Faculté des sciences historiques | Palais universitaire
9, place de l’Université | 67000 Strasbourg, France
plyer@unistra.fr | ARCHE Research Group Profile
Research Interests
· Eastern Bohemia between 1870 and 1930: a multicultural region in the first globalization.
· Post-World Wars period in France and Czechoslovakia.
· German and Central European History, 19th and 20th centuries, International Relations, Migration Studies.
Education
PhD | 2007 | University Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne
· Title: Sudeten Germans and Germany in the 20th century. Collective identities on the move
· School of History, granted with distinction
· Thesis Directors: Professors Etienne François and Robert Frank
Grant Holder (choice)
· 1998-2001: Graduiertenkolleg “Comparison of Societies”, Berlin (Freie Universität, Humboldt Universität, Centre Marc Bloch).
· February-May 2016: short-stay research grant at the CEFRES, Prague.
Professional Experience
History and Geography Teacher | Versailles District | 2002-2010
Senior Lecturer in Contemporary History | University of Strasbourg | 2010 to Present
Recent Publications
· “Ostböhmen imperial verwalten”, in : Jana Osterkamp (ed.), Kooperatives Imperium. Politische Zusammenarbeit in der späten Habsburgermonarchie. Vorträge der gemeinsamen Tagung des Collegium Carolinum und des Masarykův ústav a Archiv AV ČR in Bad Wiessee vom 10.-13. November 2016, Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2018, p. 227-247.
· “La Guerre de 1866 dans l’histoire de la Bohême orientale. Des faits à la mémoire régionale”, in: Jean-Noël Grandhomme (ed.), 1866, une querelle d’Allemands? Perceptions croisées et mémoire(s) d’un moment clé de l’histoire européenne, Bruxelles, Francfort, Oxford (Peter Lang: Convergences) 2018, p. 151-168.
Language Skills
· Native tongue: French
· German: Fluent
· nglish: Upper intermediate in reading and speaking
· Czech: intermediate