grothendieck’s works as well as of modern Grothendieckian scholarship. This dynamic database provides summaries and digital access to a wide range of materials, including catalogues, unpublished works, bibliographic references, editorial projects, transcriptions, ongoing research, events, and much more. Explore our vibrant community, and get in touch!
Comprehensive information accessible online on Grothendieck's works and Grothendieck's secondary literature.
Blog with news around Grothendieck, and organization of scientific dissemination events, including a biannual symposium.
Construction of a biennial journal, the Quaderni del Centro di Studi Grothendieckiani, which will notably publish the Proceedings of the CSG Symposia.
Coordination of editions of unpublished Grothendieck manuscripts, either mathematical, literary, philosophical, ethical or sociological.
Collaborative work by an international team of top scholars with unique expertise relevant for the valorisation of Alexander Grothendieck's cultural heritage.
Historical studies and search for new materials (manuscripts, lessons, videos, audios) by A. Grothendieck or, more generally, related to his work.
Development of new trends in philosophy, mathematics, epistemology and ontology inspired by Grothendieck’s methods and his universal, general, vision of culture.
Research around central themes in Grothendieck’s thinking: ethics, ecology, connections between the arts and the sciences, the psychology of creativity, community construction, spirituality.
Deciphering and high-quality retyping of unpublished manuscripts of A. Grothendieck and diffusion of these transcriptions through the CSG's website (upon consent of the right holders).
Comprehensive information accessible online on Grothendieck’s works and Grothendieck’s secondary literature.
Blog with news around Grothendieck, and organization of scientific dissemination events, including a biannual symposium.
Construction of a biannual journal, the Quaderni del Centro di Studi Grothendieckiani (QCSG), which will notably publish the “Proceedings” of the biannual symposia organized by the CSG.
Coordination of editions of unpublished Grothendieck manuscripts, either mathematical, literary, philosophical, ethical or sociological.
Collaborative work by an international team of top scholars with unique expertise relevant for the valorisation of Alexander Grothendieck’s cultural heritage.
Historical studies and search for new materials (manuscripts, lessons, videos, audios) by A. Grothendieck or, more generally, related to his work.
Development of new trends in philosophy, mathematics, epistemology and ontology inspired by Grothendieck’s methods and his universal, general, vision of culture.
Philosophical and meta-mathematical work
Research around central themes in Grothendieck’s thinking: ethics, ecology, connections between the arts and the sciences, the psychology of creativity, community construction, spirituality.
Deciphering and high-quality retyping of unpublished manuscripts of A. Grothendieck, and free diffusion of these transcriptions through the CSG’s website.
The Centre for Grothendieckian Studies (CSG) is pleased to highlight the publication of The Mathematical and Philosophical Legacy of Alexander Grothendieck, edited by Marco Panza, Daniele C. Struppa, and Jean-Jacques Szczeciniarz.
We are excited to announce the publication of Les Années cachées by Éditions Odile Jacob, featuring a preface by our esteemed scientific council member, Alain Connes and Patrick Gauthier-Lafaye
The Institute received a very special gift from artist Dominique Lepetz, a former student of
Alexander Grothendieck has been the central figure in a special episode of “La Terre au
The distinguished mathematician Alain Connes, member of the Scientific Council of the Grothendieck Institute and
Laurent Lafforgue, mathematician (Fields Medal 2002, member of the Académie des Sciences, editorial board member
The following is a declaration by Charles Alunni upon his appointment as Coordinator of the CSG
In October 1978, Grothendieck prepared an information sheet entitled “En Guise de Programme” to outline the intentions of his planned course, “Introduction to Research,” for fourth-year students in Montpellier. Join us as we discover Grothendieck as an educator and the influence this document had on his later style and interests.
The following is a declaration by Charles Alunni upon his appointment as Coordinator of the CSG
In October 1978, Grothendieck prepared an information sheet entitled “En Guise de Programme” to outline the intentions of his planned course, “Introduction to Research,” for fourth-year students in Montpellier. Join us as we discover Grothendieck as an educator and the influence this document had on his later style and interests.
