| Position | Professor |
|---|---|
| Faculty | Occidental History |
| Graduate School | Occidental History |
| Department | Occidental History |
Career
| November 1997: | Ph.D. in History, the University Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne (France) |
| April 2016: | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Research Area
French History in the 19th Century
French history after the Revolution is characterized by striking political instability and fundamental social stability. Ultimate objective of my research is to understand how these two facts could coexist. For this, I conduct my research around three themes:
1) Political life and society in 19th-Century Paris. On this theme, I established a prosopography of Paris Municipal Councilors during the Third Republic – my Ph.D. thesis –, in which I found that most of these persons showed a sociological similarity, beyond the difference of their political opinions.
2) Catholicism in Contemporary France. Until the mid-20th century French society and culture remained largely ruled by Catholicism. On this theme I focus my research on clergymen, especially priests who became members of Parliament, or involved themselves in cultural activities such as sports.
3) Images of the past in French Society. History occupies an important place in French education and culture. Since the second half of the 20th century in France occurred a fundamental mutation in the perception of the past, which is becoming a sort of common heritage. I am particularly interested in commemorations in politics and society, e.g. the bicentenary of French Revolution organized in 1989.
