This article broadly reviews the history of the encounter between French German studies and Cultural Studies / études culturelles. In this context, not least the organon of the latter is called into question. Yet, the long-established multidisciplinary approach of French specialists in German studies has led them to move closer to Cultural Studies. Institutional developments, such as the creation of the CIERA and the Marc Bloch Centre, innovative research practices and methods brought about by cultural studies and applied particularly within the framework of joint PhD programs or research center projects, are proof of this. These innovative steps, committing themselves to the paradigm of Humboldtian university, which for its part refuses to reify knowledge, are received positively.
