Isabelle Pantin (born 1952, née Carteron) is a French literary scholar, historian of science, and expert on Renaissance literature, scientific publications from the Renaissance, and the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. She is a professor emerita of literature and language at the ÃÂcole normale supérieure (Paris).
Pantin received a diploma from the ÃÂcole normale supérieur in 1972. She worked as a resident at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and directed the libraries of the ENS Jourdan and Montrouge campuses from 1985 to 1989. She became a lecturer at Sorbonne Nouvelle University from 1989 to 1995, and then a professor at Le Mans University and Paris Nanterre University before returning to the ÃÂcole normale supérieur as a professor in 2007. She was deputy director of the , a joint research institute of CNRS, the ENS, and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, from 2013 to 2017.
Pantin is the author of:
She is the editor of critical editions and translations (from Latin into French) of:
Her edited volumes include:
Pantin was elected corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 2007, before becoming full member in 2016. A festschrift, D'Uranie àGollum : mélanges en l'honneur d'Isabelle Pantin, edited by Jean-Charles Monferran, Tristan Vigliano, and Alice Vintenon, was published by Honoré Champion in 2024.