Professor of history and political sociology at Sciences Po. Former director of the Doctoral School of Sciences Po (2000-2007); visiting professor at Luiss University in Rome and the University of Rome III since 2007.
Directs the multidisciplinary research group on contemporary Italy (GREPIC) at CERI and the research group on contemporary Italy at the Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po. Member of the editorial boards of Communisme, Vingtième siècle, Revue d’histoire, Mélanges de l’Ecole Française de Rome and Contemporary European history; member of the scientific committees of Revue internationale de politique comparée, Raisons politiques, Ricerce di storia politica, Storia contemporanea and Studia politica.
His research focuses on political parties, the transformations of contemporary democracies and the relations between history and political science. Participates in the CERI Transversal Project “Beliefs and Practices of Democracy.”
For a complete CV, see: http://ecoledoctorale.sciences-po.fr/CV_enseignants/lazar.htm
Teaching
- Sciences Po: “Political sociology and geopolitics of contemporary Italy” (undergraduate level, Menton campus); La sinistra in Europa (doctoral seminar; in Italian)
- Luiss University, Rome: Sistemi politici comparati in Europa (Master’s program)
Research interests
- Communism in France and Italy
- The socialist left and Social Democrats in Western Europe
- The changes in politics in France and Italy
- The relations between the French left and the public service