Fabrice Boudjaaba

Fabrice Boudjaaba is a CNRS Research Director at the Centre de Recherches Historiques (CRH), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, assigned since 2012. He leads the ERHIMOR research team focused on rural history and previously held academic positions at the University of Rennes 2 (2006-2013). His administrative roles include Deputy Director of the CNRS Institute of Human and Social Sciences (2016-2021) and editorial leadership for the Annals of Historical Demography.

Education includes Accreditation to Direct Research (HDR) from Université Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne (2019), a PhD in History from Paris-Sorbonne University (2005), and History Aggregation (1999).

Boudjaaba's research examines social reproduction, family economies, and rural societies in pre-industrial France (18th-20th centuries). Key themes include:

• Economic roles of families in heritage and land markets
• Sibling relationships and labor dynamics
• Impact of industrialization on rural social structures
• Historical demography methodologies

His publications consistently explore rural social stratification, inheritance systems, and microhistorical approaches to economic behavior.

Boudjaaba has secured major grants including ANR project 'MEDIFAM' (2021-2022), ERASMUS+ 'HISTORYLAB' (2021-2023), and directs the French School of Athens program 'Mediterranean families' (2021-2025). He coordinates international networks like GDRI AAA Agriculture and GDR European Rural Societies.

Awards recognize his contributions: Social Sciences Foundation Prize, Rennes Métropole Young Researchers Prize (2007), and Thiers Foundation Laureate (2004-2005). As editor and conference organizer, he has shaped scholarly dialogue in historical demography and rural studies.