A ceremony will be held on Tuesday February 13, in tribute to the famous ethnologist and publisher Jean Malaurie. A tribute “open to as many people as possible’ will take place at the Saint-Louis des Invalides cathedral in Paris.

The funeral tribute will be delivered by the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Sylvie Retailleau. Other personalities are expected, including Albert II of Monaco. He was made famous by a book in defense of the Inuit, “The Last Kings of Thule” published by Plon in 1955.