Patrick Boucheron Explained

Patrick Boucheron
Birth Date:28 October 1965
Birth Place:Paris, France
Education:Lycée Marcelin Berthelot
Lycée Henri IV
Alma Mater:École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines
Employer:Collège de France
Occupation:Historian

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.

Early life

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]

Career

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] 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]

Works in English

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Universalis . Encyclopædia . 2017-08-28 . Biographie de PATRICK BOUCHERON (1965-) . 2024-07-31 . Encyclopædia Universalis . fr-FR.
  2. Patrick Boucheron . en . 2024-07-31 . www.betaseries.com.
  3. Web site: Pompéi sans les clichés avec Patrick Boucheron. 2020-10-10. www.franceinter.fr. 6 April 2018 . fr.
  4. Web site: Patrick Boucheron: Biographie. Collège de France. 21 February 2017.
  5. Web site: Biographie de Patrick Boucheron. France Culture. 21 February 2017.
  6. Web site: Patrick Boucheron. Bibliothèque nationale de France. 21 February 2017.
  7. News: Catinchi. Philippe-Jean. La magistrale leçon inaugurale de Patrick Boucheron au Collège de France. 21 February 2017. Le Monde. 19 December 2015.
  8. News: Walon. Sophie. Au Banquet du livre de Lagrasse, l'ivresse de la pensée littéraire et philosophique "vivante et partagée". 21 February 2017. Le Monde. 10 August 2011.
  9. News: Clarini. Julie. Platon dans la garrigue. 21 February 2017. Le Monde. 17 August 2015.
  10. Gilli. Patrick. Patrick Boucheron, Le Pouvoir de bâtir. Urbanisme et politique édilitaire à Milan (XIVe-XVe siècles) [compte rendu]]. Médiévales. 1999. 18. 37. 173–175. 22 February 2017.
  11. News: Birnbaum. Jean. "Le mot qui tue. Une histoire des violences intellectuelles de l'Antiquité à nos jours", sous la direction de Vincent Azoulay et Patrick Boucheron : manier l'épée en même temps que la plume. 22 February 2017. Le Monde. 30 April 2009.
  12. News: Boucheron. Patrick. Ce que peut l'histoire . 22 February 2017. Le Monde. 1 January 2016.
  13. News: Aeschimann. Eric. Caviglioli. David. "Histoire mondiale de la France": le livre qui exaspère Finkielkraut, Zemmour et Cie. 21 February 2017. Libération. 1 February 2017.
  14. News: Darnton. Robert. A Buffet of French History. 24 March 2018. The New York Review of Books. 11 May 2017. en.
  15. News: Finkielkraut. Alain. La charge d'Alain Finkielkraut contre "les fossoyeurs du grand héritage français". 21 February 2017. Le Figaro. 25 January 2017.
  16. News: 2024-07-16 . Paris Olympics opening ceremony's writers: 'If it's only there to produce ephemeral glitz, what's the point?' . 2024-07-26 . Le Monde.fr . en.
  17. Web site: Books. 2020-10-10. Other Press. en.

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