Hélène d'Almeida-Topor
Hélène d'Almeida-Topor (2 October 1932 – 1 August 2020) was a French historian and university professor of contemporary history.[1]
Hélène d'Almeida-Topor | |
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Born | 2 October 1932 |
Died | 1 August 2020 87) | (aged
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Historian Professor |
Biography
Her father, Abram Topor, was a French artist of Polish origin who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Her brother, Roland Topor, was also an artist and a writer. Earning an agrégation in history and geography in 1959,[2] d'Almeida-Topor taught in Porto-Novo, Benin from 1960 to 1970. She also taught in Lomé, Togo for several years.[3] Subsequently, she became a lecturer at Paris-Est Créteil University. In 1987, d'Almeida-Topor defended a thesis titled "Histoire économique du Dahomey (1890-1920)" at Paris-Sorbonne University under the supervision of Jean Ganiage. She was a professor at the University of Lorraine from 1988 to 1994 before working at University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne until 2003, when she became professor emeritus. Her son, Fabrice d'Almeida, would also become a historian.
Hélène d'Almeida-Topor died on 1 August 2020 at the age of 87.[4]
Publications
- Les Amazones. Une armée de femmes dans l'Afrique précoloniale (1984)[5]
- Les Transports en Afrique xixe – xxe siècle (1992)
- L'Afrique au xxe siècle (1993)
- L'Europe et l'Afrique, un siècle d'échanges économiques (1994)
- Histoire économique du Dahomey. 1890-1920 (1995)
- Le travail en Afrique noire. Représentations et pratiques à l'époque contemporaine (2003)
- Le Goût de l'étranger, les saveurs venues d'ailleurs depuis la fin du xviiie siècle (2006)
- L'Afrique (2006)
- L'Afrique du 20e siècle à nos jours (2013)
Distinction
References
- "Fabrice d'Almeida". Twitter (in French). 1 August 2020.
- "Les agrégés de l'enseignement secondaire. Répertoire 1809-1960". Ressources numériques en histoire de l'éducation (in French).
- Barthélémy, Pascale (2013). Le Dictionnaire universel des créatrices (in French). Paris: Éditions des femmes.
- "Histoire économique du Dahomey (Bénin) (1890-1920)". Persée (in French). 1996.
- "Les Amazones. Une armée de femmes dans l'Afrique précoloniale". BnF Gallica (in French). 1984.
- "D'ALMEIDA-TOPOR Hélène". SFHOM (in French).
- "Editorial - Assemblée générale 2011". Persée (in French). 2011.