Pierre Nora is editorial director at ditions Gallimard. Since 1977, he has been directeur d' tudes at the cole des Hautes tudes en Science Sociales. He is the founding editor of
Le D bat and has directed the editorial work on
Les Lieux de m moire since 1984. In 2001 he was elected to the Acad mie Fran aise.
David P. Jordan is the LAS Distinguished Professor of French History at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of
Transforming Paris and
The Revolutionary Career of Maximilien Robespierre, both published by the University of Chicago Press.