{"id":3828,"date":"2023-12-07T13:43:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/the-centre-and-its-actions\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:03:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:03:35","slug":"the-centre-and-its-actions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/en\/resources-2\/the-centre-and-its-actions\/the-centre-and-its-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Centre and its Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3828\" class=\"elementor elementor-3828 elementor-406\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16f56c20 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"16f56c20\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-622d7c51 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"622d7c51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Centre and its Actions<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-119dc0ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"119dc0ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61027d78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61027d78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The Historial International Research Centre is an association bringing together eminent academic experts on the Great War from all over the world. Among other contributions, the centre was responsible for the historical direction and texts of the Historial\u2019s permanent exhibition. A registered charity, the centre is committed to promoting academic research into the causes, events and consequences of the First World War.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cf9ebb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1cf9ebb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-782b7cf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"782b7cf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each year, the centre awards research grants to doctoral students, along with other regular activities such as:<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Editorial partnerships for the publication of academic works<\/span><\/li><li>Organising international colloquia<\/li><li>Organising lecture series<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-757e5458 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"757e5458\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bffb6bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bffb6bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Members of the Executive Committee and the Academic Committee:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5abcec9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"5abcec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M288.662 352H31.338c-17.818 0-26.741-21.543-14.142-34.142l128.662-128.662c7.81-7.81 20.474-7.81 28.284 0l128.662 128.662c12.6 12.599 3.676 34.142-14.142 34.142z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Executive Committee<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9511\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9511\"><p><strong>Board: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chair:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/crh.ehess.fr\/document.php?id=135\">St\u00e9phane Audoin-Rouzeau<\/a> (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Annette_Becker\">Annette Becker<\/a> (Emeritus Professor, University of Paris Ouest \u2013 Nanterre \u2013 La D\u00e9fense, Institut Universitaire de France) Vice-Chair<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/warstudies\/horne.php\">John Horne<\/a> (Trinity College Dublin, Emeritus) Vice-Chair<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.u-picardie.fr\/jsp\/fiche_annuaire.jsp?STNAV=&amp;RUBNAV=&amp;CODE=09847667&amp;LANGUE=0\">Philippe Nivet<\/a> (University of Picardie \u2013 Jules Vernes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehess.fr\/fr\/personne\/anne-rasmussen\">Anne Rasmussen<\/a> (EHESS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Members of the Executive Committee:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.univ-bpclermont.fr\/chec\/article55.html\">Nicolas Beaupr\u00e9<\/a> (ENSSIB)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bruno_Cabanes\">Bruno Cabanes<\/a> (Ohio State University)<\/li>\n<li>Heather Jones (University College London)<\/li>\n<li>Franziska Heimburger (Sorbonne)<\/li>\n<li>Marco Mondini (University of Padua)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhi-paris.fr\/fr\/home\/personnel\/recherche\/arndt-weinrich.html\">Arndt Weinrich<\/a> (Sorbonne)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grit.fltr.ucl.ac.be\/auteur.php3?id_auteur=10\">Laurence van Ypersele<\/a> (University of