Rémi Mathis (born 20 November 1982) is a French historian and curator. He served as President of

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from 2011 to 2014.

Early life

Son of the paleontologist Christian Mathis,. Rémi Mathis graduated from the 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.

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

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. He is the editor of the French academic journal on printmaking . He is a member of the National Committee for French Engraving (french: Comité national de l'estampe). Mathis' research focuses on the 17th century, specifically history of prints and books,

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and diplomatic history. His dissertation, written under the supervision of Lucien Bély and Olivier Poncet, focuses on Simon Arnauld de Pomponne. In 2012, he wrote a book about Pomponne and Robert Arnauld d'Andilly. He has contributed to ''Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature''. and curated an exhibition on French prints of the 17th c. (Getty-BnF, 2015–2016). He was made a knight in the

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and in the Order of Academic Palmes.

Free culture advocacy

Mathis is active in promoting the legalization of

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in France. He also advocates against the privatization of the digitization of public-domain works. His work in the culture sector and free culture movement has earned him the nickname "Janus de la transmission," by ''Le Magazine littéraire''. He was a member and chairperson of

, and served as president from April 2011 to October 2014. In April 2013, the French interior intelligence agency (DCRI) pressured Mathis into deleting the French language Wikipedia article about the

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, under threat of detention and criminal charges. Later, the article was restored by another Wikipedia contributor based in

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'', 6 April 2013 He was named

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by Jimmy Wales at

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2013.

Bibliography

*, 2005, 3, p. 263–276 *, thesis. O. Poncet and L. Bely, 2007, 2 vols. (Vol. 1, text, 691 p., Vol. 2, vouchers, 621 p.) * ''17th century'' 2008, 4, p. 725–730. * ''Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature'', Vol. XXXVIII, No. 73, 2010 (with G. Louis and F. Poulet). * Saarbrücken: European University Publishing, 2010, 120 p. . *. 2011. *''Le Solitaire et le Ministre : autour de la correspondance Arnauld d'Andilly-Arnauld de Pomponne (1642–1673)'', Paris, Nolin, 2012 (coll. ''Univers Port-Royal'', 21), 272 p. . *. Proceedings of the conference convened by Hermann Sylvio De Franceschi and Rémi Mathis. Paris, Society of Friends of Port-Royal, 2012.

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