Patrice Bret
Born1949
Alma materUniversity of Provence, Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence, Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Occupation(s)Historian of science, Centre Alexandre-Koyré

Patrice Bret (born 1949)[1] is a French historian of science and technology and a senior researcher at the Centre Alexandre-Koyré in Paris. His areas of expertise include the translation and circulation of scientific and technical knowledge through communities in the 18th century, the technology and history of armaments in the 18th-20th centuries, and science and technology under colonisation (e.g. Napoleon's Egypt Expedition).[2][3]

Bret has served as director of research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS),[4] scientific head of the Centre des hautes études de l'Armement (CHEAr),[1][4] scientific director of the L'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'École militaire (IRSEM),[1] secretary general of the Comité National Francais d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences (CNFHPS), and secretary general of the Comité Lavoisier of the French Academy of Sciences.[1]

Education

Patrice Bret attended the University of Provence, where he received his Bachelor's degree in history (1970) and his Master's degree (1971). He received a Diploma of Political Studies from the Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence in 1973. In 1975, he passed the History and Geography CAPES Exam, a competitive teaching examination.[1]

In 1980 he received a Degree in Art History and Archeology from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University. In 1989, he received a Diplôme d'études approfondies (DEA) in history from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University. He also qualified to teach computer science as of 1991. In 1994, he received his Doctorate in History from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University.[1]

Career

From 2003 until his retirement in 2012, Patrice Bret was a research associate in the department of history in the Centre Alexandre-Koyré (UMR 8560) of the Centre de Recherche en Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques (CRHST), a laboratory of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.[5] He also served as director of research at CNRS.[4] Bret continues to be an honorary researcher at the Centre Alexandre-Koyré.[6]

From 2003-2009, he served as scientific head of the Centre des hautes études de l'Armement (CHEAr).[1][4] CHEAr became part of the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale in the École Militaire as of 2010. From 2009-2012, Bret was the scientific director of L'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'École militaire (IRSEM) of the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) in the École Militaire.[1]

Bret has been a member of the French National Committee of History and Philosophy of Sciences (Comité National Francais d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences, CNFHPS) since 1996, and served as its Secretary General. He has been a member of the Comité Lavoisier of the French Academy of Sciences since 1987, and served as its Secretary General since 1993.[1] The preservation and publication of Lavoisier's correspondence and physical papers is a major goal of the Comité Lavoisier. Bret has edited volumes VI (1789–1791) and VII (1792–1794) of the correspondence of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and is preparing volume VIII (Supplement, 1761–1794) as of 2018.[7][8]

On 22 May 2018 a research symposium was held in honor of Patrice Bret, at the Alexandre Koyré Center, on the role of science and technology in societies of the 18th and 19th centuries.[9]

Publications

Patrice Bret has published extensively.[10] His books include L'expedition d'Egypte, une enterprise des Lumieres, 1798-1801 (1998),[11] L'État, l'armée, la science. L'invention de la recherche publique en France (1763-1830) (2002),[12] Savants et inventeurs entre la gloire et l’oubli (2014),[13] Madame d'Arconville, 1720-1805 une femme de lettres et de sciences au siècle des Lumières (2011, with Brigitte Van Tiggelen)[14] and Femmes de sciences de l'Antiquité au XIXe siècle réalités et représentations (2014, with Adeline Gargam).[15]

He has edited several volumes of the published correspondence of Antoine Lavoisier.[7][8] He is particularly interested in the role of translation and women translators in scientific communities.[16] He has been involved in publishing the correspondence of Guyton de Morveau, and is researching translator Claudine Picardet. A Scientific Correspondence during the Chemical Revolution: Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau and Richard Kirwan, 1782-1802, has been described as "a splendidly executed work of its sort.[17][18][19][20]

