Trained in the Annales School, Corbin's work has moved away from the large-scale collective structures studied by Fernand Braudel towards a history of sensibilities which is closer to Lucien Febvre's history of mentalités.
She next defended her "habilitation à diriger des recherches" (H.D.R – the French accreditation needed to supervise doctoral dissertations) in 1991 with Michelle Perrot as supervisor and Alain Corbin, Dominique Lecourt, Jean-Claude Passeron, Robert Castel, and Serge Leclaire as members of the examining committee.
Alain Delon | Alain Bashung | Alain Resnais | Alain Prost | Corbin Bernsen | Alain Whyte | Alain Touraine | Alain Connes | Alain Badiou | Corbin Bleu | Alain Souchon | Alain Chamfort | Henry Corbin | Corbin Tomaszeski | Alain Juppé | Jehan Alain | Easton Corbin | Corbin, Kentucky | Alain Rohr | Alain Ducasse | Alain Veinstein | Alain Tanner | Alain Robert | Alain-Fournier | Alain Bosquet | Jacques-Alain Miller | Corbin Allred | Corbin | Alain Lombard | Alain de Mijolla |