Louvain)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong> Caroline Fontaine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9512\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9512\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-caret-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 192 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M0 384.662V127.338c0-17.818 21.543-26.741 34.142-14.142l128.662 128.662c7.81 7.81 7.81 20.474 0 28.284L34.142 398.804C21.543 411.404 0 402.48 0 384.662z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened e-font-icon-svg e-fas-caret-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M288.662 352H31.338c-17.818 0-26.741-21.543-14.142-34.142l128.662-128.662c7.81-7.81 20.474-7.81 28.284 0l128.662 128.662c12.6 12.599 3.676 34.142-14.142 34.142z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Academic Committee<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9512\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9512\"><ul>\n<li>AFFLERBACH Holger, University of Leeds<\/li>\n<li>AMARA Michael, National Archives of Belgium<\/li>\n<li>AMAT Jean-Paul, Sorbonne Lettres (Emeritus)<\/li>\n<li>BALAZS Eszter, University of Public Service (NKE)- Budapest<\/li>\n<li>BAUMEISTER Martin, Director of the German Historical Institute in Rome<\/li>\n<li>BOISSERIE \u00c9tienne, INALCO, Austria-Hungary<\/li>\n<li>BONIFACE Xavier, University of Picardie<\/li>\n<li>BOUCHARD Carl, University of Montr\u00e9al,<\/li>\n<li>BRANDT Susanne, University of D\u00fcsseldorf<\/li>\n<li>CAMPA Laurence, Universit\u00e9 Paris-Nanterre<\/li>\n<li>CHALINE Nadine, University of Picardie \u2013 Jules Verne<\/li>\n<li>CHANET Jean-Francois, Sciences Po, Paris<\/li>\n<li>CODERA Maximiliano Fuentes, University of Gerona<\/li>\n<li>COMPAGNON Olivier, Sorbonne<\/li>\n<li>CONNOLLY James, King\u2019s College London<\/li>\n<li>CORNELISSEN Christoph, University of Frankfurt<\/li>\n<li>CORNWALL Mark, University of Southampton<\/li>\n<li>CORREIA Silvia, University of Rio de Janeiro<\/li>\n<li>COSSON Olivier<\/li>\n<li>COX Mary, Central European University, Vienna<\/li>\n<li>CRONIER Emmanuelle, University of Picardie Jules Verne<\/li>\n<li>CUCHET Guillaume, Universit\u00e9 Paris Est-Cr\u00e9teil<\/li>\n<li>DANIEL Ute, Braunschweig Technical University<\/li>\n<li>DEBRUYNE Emmanuel, University of Louvain<\/li>\n<li>DEDOOVEN Dominiek, In Flanders Field Museum<\/li>\n<li>DELAPORTE Sophie, , University of Picardie-Jules Verne<\/li>\n<li>DERRIEN Marie, University of Lille<\/li>\n<li>DE SCHAEPDRIJVER Sophie, Pennsylvania State University<\/li>\n<li>DUCLERT Vincent, EHESS<\/li>\n<li>ECKART Wolfgang, University of Heidelberg<\/li>\n<li>FATHI Romain, Flinders University, Adelaide<\/li>\n<li>FARON Olivier, CNAM<\/li>\n<li>FORCADE Olivier, University of Paris-Sorbonne<\/li>\n<li>FEHLEMANN Silke, University of Dresden<\/li>\n<li>FELL Alisonn University of Leeds<\/li>\n<li>F\u00d6RSTER Stig, University of Bern<\/li>\n<li>FRIZZERA, Francesco, Museo Italiano della Guerra (Rovereto)<\/li>\n<li>GIBELLI Antonio, University of Genoa<\/li>\n<li>GOEBEL Stefan, University of Kent<\/li>\n<li>GREGORY Adrian, Pembroke College, Oxford<\/li>\n<li>GUELTON Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric, former head of the Army department at SHD<\/li>\n<li>HADDAD Galit, EHESS<\/li>\n<li>HANNA Martha, University of Colorado<\/li>\n<li>HIGONNET Margaret, University of Connecticut<\/li>\n<li>HIRSCHFELD Gerhard, Bibliothek f\u00fcr Zeitgeschichte, Stuttgart<\/li>\n<li>HOLQUIST Peter, University of Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>ISNENGHI Mario, University of Venice<\/li>\n<li>JAHR Christoph, Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/li>\n<li>JANZ Oliver, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/li>\n<li>JULIEN Elise, IEP Lille<\/li>\n<li>KASPI Andr\u00e9, University of Paris I Panth\u00e9on Sorbonne<\/li>\n<li>KEENE Jennifer, Chapman University, California<\/li>\n<li>KNE\u017dEVI\u0106 Jovanna, Stanford University<\/li>\n<li>KOLONITSKII Boris, European University Saint-Petersburg<\/li>\n<li>KRAMER Alan, Trinity College Dublin<\/li>\n<li>LABANCA Nicola, University of Siena<\/li>\n<li>LAGRANGE Fran\u00e7ois, Mus\u00e9e de l\u2019Arm\u00e9e<\/li>\n<li>LANGEWIESCHE Dietmar, University of T\u00fcbingen<\/li>\n<li>LEMONIDOU Elli, University of Patras<\/li>\n<li>LEONHARD J\u00f6rn, University of Freiburg<\/li>\n<li>LIULEVICIUS Vejas, University of Tennessee<\/li>\n<li>MAJERUS Beno\u00eet, University of Luxembourg<\/li>\n<li>McCARTNEY Helen, King\u2019s College, London<\/li>\n<li>MACLEOD Jenny, University of Hull<\/li>\n<li>MICHEL Marc, University of Aix-en-Provence<\/li>\n<li>MOYD Michelle, Michigan State University<\/li>\n<li>MURPHY