Overview

• Between 1984 and 1992, Nora oversaw Les Lieux de Mémoire, a 4,760-page, hundred-author compendium that redefined the study of France’s collective heritage.
• In 1971 he co-edited Faire l’histoire with Jacques Le Goff, a three-volume examination of civilization’s daily, intimate and communal expressions.
• For 57 years he led history and social science publishing at Éditions Gallimard and served as director of studies at EHESS before his 2001 election to the Académie française.
• In 2007 he founded Liberté pour l’histoire to oppose political interventions in scholarly research and safeguard historians’ freedom of expression.
• He also directed the review Le Débat, helped found Fondation Saint-Simon, and produced critical editions of works like Vincent Auriol’s journal.