Patrick Fournier is a lecturer in modern history. His research focuses on environmental history, particularly water and wetland management, and the history of health. He participated in the founding of the University Network of Researchers in Environmental History (RUCHE) in 2008 and chaired it from 2011 to 2015. He is currently preparing a study on the construction of public health policies in the face of epidemics in the region. France of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Main current and past responsibilities
Co-director of the MEEF history-geography master’s degree at UCA
Director of the History Department of Clermont Auvergne University (2017-2019)
Member of the steering committee of Multidisciplinary Thematic Network “History of the Environment” (INSHS and INEE of CNRS, 2010-2014)
Member of the jury of the history aggregation (2000-2003, written) and of the CAPES of history-geography (2010-2013, written and oral)
Commitments in research structures
Member of University network of researchers in environmental history (RUCHE / EHESS) since 2008 (president from 2011 to 2015)
Member of the Association History and Rural Societies (HSR) depuis 2006
Network member Health historians
CNRS delegation at the Center Roland Mousnier, UMR 8596 (2020-2021)
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