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Pascal Ory

b. 1948

French historian

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Born 1948. Pascal Ory is a French historian and university teacher, known for Contemporary history.

Pascal Ory (; born 31 July 1948) is a French historian. A student of René Rémond, he specialises in cultural and political history and has written on Fascism ever since his master's dissertation on the Greenshirts of Henri Dorgères. In the 1970s, he contributed to a better definition of cultural history.

Ory is a professor at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. He is president of the Association pour le développement de l'histoire culturelle (ADHC) and regent of the Collège de 'Pataphysique.

Involved in politics, he was a municipal councillor, formerly an ally to the mayor Georges Lemoine, and head of the socialist list in the municipal elections of March 2001, in the city of Chartres.

Ory was elected to the Académie Française on 4 March 2021.

Works Les Collaborateurs 1940–1945, Le Seuil, 1976, 331 p. nouv. éd., coll. « Points »-histoire 1980 La France allemande, Gallimard, "archives", 1977 Nizan – Destin d'un révolté, 1980 Le Petit Nazi illustré. Vie et mort du "Téméraire" (1943–1944), Paris, éditions Albatros, collections Histoires/Imaginaires, 1979, 122 p. rééd. revue et augmentée, Paris, Nautilus, 2002. Preface by Léon Poliakov – on a Nazi propaganda review for children L'Anarchisme de droite ou du mépris considéré comme une morale, le tout assorti de réflexions plus générales, Grasset, Paris, 1985, 288p. – an openly polemical work "dedicated to the anarchists of the left" Une nation pour mémoire. 1889, 1939, 1989 trois jubilés révolutionnaires, Paris, PFNSP, 1992, 282p. Direction, préface et conclusions de : La Censure en France à l'ère démocratique (1848–...), Complexe, coll. « Histoire culturelle », 1997, 358 p. L'Europe ? L'Europe... (anthologie commentée), Omnibus, 1998, 900 p. Le Discours gastronomique français des origines à nos jours, Gallimard, collection "Archives", 1998, 203 p. Les Intellectuels en France de l'Affaire Dreyfus à nos jours, in collaboration with Jean-François Sirinelli, réédition Armand Colin, 1999, 264 p. Les Intellectuels en France, de l’Affaire Dreyfus à nos jours, republished and expanded, Paris, Armand Colin, 2002. Du fascisme, Paris, Perrin, 2003, 293 p. L'Histoire culturelle, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 2004, 128 p. Goscinny (1926–1977) : La liberté d'en rire, Paris, Perrin, 2007. L'invention du bronzage – Essai d'une histoire culturelle : Complexe (Editions), June 2008, 135 p. La culture comme aventure. Treize exercices d'histoire culturelle, Complexe, 2008

Honours Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres: 2012 Chevaliers of the Ordre national du Mérite Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Known for
Contemporary history
Education
Émile Zola school in Rennes, Paris Nanterre University
Positions held
President, Chairperson, Member of the Académie française
Employers
Higher School of War, Paris Nanterre University, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Awards
Knight of the Legion of Honour; Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎; Knight of the National Order of Merit; Grand Prix Gobert; Knight of the Order of Cultural Merit

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Pascal Ory?

French historian

When was Pascal Ory born?

Pascal Ory was born on 31 July 1948 in Fougères.

What is Pascal Ory's occupation?

Pascal Ory is a historian and university teacher.

What is Pascal Ory known for?

Pascal Ory is known for Contemporary history.

What nationality is Pascal Ory?

Pascal Ory is French.

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· Wikidata: Q3367546

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