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Laurent Joly

b. 1976

French historian (born 1976)

Historian University teacher Director of Research at CNRS
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About Laurent Joly

Born 1976. Laurent Joly is a French historian, university teacher, director of Research at CNRS and chargé or chargée de recherche au CNRS.

Laurent Joly (born 26 July 1976) is a French historian and a specialist of Vichy France and antisemitism.

Life and career Born in 1976, Joly earned a doctorate in history at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University, following a thesis on "Vichy and the Commissariat-General for Jewish Affairs (1941-1944)". He joined the CNRS in 2006, and was a member of the Research Center for Quantitative History until January 2015.

Joly is now a Research Director at the CNRS. He earned the "prize of the Jewish research book" in 2007.

Works

Xavier Vallat (1891-1972) : du nationalisme chrétien à l'antisémitisme d'État. Grasset, 2001. . Darquier de Pellepoix et l'antisémitisme français. Berg international, 2002. . Vichy dans la « Solution finale » : histoire du Commissariat général aux questions juives (1941-1944). Grasset, 2006. La France antijuive de 1936 : l'agression de Léon Blum à la Chambre des députés. (with Tal Bruttmann) Éditions des Équateurs, 2006. L'Antisémitisme de bureau : enquête au cœur de la Préfecture de police de Paris et du Commissariat général aux questions juives (1940-1944). Grasset, 2011. Les collabos : treize portraits d'après les archives des services secrets de Vichy, des RG et de l'Épuration. Les Échappés, 2011 Naissance de l'Action française : Maurice Barrès, Charles Maurras et l'extrême droite nationaliste au tournant du XXe siècle. Grasset, 2015. Dénoncer les Juifs sous l'Occupation : Paris, 1940-1944. CNRS Éditions, 2017. L'État contre les juifs : Vichy, les nazis et la persécution antisémite. Grasset, 2018. La falsification de l'Histoire: Eric Zemmour, l'extrême droite, Vichy et les juifs. Grasset, 2022.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, École des chartes
Positions held
Director of Research at CNRS, Professor
Employers
National Center for Scientific Research, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
Awards
Prix François Mauriac (Aquitaine)

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Laurent Joly's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Laurent Joly?

French historian (born 1976)

When was Laurent Joly born?

Laurent Joly was born on 29 July 1976.

What is Laurent Joly's occupation?

Laurent Joly is a historian, university teacher, director of Research at CNRS and chargé or chargée de recherche au CNRS.

What nationality is Laurent Joly?

Laurent Joly is French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Laurent Joly

· Wikidata: Q3219300

· DBpedia: Laurent Joly

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