Paul Dietschy


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
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Publications by Paul Dietschy

Deutsch-französisch-europäische Perspektiven im „langen“ 20. Jahrhundert / Perspectives franco-allemandes et européennes dans le ‘long’ XXe siècle
Vice versa, Volume 7