Patrice Lajoye (born 26 July 1974) is a French religious studies scholar and comparative mythologist who specializes on the study of

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

and

Slavic paganism Slavic mythology or Slavic religion is the Religion, religious beliefs, myths, and ritual practices of the Slavs before Christianisation of the Slavs, Christianisation, which occurred at various stages between the 8th and the 13th century. The So ...

. The co-founder of the journal ''Nouvelle Mythologie comparée'', he currently works for the

CNRS The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...

at the Maison de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines of the

University of Caen The University of Caen Normandy (French: ''Université de Caen Normandie''), also known as Unicaen, is a public university in Caen, France. History The institution was founded in 1432 by John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, the first rector ...

, and serves as the sub-editor of '' Histoire et Sociétés Rurales''. Lajoye has also written studies on Russian fantasy and science-fiction literature, as well as translations, anthologies, and novels.

Career

Born on 26 July 1974 in

Lisieux Lisieux () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland. Name The name of the town derives from the l ...

, Normandie, Patrice Lajoye first worked as a volunteer on archaeological sites in northwestern France in the 1990s. He earned a Master in geography from the

in 1998, then a PhD in comparative mythology ''summa cum laude'' from the Faculté ouverte des Religions et Humanismes laïques de Charleroi (Belgium) in 2008, under the direction of Celtic scholar . He was the director of the journal ''Mythologie Française'' from 2003 to 2007. Between 2008 and 2010, he worked as an Associate Researcher at , studying the funerary rites of the Gallo-Roman Évreux necropolis. He also served as the sub-editor of the journal '. Lajoye is a member of the Société historique de Lisieux. His 2017 work ''Étoiles rouges: la littérature de science-fiction soviétique'', co-written with his wife Viktoriya Lajoye, was awarded the Grand prix de l'Imaginaire for the best essay in 2018.

Works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lajoye, Patrice 1974 births Comparative mythologists Celtic studies scholars Slavists Université catholique de Louvain alumni Living people