Rémi Mathis Explained

Rémi Mathis
Birth Date:20 November 1982
Birth Place:Besançon, France
Employer:French: [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]]
Awards:Wikipedian of the Year (2013)

Rémi Mathis (pronounced as /fr/; born 20 November 1982) is a French historian and curator. He was president of Wikimedia France from 2011 to 2014.

Early life

Rémi Mathis was born in 20 November 1982 in Besançon, France, son of paleontologist .[1] Mathis graduated from the French: [[École Nationale des Chartes]]|i=no in 2007. The following year he obtained his degree from the National School of Information Science and Libraries.

In 2010, he married Marie-Alice Mathis, a neuroscientist.[1]

Career

Mathis was in charge of the library of humanities and social science at the Paris Descartes University from 2008 to 2010. Since 2010, he has been a curator for 17th century collections at the Department of Prints and Photographs of the National Library of France. He is the editor of the French academic journal on printmaking French: [[Nouvelles de l'estampe]]. He is a member of the National Committee for French Engraving (French: Comité national de l'estampe).

Mathis's research focuses on the 17th century, specifically history of prints and books, Jansenism and diplomatic history. His dissertation, written under the supervision of Lucien Bély and Olivier Poncet, focuses on Simon Arnauld de Pomponne.[2] In 2012, he wrote a book about Pomponne and Robert Arnauld d'Andilly.[3] He has contributed to Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature.[4] and curated an exhibition on French prints of the 17th c. (Getty-BnF, 2015–2016).

He was made a knight in the order of Arts and Letters and in the Order of Academic Palmes.

Free culture advocacy

Mathis is active in promoting the legalization of freedom of panorama in France.[5] He also advocates against the privatization of the digitization of public-domain works.[6] His work in the culture sector and free culture movement has earned him the nickname "Janus de la transmission," by Le Magazine littéraire.[7]

He was a member and chairperson of Wikimedia France, and served as president from April 2011 to October 2014.[8] In April 2013, the French interior intelligence agency French: [[Direction centrale du renseignement intérieur]]|i=no (DCRI) pressured Mathis into deleting the French language Wikipedia article about the Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station, under threat of detention and criminal charges.[9] [10] The article was later restored by another Wikipedia contributor based in Switzerland.[11] [12]

In 2013, He was named Wikipedian of the Year by Jimmy Wales at Wikimania.[13]

See also

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rémi Mathis. 2017. whoswho.fr.
  2. School Library charters, 2007, No. 2, p. 701
  3. The Solitaire Minister: around the Arnauld correspondence Andilly Pomponne-Arnauld (1642–1673), foreword by Olivier Poncet, Paris: Nolin (coll. "Universe Port Royal", 21), 2012,
  4. The "Worlds Apart": critical and symbolic representations of sidelining the xviith century, dir. R. Mathis, G. Louis, F. Chicken, Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature, 38, 73, 2010.
  5. Mathis, Rémi (27 September 2011) Rendre aux Français leur paysage architectural. Lemonde.fr. Retrieved on 9 April 2013.
  6. Rovere, Maxime Rémi Mathis – Le Président de Wikimédia France est un passeur de savoirs. madfor, p. 17
  7. http://alatoisondor.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/transmission-wikipedia-et-estampes-interview-au-magazine-litteraire/ Transmission, Wikipédia et estampes… Interview au Magazine littéraire « À la Toison d’or
  8. News: Retour sur l'assemblée générale des 10 ans de Wikimédia France . Autour de Wikipédia et des projets Wikimedia . fr . 21 November 2016. 22 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160422153459/http://blog.wikimedia.fr/retour-sur-lassemblee-generale-des-10-ans-de-wikimedia-france-6924 . dead.
  9. Web site: French secret service accused of censorship over Wikipedia page. Willsher . Kim . 7 April 2013 . Guardian. 7 April 2013.
  10. Web site: Französischer Geheimdienst verlangt Löschung eines Wikipedia-Artikels . Kleinz . Torsten . 6 April 2013 . Heise Online . Heise . 5 April 2013 . de.
  11. French homeland intelligence threatens a volunteer sysop to delete a Wikipedia Article . Wikimédia France . 6 April 2013 . 6 April 2013 . 20 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062213/http://blog.wikimedia.fr/dcri-threat-a-sysop-to-delete-a-wikipedia-article-5493 . dead .
  12. http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2013/04/06/la-dcri-accusee-d-avoir-force-illegalement-la-suppression-d-un-article-de-wikipedia_3155405_651865.html French: La DCRI accusée d'avoir illégalement forcé la suppression d'un article de Wikipédia
  13. Web site: Congratulations to @RemiMathis, honored by @jimmy_wales as Wikipedian of the Year at #Wikimania.. Wikimedia. Twitter. 16 December 2013.

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