The Pontigny conferences were founded by Paul Desjardins
in 1910 and were designed to facilitate discussion and exchange among invited international scholars, writers, and artists. Pontigny was closed in 1940 but later revived at Cerisy-la-Salle...
Leisure and Society
Jane Ellen Harrison
During the summers of 1923 and 1924, Harrison became involved in annual sessions of intellectuals organized by Paul Desjardins
at Pontigny in Yonne, in which participants meditated on and discussed a particular theoretical topic...