Mahon, University of Kyoto<\/li>\n<li>NASSON Bill, University of Stellenbosch<\/li>\n<li>NEIBERG Michael, US Army War College<\/li>\n<li>NEITZEL S\u00f6nke, University of Potsdam<\/li>\n<li>PHILPOTT William, King\u2019s College London<\/li>\n<li>PIGNOT Manon, University of Picardie Jules Verne<\/li>\n<li>P\u00d6HLMANN Markus, Zentrum f\u00fcr Milit\u00e4rgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr, Potsdam<\/li>\n<li>PRIOR Robin, University of Adela\u00efde<\/li>\n<li>PROCACCI Giovanna, University of Modena<\/li>\n<li>PROCHASSON Christophe, EHESS<\/li>\n<li>PROCTOR Tammy, Utah State University<\/li>\n<li>PROST Antoine, University of Paris I Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne<\/li>\n<li>PURSEIGLE Pierre, University of Warwick<\/li>\n<li>PYTA Wolfram, University of Stuttgart<\/li>\n<li>RACHAMIMOV Iris, University of Tel-Aviv<\/li>\n<li>RIDEL Charles, CRH EHESS<\/li>\n<li>ROCHAT Giorgio, University of Turin<\/li>\n<li>ROYNETTE Odile, University of Bourgogne<\/li>\n<li>SAINT FUSCIEN Emmanuel, EHESS<\/li>\n<li>SAUNDERS Nicolas, University of Bristol (Emeritus)<\/li>\n<li>SCATES Bruce, Australian National University<\/li>\n<li>SHEFFIELD Gary, University of Wolverhampton<\/li>\n<li>SHIMAZU Naoko, Professor, University of Tokyo<\/li>\n<li>SIMKINS Peter, <em>Imperial War Museum (retrait\u00e9), <\/em>Western Front Association (WFA)<\/li>\n<li>SIEGEL Jennifer, Professor, Duke University,<\/li>\n<li>SINGHA Radhika, Jawaharlal Nehru University,<\/li>\n<li>SMITH Leonard V., Oberlin College<\/li>\n<li>SOUTOU Georges, University of Paris-Sorbonne<\/li>\n<li>STERGAR Rok, University of Ljubljiana<\/li>\n<li>STEVENSON David, The London School of Economics and Political Science<\/li>\n<li>STRACHAN Hew, University of St Andrews<\/li>\n<li>SUMPF Alexandre, University of Strasbourg<\/li>\n<li>TATO Maria-In\u00e9s, University of Buenos-Aires<\/li>\n<li>THEBAUD Fran\u00e7oise, University of Avignon<\/li>\n<li>TILLIER Bertrand , Universit\u00e9 Paris 1,<\/li>\n<li>TODMAN Dan, Queen Mary University of London<\/li>\n<li>TOUMARKINE Alexandre, INALCO<\/li>\n<li>TRABA Robert, Director of the Historical Research Centre at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Berlin,<\/li>\n<li>TREVISAN Carine, Paris\u2013 Denis Diderot<\/li>\n<li>\u00dcBEREGGER Oswald, Universit\u00e0 di Bolzano \/ Freie Universit\u00e4t Bozen<\/li>\n<li>VANCE Jonathan, Western University, Ontario<\/li>\n<li>VERAY Laurent, Universit\u00e9 Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris-3<\/li>\n<li>VIDAL-NAQUET, Cl\u00e9mentine UPJV Amiens<\/li>\n<li>VOGEL Jacob, Director of the Marc Bloch Centre, Berlin<\/li>\n<li>WELLINGTON Jennifer, Lecturer\/Assistant Professor, University College, Dublin<\/li>\n<li>WERTH Nicolas, IHTP<\/li>\n<li>WILSON Trevor, University of Adelaide (Emeritus)<\/li>\n<li>ZIEMANN Benjamin, University of Sheffield <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Honorary president:<\/strong> Jean-Jacques Becker<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emeritus members<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chj-cnrs.univ-lille2.fr\/spip.php?rubrique131\">Annie Deperchin<\/a> (University of Lille II)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de\/geschichte\/lehrstuehle\/ii-neuere-geschichte\/mitarbeiter\/dozenten\/prof-dr-gerd-krumeich\/\">Gerd KRUMEICH<\/a> (Emeritus, University of D\u00fcsseldorf)<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jay_Winter\">Jay WINTER<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> (Emeritus, University of Yale)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c7c788 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8c7c788\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23cc6d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23cc6d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Grants<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbf4c42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbf4c42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every year, the Historial International Research Centre, with the support of the Gerda Henkel Foundation, the University of Picardie &#8211; Jules Verne and the Somme Departmental Council, awards non-renewable research grants to doctoral students, who may be French or international students working in any academic discipline, whose research focuses on the causes, events and consequences of the First World War.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f6185e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f6185e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Applying for a grant<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-862b6cd 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