Holds a degree from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP) and a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. Joined CERI in 1982 after spending 12 years in the United States and 2 years in Canada. Has been a visiting professor at the University of California Irvine, the School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC, New York University, the Institut Universitaire des Hautes Etudes in Geneva, and a visiting fellow at Stanford University, the University of California Berkeley, the Remarque Institute at New York University, and the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life at Columbia University.
Specializes in the political history of the United States. His research is part of the CERI Transversal Projects “Transatlantic Relations and Comparisons” and “Historical Trajectories of the State.”
Teaching
- Directeur d'études à l'Ecole doctorale de Sciences Po
Research interests
- Construction of national identities from a comparative perspective
- American multiculturalism
- Religion and secularism from a comparative perspective
- American elections
- Foreign policy of the United States
- Urban violence and ethnic identity in the United States