Antoine Marie François Prost (29 October 1933) is a French historian who served as Professor Emeritus of History, University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne. He specialises in 20th-century French history, in particular the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Early life and education

Prost studied at the

Lycée du Parc The Lycée du Parc is a public secondary school located in the sixth ''Arrondissements of Lyon, arrondissement'' of Lyon, France. Its name comes from the Parc de la Tête d'Or, one of Europe's largest urban parks, which is situated nearby. It pro ...

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

, an

École normale supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

. From here, he attended university at the

Paris Institute of Political Studies , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , accreditation ...

(Sciences Po,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

), finishing in 1963. He completed his doctorate studies at the

Paris-Sorbonne University Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; french: Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV) was a public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the Universit ...

, completing it in 1975 with a thesis titled: ''Veterans and French Society (1914-1939)''.

Academic career

He began as a teacher at the Lycée Pothier in

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
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, then at the university of Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne (1979-1998). He also led the history Research Center of the social movements and trade unionism, later the Centre of Social History of the 20th Century. He is president of the association

Le Mouvement social ''Le Mouvement social'' is a French-language quarterly journal of social history Social history, often called the new social history, is a field of history that looks at the lived experience of the past. In its "golden age" it was a major growth ...

(which publishes the magazine of the same name) and of the Association des Amis du Maitron (2005-2012). He is a member of the board of directors of the University of Orléans. Since 2012 he has been a member of the Committee for Prefectural History. Since 2012 he has chaired the Scientific Council of the Mission of the Centenary of the First World War. He also chairs the Scientific Council of the Verdun Memorial and the historical and educational committee of the Resistance Foundation.

Awards

* Grand Officer of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

(He was elevated to the dignity of Grand Officer by decree on 31 December 2018 . He had been promoted to the rank of commander on 31 December 2012. He was an officer on 29 March 1993, and knight since 22 September 1984). * Commander of the National Order of Merit * Commander of the

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References

External links

Antoine Prost
at the

Sorbonne Sorbonne may refer to: * Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities. *the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970) *one of its components or linked institution, ...

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