Michel Porret#
| Membership Number: | 4359 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.unige.ch/lettres/istge/unites/hmo/anciencollaborateur/porret/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2003 University of Geneva, Faculty of Arts, ISTGE, "Professeur ordinaire"
- 1993 - 2002 University of Geneva, Faculty of Arts, ISTGE, MER
- 1990 - 1991 Princeton University, Visiting fellow researcher
- 1987 - 1990 University of Geneva, Faculty of Arts, ISTGE assistant, Professeur Bronislaw Baczko
- 1986 - 1987 Scuola Normale Superiore de Pise, Vsiting fellow researcher
- 1981 - 1986 University of Geneva, Faculty of Arts, ISTGE. Student
- 1976 - 1980 Book seller
Fields of Scholarship
- Social, cultural and intellectual history of Beccaria
- Social, cultural and intellectual history of legal medicine
- Social, cultural and intellectual history of the Enlightenment
- Social, cultural and intellectual history of witchcraft
- Social, cultural and intellectual history of suicide before XIXth Century
- Social, cultural and intellectual history of dreams
- Social, cultural and intellectual history of European comics
- Social, cultural and intellectual history of Utopia
- Social, cultural and intellectual history of Crime and Criminal Justice
Honours and Awards
- 1995 Prix Montesquieu
