Corine Defrance

Corine Defrance is a Research Director at CNRS and Deputy Director of UMR SIRICE (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne). Her work focuses on Franco-German relations, Cold War history, post-war reconstruction, and European reconciliation processes. She co-leads the research theme 'Time, Traces and Territories of War (19th–21st centuries)'

• Research Director at CNRS since 2012
• Deputy Director of UMR SIRICE (2021–present)
• Senior Research Fellow, Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (2020/21)
• Visiting Professor, Freie Universität Berlin (2011/12)

Research Interests:Specializing in 20th/21st-century German history, Franco-German reconciliation, Cold War in Europe, post-war university systems, and cultural diplomacy. Her work examines historical memory, transnational education, and Cold War sociopolitical dynamics.

Scientific Contributions:Recipient of the Gutenberg Research Award (2019) and Maurice Baumont Prize (2001). Key publications include co-edited volumes on the Élysée Treaty, German universities post-1945, and Franco-German cultural relations.

• Editorial roles in journals like Monde(s) and Revue d'Allemagne
• Collaborator in international research projects (Germany, Poland, Albania)
• Media consultant for documentaries on post-war European history
• Contributor to public debates on reconciliation and historical memory