Cyril Buffet

Cyril Buffet (born 1958) is a French historian of 20th century international relations, especially Franco-German relations, the history of Brandenburg, the German Democratic Republic, and of the city of Berlin.

Buffet was educated at the Lycée Condorcet in Paris and the University of Paris-Sorbonne. He worked at the Centre Marc Bloch and the Allied Museum in Berlin, and for several museum projects. He has taught at the Humboldt University Berlin; the INALCO, Paris; the University of Reading; and the École Supérieure de Journalisme, Lille. In 2009, he acquired a higher doctorate (Habilitation) at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Buffet is an independent researcher and makes and works as consultant for historical TV documentaries and virtual and actual exhibitions.