About
Born in 1964 in Paris, Paul Dietschy is professor of contemporary history and director of the Lucien Febvre Centre at the University of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (Besançon). He is a former student of the École Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud, and holds an agrégation in history. He defended his doctoral thesis in contemporary history in 1997 on the topic of “Football and society in Turin 1920-1960” at the University Lumière-Lyon II, then his habilitation to conduct researches in 2013 on the subject of “Le grand match. Le sport français entre paix et guerre (1914-1920)” at the Institut d’Étude Politique de Paris. He is a specialist in the history of sport in general, football in particular from a political, cultural and global perspective, and Italy.
Research focus
- Football
- First and Second World War
- Italian History
Publishing topics
- Football
- Sport
- First and Second World Wars
- International relations
Awards
- Prix 2018 du document de l’Association des écrivains sportifs for the book Le Sport et la Grande Guerre (Chistera, 2018)
- Premio Mario Alihiero Manacorda de la Società italiana di storia dello sport for the book written with Stefano Pivato, Storia dello sport in Italia, Bologne (Il Mulino, 2019)
- Prix Lucien Febvre 2019 de l’Association du livre et des auteurs comtois pour le livre Le Sport et la Grande Guerre, Paris, Chistera, 2018
- Premio Mario Alihiero Manacorda de la Società italiana di storia dello sport pour le livre co-écrit avec Stefano Pivato, Storia dello sport in Italia, Bologne, Il Mulino, 2019
Memberships
- Member of the Società Italiana Storia dello Sport