Antoine Marie François Prost (29 October 1933) is a French historian who served as Professor Emeritus of History, University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne. He specialises in 20th-century French history, in particular the

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Early life and education

Prost studied at the

Lycée du Parc The Lycée du Parc is a public secondary school located in the sixth ''arrondissement'' of Lyon, France. Its name comes from the Parc de la Tête d'Or, one of Europe's largest urban parks, which is situated nearby. It provides a ''lycée''-level ...

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, an

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. From here, he attended university at the

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(Sciences Po,

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), finishing in 1963. He completed his doctorate studies at the

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, completing it in 1975 with a thesis titled: ''Veterans and French Society (1914-1939)''.

Academic career

He began as a teacher at the Lycée Pothier in

Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
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, then at the university of Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne (1979-1998). He also led the history Research Center of the social movements and trade unionism, later the Centre of Social History of the 20th Century. He is president of the association Le Mouvement social (which publishes the magazine of the same name) and of the Association des Amis du Maitron (2005-2012). He is a member of the board of directors of the University of Orléans. Since 2012 he has been a member of the Committee for Prefectural History. Since 2012 he has chaired the Scientific Council of the Mission of the Centenary of the First World War. He also chairs the Scientific Council of the Verdun Memorial and the historical and educational committee of the Resistance Foundation.

Awards

* Grand Officer of the

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(He was elevated to the dignity of Grand Officer by decree on 31 December 2018 . He had been promoted to the rank of commander on 31 December 2012. He was an officer on 29 March 1993, and knight since 22 September 1984). * Commander of the National Order of Merit * Commander of the Order of Academic Palms

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Antoine Prost
at the Sorbonne {{DEFAULTSORT:Prost, Antonie 1933 births People from Lons-le-Saunier 20th-century French historians Academic staff of Pantheon-Sorbonne University Sciences Po alumni Paris-Sorbonne University alumni 21st-century French historians Historians of World War I Living people