Pierre Nora
French historian and publisher
Pierre Nora (born 17 November 1931) is a French historian. He was elected to the Académie française on 7 June 2001. He is known for his work on French identity and memory.[1] His name is associated with the study of new history. He is the brother of the late Simon Nora, former French officer.
Pierre Nora | |
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 Pierre Nora in June 2011 | |
| Born | 17 November 1931 |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Known for | Member of the Académie française |
From 1965 to 1977 he was first assistant and then lecturer at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Paris Institute of Political Science). Since 1977 he has been the director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (School of higher studies in social sciences).
References change
- ↑ Tai, Hue-Tam Ho (June 2001). "Remembered Realms: Pierre Nora and French National Memory". The American Historical Review. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13.
Essay on the English translation of Lieux de Mémoire as Realms of Memory, edited by Pierre Nora
Other websites change
- (in French) L'Académie française
- (in French) Biographical note of the l'Académie française Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
- (in French) Catalogue of the Collection Archives of Gallimard Julliard Archived 2013-04-19 at the Wayback Machine (founded by Pierre Nora in 1964)
- (in French) Conference of Pierre Nora in Blois on 15 October 2005[permanent dead link]
- Building a Collective Consciousness on a National Scale: Jewish Historian Pierre Nora Defined What’s Quintessentially French by Benjamin Ivry from The Jewish Daily Forward, issue of 17 June 2011.
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