Patrick Boucheron

Patrick Boucheron was born in 1965 in Paris.[4][5]

Boucheron was educated at the Lycée Marcelin Berthelot in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés and the Lycée Henri IV in Paris.[4] He graduated from the École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines (ENS) in Saint-Cloud and earned the agrégation in history in 1988.[4][6] He earned a PhD in history from the University of Paris in 1994.[4] His thesis supervisor was Pierre Toubert.[4]

Boucheron was an assistant professor in medieval history at his alma mater, the ENS, from 1994 to 1999.[4] He was associate professor of history at the University of Paris from 1999 to 2012, and full professor from 2012 to 2016.[4] He has been a professor of history at the Collège de France since 2016.[6][5][7]

The Collège de France, where Boucheron teaches history.

Boucheron has served on the editorial board of L'Histoire since 1999.[4][5] He was also a junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France from 2004 to 2009.[4] He has been the chairman of the advisory board of the École française de Rome since 2005.[4] He is on the editorial board of the L'Univers Historique collection of the Éditions du Seuil, a French publisher, and he is a contributor to France Culture, a French radio station.[5] He regularly attends the Banquet du livre, an annual book festival in Lagrasse.[8][9]

Boucheron is the author or co-author of 12 books and or the editor or co-editor of 5 books.[4][5] His first book, Le pouvoir de bâtir : urbanisme et politique édilitaire à Milan (XIVe-XVe siècles), was his PhD thesis.[10] Out of the many books he edited, Le mot qui tue. Une histoire des violences intellectuelles de l'Antiquité à nos jours, is about the use of words to wound others.[11] His inaugural address before the Collège de France, Ce que peut l’histoire, was published as a book in 2016.[12]

In 2017, Boucheron edited Histoire mondiale de la France (Global History of France), co-written by 122 historians.[13] The book presents an account of French history from an international perspective; for example, it includes the 1973 Chilean coup d'état as part of French history.[13] The book's release coincided with the 2017 French presidential election, although it is not explicitly political. Histoire mondiale de la France became a best-seller, and was positively reviewed by left-leaning outlets such as Le Monde and Libération, while being attacked by right-leaning outlets and conservative intellectuals.[14][13] It was dismissed by Éric Zemmour, who described it as "historically correct".[13] François-Xavier Bellamy criticised the book for not defining France within its borders and sovereign prerogative.[13] Alain Finkielkraut criticized it for not to mentioning French literature.[13][15]

• Boucheron, Patrick, ed. (2019). France in the World. A New Global History. New York: Other Press. ISBN 9781590519417.[16]
• Boucheron, Patrick (2020). Machiavelli. The Man Who Taught the People What They Have to Fear. New York: Other Press. ISBN 9781590519523.

• Boucheron, Patrick (1998). Le pouvoir de bâtir : urbanisme et politique édilitaire à Milan (XIVe-XVe siècles). Rome: Ecole française de Rome. ISBN 9782728305247. OCLC 470439360.
• Boucheron, Patrick; Chiffoleau, Jacques, eds. (2004). Les palais dans la ville : espaces urbains et lieux de la puissance publique dans la Méditerranée médiévale. Lyon: Presses universitaires de Lyon. ISBN 9782729707477. OCLC 419499802.
• Boucheron, Patrick, ed. (2009). Histoire du monde au XVe siècle. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213635491. OCLC 878718887.
• Boucheron, Patrick (2004). Les villes d'Italie : vers 1150-vers 1340. Paris: Belin. ISBN 9782701139753. OCLC 56681985.
• Boucheron, Patrick (2010). Faire profession d'historien. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. ISBN 9782859446550. OCLC 671465753.
• Boucheron, Patrick; Offenstadt, Nicolas, eds. (2011). L'espace public au Moyen Âge : débats autour de Jürgen Habermas. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. ISBN 9782130573579.
• Boucheron, Patrick; Menjot, Denis (2011). Pinol, Jean-Luc (ed.). La ville médiévale. Paris: Éditions du Seuil. ISBN 9782757825471. OCLC 930805151.
• Boucheron, Patrick (2012). L'entretemps : conversations sur l'histoire. Lagrasse: Verdier. ISBN 9782864326724. OCLC 796230072.
• Boucheron, Patrick; Venayre, Sylvain (2012). L'histoire au conditionnel : textes et documents à l'usage de l'étudiant. Paris: Mille et une nuits. ISBN 9782755506914. OCLC 852117722.
• Boucheron, Patrick (2013). Léonard et Machiavel. Lagrasse: Éditions Verdier. ISBN 9782864327417. OCLC 898491736.
• Azoulay, Vincent; Boucheron, Patrick, eds. (2013). Le mot qui tue : une histoire des violences intellectuelles de l'Antiquité à nos jours. Seyssel: Editions Champ Vallon. ISBN 9782876735040. OCLC 966061315.
• Boucheron, Patrick (2013). Conjurer la peur : Sienne, 1338 : essai sur la force politique des images. Paris: Editions du Seuil. ISBN 9782021134995.
• Boucheron, Patrick; Delalande, Nicolas (2013). Pour une histoire-monde. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. ISBN 9782130620655. OCLC 842467414.
• Boucheron, Patrick (2014). De l'éloquence architecturale : Milan, Mantoue, Urbino (1450 - 1520). Paris: Éditions B2. ISBN 9782365090377. OCLC 904458008.
• Boucheron, Patrick; Riboulet, Mathieu (2015). Prendre dates : Paris, 6 janvier - 14 janvier 2015. Lagrasse: Verdier. ISBN 9782864328001. OCLC 914280522.
• Boucheron, Patrick (2016). Ce que peut l'histoire. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213701264. OCLC 951175589.
• Boucheron, Patrick (2016). Comment se révolter. Montrouge: Bayard. ISBN 9782227489240. OCLC 961342251.
• Boucheron, Patrick, ed. (2017). Histoire mondiale de la France. Paris: Seuil. ISBN 9782021336290. OCLC 973193003.