Pierre Nora
Pierre Nora (born 17 November 1931) is a French historian. He was elected to the Academie francaise on 7 June 2001. He is known for his work on French identity and memory. His name is associated with the study of new history. He is the brother of the late Simon Nora, former French officer.
From 1965 to 1977 he was first assistant and then lecturer at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Paris Institute of Political Science). Since 1977 he has been the director of studies at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales (School of higher studies in social sciences).
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Other websites
L'Academie francaise
Biographical note of the l'Academie francaise
Catalogue of the Collection Archives of Gallimard Julliard (founded by Pierre Nora in 1964)
Conference of Pierre Nora in Blois on 15 October 2005
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.
1931 births
Living people
French historians
Writers from Paris