Bret has served on the editorial boards of a number of journals, including Artefact. Techniques, histoire et sciences humaines (Paris, 2012-) and Vulcan. Journal for the Social History of Military Technology (Washington, 2009-).[1][21]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Bret, Patrice (1949)" (PDF). EHESS. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Patrice Bret - Centre Alexandre Koyré - ehess". Centre Alexandre-Koyré. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ Bret, Patrice (1998). L'Expédition d'Égypte, une entreprise des Lumières, 1798-1801. Actes du colloque international organisé par l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres et l'Académie des sciences, sous les auspices de l'Institut de France et du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 8-10 juin 1998, réunis par Patrice Bret. Paris: Hachette littératures.
  4. ^ a b c d MacLeod, Roy; Johnson, Jeffrey A. (2006). Frontline and factory : comparative perspectives on the chemical industry at war, 1914-1924. Springer. p. 269. ISBN 978-1402054891. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Unité de recherche UMR 8560 CENTRE ALEXANDRE KOYRÉ-CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN HISTOIRE DES SCIENCES ET DES TECHNIQUES". Annuaire des formations doctorales et des unités de recherche. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Patrice BRET". Les Rendez-vous de l’histoire. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Franklin-Lavoisier Prize". Science History Institute. 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Le PRIX FRANKLIN-LAVOISIER 2018 a été décerné au Comité Lavoisier". La Gazette du LABORATOIRE. 2018-06-20. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Journée en l'honneur de Patrice Bret - Sciences, techniques, pouvoirs, sociétés XVIIIe-XIXe siècles, Europe-monde". - 27 rue Damesme, 75013 Paris (salle Alcyon - RDC). 22 May 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Bibliography" (PDF). Patrice Bret. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  11. ^ Weiner, Dora B. (2000). "Review: With Bonaparte in Egypt". Isis. 91 (4): 755–757. doi:10.1086/384949. JSTOR 236824.
  12. ^ Pannabecker, John R. (2003). "L'Etat, l'armee, la science: L'Invention de la recherche publique en France (1763-1830) (review)". Technology and Culture. 44 (4): 809–810. doi:10.1353/tech.2003.0178.
  13. ^ Gabriac, Amandine (2018). "Patrice Bret et Gérard Pajonk (dir.), Savants et inventeurs entre la gloire et l'oubli Paris, Éditions du CTHS, coll. CTHS Sciences 13, 2014". Artefact. 6 (1): 211–213. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  14. ^ Bret, Patrice; Van Tiggelen, Brigitte (March 18, 2011). Madame d'Arconville, 1720-1805 une femme de lettres et de sciences au siècle des Lumières. Paris: Hermann. ISBN 978-2705680855.
  15. ^ Gargam, Adeline; Bret, Patrice (March 13, 2014). Femmes de sciences de l'Antiquité au XIXe siècle réalités et représentations. Editions Universitaires de Dijon. ISBN 978-2364410817.
  16. ^ "Mediators of Science: Women Translators 28 July–2 August 2009, Budapest, Hungary" (PDF). Chemistry International: 30. March–April 2009.
  17. ^ Donovan, Arthur (1996). "A Scientific Correspondence during the Chemical Revolution: Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau and Richard Kirwan, 1782-1802. Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau , Richard Kirwan , Emmanuel Grison , Michele Goupil , Patrice Bret". Isis. 87 (1): 180–181. doi:10.1086/357451.
  18. ^ Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard; Grison, Emmanuel; Sadoun-Goupil, Michelle; Bret, Patrice (December 1, 1994). A scientific correspondence during the chemical revolution : Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau and Richard Kirwan, 1782-1802. Berkeley, CA: Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California at Berkeley. ISBN 9780918102218.
  19. ^ Crosland, Maurice (5 January 2009). "Emmanuel Grison, Michelle Goupil and Patrice Bret (eds.), A Scientific Correspondence during the Chemical Revolution: Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau and Richard Kirwan, 1782–1802. Berkeley Papers in History of Science, 17. Berkeley: Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California at Berkeley, 1995. Pp. vi + 257. ISBN 0-918102-21-9. $10.00". The British Journal for the History of Science. 29 (1): 98–99. doi:10.1017/S0007087400033963.
  20. ^ Bret, Patrice (2017). "Les archives personnelles de Guyton de Morveau". Bulletin de la Sabix. 60. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  21. ^ "Vulcan : Editorial Board". Brill. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  22. ^ "Patrice Bret". Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  23. ^ Butrica, Andrew J. (October 1998). "Creating a Past: The Founding of the Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale Yesterday and Today". The Public Historian. 20 (4): 21–42. doi:10.2307/3379719. JSTOR 3379719.
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