In 1983, she was elected professor at University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. She retired from academia in 1993, while continuing to lead a university seminar and to travel to Côte d'Ivoire for conferences. She belonged to the Comité de vigilance face aux usages publics de l'histoire. Perrot died in Paris, July 16, 2019. Paris, Éditions Karthala (« Hommes et sociétés »), Paris, 2000, 222 p. », Cahiers d'études africaines, n°175, 2004, pp. 705-711 https://journals.openedition.org/etudesafricaines/4797 (in French)