Emmanuel Picardi received the "Amopa Prize for the best thesis in French literature from the University" Paris-Est "" for his thesis La philosophie comme manière de vivre ou les impasses de la domination. Sur une lecture des Caractères de La Bruyère, co-supervised by Agnès Guiderdoni and Frédéric Gros (University "Paris-Est"), as part of the Doctoral School "Cultures and Societies" of the University "Paris -Est ".
This prize is awarded by the departmental section Amopa 77 of Seine-et-Marne from the Association des Membres de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Amopa).