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