Gilles Pécout (born on 2 December 1961) is a French

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

and

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. He was formerly the French Ambassador to Austria.

Biography

Pécout was born in

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in December 1961. He graduated from the

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in Paris, where he was also professor and director of the History Department. He holds the chair of Political and Cultural History of 19th century

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and Mediterranean Europe at the Sorbonne. He is known to the Italian public thanks to his participation in the RAI3 television program '' Il tempo e la storia'' and its sequel '' Passato e presente'', of which he is also a member of the scientific committee. On 15 September 2016, he was appointed rector of the Académie de Paris. In September 2020 he became Ambassador of France to Austria.

Works

Author of several works and scientific editions and director or co-director of 8 volumes, he has published 75 articles in French and foreign scientific journals (Italy, United States, Greece, United Kingdom, Japan, China) and occasionally collaborated with the daily newspapers

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, and the Italian press. * Birth of Contemporary Italy, 1770-1922, ''Nathan'', 1997; reissued, Armand Colin, 2004 * Atlas of French History, ''Autrement'', 2007 * Grand Atlas of the History of France, under the direction of Jean Boutier, with Olivier Guyotjeannin, ''Autrement'', 2011

Honours

French honours

Italian honours

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – December 27, 2021 ITA OMRI 2001 Com BAR

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – December 27, 2006

References

External links

Treccani.it

Sorbonne.fr
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