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.
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Born | Paris, France | 28 October 1965
Education | Lycée Marcelin Berthelot Lycée Henri IV |
Alma mater | École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines |
Occupation | Historian |
Employer | Collège de France |
Early life
editPatrick 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
editBoucheron 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
edit- Boucheron, Patrick, ed. (2019). France in the World. A New Global History. New York: Other Press. ISBN 9781590519417.[17]
- Boucheron, Patrick (2020). Machiavelli. The Man Who Taught the People What They Have to Fear. New York: Other Press. ISBN 9781590519523.
Works
edit- Boucheron, Patrick (1998). Le pouvoir de bâtir : urbanisme et politique édilitaire à Milan (XIVe-XVe siècles). Rome: Ecole française de Rome. ISBN 9782728305247. OCLC 470439360.
- Boucheron, Patrick; Chiffoleau, Jacques, eds. (2004). Les palais dans la ville : espaces urbains et lieux de la puissance publique dans la Méditerranée médiévale. Lyon: Presses universitaires de Lyon. ISBN 9782729707477. OCLC 419499802.
- Boucheron, Patrick, ed. (2009). Histoire du monde au XVe siècle. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213635491. OCLC 878718887.
- Boucheron, Patrick (2004). Les villes d'Italie : vers 1150-vers 1340. Paris: Belin. ISBN 9782701139753. OCLC 56681985.
- Boucheron, Patrick (2010). Faire profession d'historien. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. ISBN 9782859446550. OCLC 671465753.
- Boucheron, Patrick; Offenstadt, Nicolas, eds. (2011). L'espace public au Moyen Âge : débats autour de Jürgen Habermas. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. ISBN 9782130573579.
- Boucheron, Patrick; Menjot, Denis (2011). Pinol, Jean-Luc (ed.). La ville médiévale. Paris: Éditions du Seuil. ISBN 9782757825471. OCLC 930805151.
- Boucheron, Patrick (2012). L'entretemps : conversations sur l'histoire. Lagrasse: Verdier. ISBN 9782864326724. OCLC 796230072.
- Boucheron, Patrick; Venayre, Sylvain (2012). L'histoire au conditionnel : textes et documents à l'usage de l'étudiant. Paris: Mille et une nuits. ISBN 9782755506914. OCLC 852117722.
- Boucheron, Patrick (2013). Léonard et Machiavel. Lagrasse: Éditions Verdier. ISBN 9782864327417. OCLC 898491736.
- Azoulay, Vincent; Boucheron, Patrick, eds. (2013). Le mot qui tue : une histoire des violences intellectuelles de l'Antiquité à nos jours. Seyssel: Editions Champ Vallon. ISBN 9782876735040. OCLC 966061315.
- Boucheron, Patrick (2013). Conjurer la peur : Sienne, 1338 : essai sur la force politique des images. Paris: Editions du Seuil. ISBN 9782021134995.
- Boucheron, Patrick; Delalande, Nicolas (2013). Pour une histoire-monde. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. ISBN 9782130620655. OCLC 842467414.
- Boucheron, Patrick (2014). De l'éloquence architecturale : Milan, Mantoue, Urbino (1450 - 1520). Paris: Éditions B2. ISBN 9782365090377. OCLC 904458008.
- Boucheron, Patrick; Riboulet, Mathieu (2015). Prendre dates : Paris, 6 janvier - 14 janvier 2015. Lagrasse: Verdier. ISBN 9782864328001. OCLC 914280522.
- Boucheron, Patrick (2016). Ce que peut l'histoire. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213701264. OCLC 951175589.
- Boucheron, Patrick (2016). Comment se révolter. Montrouge: Bayard. ISBN 9782227489240. OCLC 961342251.
- Boucheron, Patrick, ed. (2017). Histoire mondiale de la France. Paris: Seuil. ISBN 9782021336290. OCLC 973193003.
References
edit- ^ Universalis, Encyclopædia (28 August 2017). "Biographie de PATRICK BOUCHERON (1965- )". Encyclopædia Universalis (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ Patrick Boucheron. Retrieved 31 July 2024 – via www.betaseries.com.
- ^ "Pompéi sans les clichés avec Patrick Boucheron". www.franceinter.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Patrick Boucheron: Biographie". Collège de France. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Biographie de Patrick Boucheron". France Culture. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Patrick Boucheron". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Catinchi, Philippe-Jean (19 December 2015). "La magistrale leçon inaugurale de Patrick Boucheron au Collège de France". Le Monde. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Walon, Sophie (10 August 2011). "Au Banquet du livre de Lagrasse, l'ivresse de la pensée littéraire et philosophique "vivante et partagée"". Le Monde. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Clarini, Julie (17 August 2015). "Platon dans la garrigue". Le Monde. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Gilli, Patrick (1999). "Patrick Boucheron, Le Pouvoir de bâtir. Urbanisme et politique édilitaire à Milan (XIVe-XVe siècles) [compte rendu]". Médiévales. 18 (37): 173–175. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ Birnbaum, Jean (30 April 2009). ""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". Le Monde. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ Boucheron, Patrick (1 January 2016). "Ce que peut l'histoire". Le Monde. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Aeschimann, Eric; Caviglioli, David (1 February 2017). ""Histoire mondiale de la France": le livre qui exaspère Finkielkraut, Zemmour et Cie". Libération. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Darnton, Robert (11 May 2017). "A Buffet of French History". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ Finkielkraut, Alain (25 January 2017). "La charge d'Alain Finkielkraut contre "les fossoyeurs du grand héritage français"". Le Figaro. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Paris Olympics opening ceremony's writers: 'If it's only there to produce ephemeral glitz, what's the point?'". Le Monde.fr. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Books". Other Press. Retrieved 10 October 2020.