Salle Raymond Aron

The Salle Raymond Aron is the massive, circular lecture hall tucked into the heart of the Sciences Po campus on the rue Saint-Guillaume. It features a distinct tiered amphitheater design that forces every seat to face a central podium. Raymond Aron spent decades lecturing here, often challenging the prevailing intellectual tides of his era. He famously stood before his students and insisted on the value of critical detachment while his contemporaries largely opted for revolutionary fervor. His lectures regularly spilled out into the halls.