Benjamin Stora

Benjamin Stora
Stora in 2012
Born (1950-12-02) 2 December 1950 (age 73)
Constantine, French Algeria
EducationLycée Janson-de-Sailly
Alma materParis Nanterre University
Paris Diderot University
OccupationHistorian

Benjamin Stora (born 2 December 1950)[1] is a French historian, expert on North Africa, who is widely considered one of the world's leading authorities on Algerian history.[2] He was born in a Jewish family that left the country following its War of Independence in 1962.[3] Stora holds two PhDs (1974 and 1984) and a Doctorate of the State (1991).

  1. ^ Biographical note (in french) Archived 17 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Levi, Ron; Marois, Sophie; Dezalay, Sara (2024). "Lawyers, Archivists, and the Turn to Transparency in the French State". American Journal of International Law. 118: 30–35. doi:10.1017/aju.2023.56. ISSN 2398-7723.
  3. ^ Biographical note (in french) Archived 17 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine