1935
The Rousseau Institute’s tours
Since he joined the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute of Educational Sciences, in October 1921, Piaget has participated fully in the life of this organisation. This included an intense social life around a group of friends, parties and excursions. The mountains surrounding Geneva and the lakes were the privileged places for the establishment of ties of friendship that strengthened professional relations between the different actors, especially between teachers and students.
March 1935, La Plaine-aux-Rocailles From left to right, Pierre Bovet, X, Edouard Claparède, X, Valentine Piaget, Jean Piaget, Alina Szeminska
1936
Harvard
In 1936, Piaget was awarded with an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from Harvard University. The argument for the nomination was the use of his clinical method in the field of occupational psychology. He traveled with his wife Valentine, and this photo was taken upon arrival.
Probably with a representative from Harvard (left), a former student of the Institute, Eugène Lerner (center), and his wife Valentine, upon arrival in Manhattan
1942
Paris under occupation
Since the late 1930s, French psychological and philosophical societies have wanted to listen to Piaget. After several failed attempts, Henri Piéron invited him to the Collège de France. Piaget went there secretly in May 1942, and he observed the daily life of a capital transformed by the occupation. There he met many friends and gave a series of lectures that were published in 1947 in the volume entitled Psychology of Intelligence.
1948
Beirut: UNESCO
In 1948, as part of his mission on behalf of UNESCO, Piaget attended the Beirut conference as an observer. He established a friendly relationship with the first director of UNESCO, the English biologist Julian Huxley.
1949
Lyon Congress
In April 1949, Piaget was invited to Lyon by the organisers of the Congress of Nursery School Teachers. Already familiar with travelling to France, he went there to give a lecture on the notion of number in children, as part of the initiation to calculus.
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