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Jean-Pierre Minaudier
French historian (born in 1961). Professor of history at the Lycée La Bruyère (Versailles). He studied history at the Ecole Normale Supèrieure and Estonian language at the Institut Nationale des Langues et Civilisations Orientales. Among his publications is a book on the history of Colombia (Histoire de la Colombie. De la conquete à nos jours, Paris, L'Harmattan, 1997). He is currently preparing a book on the history of Estonia.
Eurozine Articles
Incompatible memories?
The commemoration of WWII in France and Estonia
It is Estonia's commmunist past that distinguishes its commemoration of the Second World War from the French. Reconciliation of conflicting outlooks is possible among historians but remains wishful thinking in wider public opinion. [more]
What composes a people's memory?
Estonia is in bad need of thinking about its national identity, says Jean-Pierre Minaudier. It draws solely upon its rural, "purely" Estonian roots and tends to blend out its German, Swedish, and communist past -- in contrast to the French memory, which integrates all its historic periods. [more]
