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Patrick Boucheron (born 28 October 1965)[1][2] is a French historian. He previously taught medieval history at the École normale supérieure and the University of Paris. He is a professor of history at the Collège de France. He is the author of 12 books and or the editor of 5 books. His 2017 book, Histoire mondiale de la France (Global History of France), compiled work by 122 historians and became an unexpected bestseller, with more than 110 000 copies sold.[3] From 2017 to 2020, he hosted Quand l'histoire fait dates, a TV program of 22 episodes which explored different important dates in world history.
Patrick Boucheron | |
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Patrick Boucheron in 2016 | |
| Born | 28 October 1965 Paris, France |
| Education | Lycée Marcelin Berthelot Lycée Henri IV |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Employer | Collège de France |
Patrick Boucheron was born in 1965 in Paris.[4][5]
Boucheron was educated at the Lycée Marcelin Berthelot in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés and the Lycée Henri IV in Paris.[4] He graduated from the École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines (ENS) in Saint-Cloud and earned the agrégation in history in 1988.[4][6] He earned a PhD in history from the University of Paris in 1994.[4] His thesis supervisor was Pierre Toubert.[4]
Boucheron was an assistant professor in medieval history at his alma mater, the ENS, from 1994 to 1999.[4] He was associate professor of history at the University of Paris from 1999 to 2012, and full professor from 2012 to 2016.[4] He has been a professor of history at the Collège de France since 2016.[6][5][7]
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Boucheron has served on the editorial board of L'Histoire since 1999.[4][5] He was also a junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France from 2004 to 2009.[4] He has been the chairman of the advisory board of the École française de Rome since 2005.[4] He is on the editorial board of the L'Univers Historique collection of the Éditions du Seuil, a French publisher, and he is a contributor to France Culture, a French radio station.[5] He regularly attends the Banquet du livre, an annual book festival in Lagrasse.[8][9]
Boucheron is the author or co-author of 12 books and or the editor or co-editor of 5 books.[4][5] His first book, Le pouvoir de bâtir : urbanisme et politique édilitaire à Milan (XIVe-XVe siècles), was his PhD thesis.[10] Out of the many books he edited, Le mot qui tue. Une histoire des violences intellectuelles de l'Antiquité à nos jours, is about the use of words to wound others.[11] His inaugural address before the Collège de France, Ce que peut l’histoire, was published as a book in 2016.[12]
In 2017, Boucheron edited Histoire mondiale de la France (Global History of France), co-written by 122 historians.[13] The book presents an account of French history from an international perspective; for example, it includes the 1973 Chilean coup d'état as part of French history.[13] The book's release coincided with the 2017 French presidential election, although it is not explicitly political. Histoire mondiale de la France became a best-seller, and was positively reviewed by left-leaning outlets such as Le Monde and Libération, while being attacked by right-leaning outlets and conservative intellectuals.[14][13] It was dismissed by Éric Zemmour, who described it as "historically correct".[13] François-Xavier Bellamy criticised the book for not defining France within its borders and sovereign prerogative.[13] Alain Finkielkraut criticized it for not to mentioning French literature.[13][15]
Boucheron was a co-writer for the 2024 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.[16]
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