Lilly Marcou

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Lilly Marcou (born 1936) is a French historian of Romanian origin specialising in the history of communism. [1]

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Career

Lilly Marcou graduated in literature from the University of Bucharest. In 1986, she obtained a doctorate in history from the Paris-Sorbonne University. [2]

She pursued her career at the Center for International Studies and Research (CERI) at Paris Institute of Political Studies. From 1975 to 1981, she led a research group on the international communist movement. From 1982 to 1988, she taught at the Sciences Po. [2]

From 1993, she devoted her research to the study of Soviet archives from the Stalin era in Moscow. [3]

In April 2007, she was named Knight of the Legion of Honor. [4]

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References

  1. "Lilly Marcou | Calmann-Lévy". www.calmann-levy.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  2. 1 2 "Lilly Marcou - Tous les livres - Librairie Eyrolles". www.eyrolles.com. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. Girault, René (1981). "Marcou (Lilly) - L'Internationale après Staline". Revue française de science politique. 31 (1): 267–268.
  4. Décret du 6 avril 2007 portant promotion et nomination , retrieved 2023-12-12
  5. Jean-Paul Piérot (2003). "Le dictateur et le conquérant Entretien. Pour l'historienne Lilly Marcou, il est encore difficile, malgré l'ouverture des archives, de réexaminer sereinement le rôle du dirigeant soviétique". humanite.fr ..