You would like a copy of a document you have found in a French archive catalogue, but you cannot go there? I can go for you to the archive centre concerned.
Are you stuck in your research? I can advice you on how to make progress and canvass the archives to show you which documents are most relevant.
Whether you need help with genealogical, administrative, police or judicial archives, etc., I am at your disposal to find the best possible solution for your historical research.
Who I am ?
Vincent Bernaudeau
Independent researcher
PhD in contemporary history
Period : 19th and 20th centuries (ca. 1850-c. 1950)
Preferred fields (but not exclusive) : genealogy, administration, police, justice
Activities
After obtaining a doctorate in contemporary history and several years spent as a contractual researcher in France and abroad, I worked for various French history committees (Council of State; Ministry of Social Affairs and Health; French Association for the History of Justice), but also for several publishers (especially legal publishers, such as Dalloz). As a lecturer in Paris for two years (Faculty of Law located in Issy, Licence 3 level), I also collaborated in various multidisciplinary research projects (including one conducted by the Department of Social Sciences of the Ecole normale supérieure de Paris). With over twenty-five years of experience in the field of historical research, I have a thorough knowledge of the archival collections held in centres in Paris and the provinces.
Training and qualifications
February 2013. Qualification as a teacher-researcher (lecturer, section 22: Contemporary History).
May 2011. Admissible to the competition of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique/CNRS (Chargé de recherche de 1ère classe, Section 36 : Sociologie et sciences du droit), rank n°4.
Sept. 2005. Winner of a scientific research grant from the FNRS (Fonds national de la recherche scientifique du Royaume de Belgique).
Federal Science Pole / PAI P6/01: http://www.digithemis.be/index.php/en/
June 2004. Doctorate in contemporary history (Univ. of Angers) devoted to the magistracy (mid-19th-early 20th century); very honourable mention with unanimous congratulations of the jury (thesis published in 2007). I was a recipient of a grant from the Ministry of National Education and Research during the preparation of my thesis.
Publications
Author of more than thirty articles in peer-reviewed journals, contributions to national and international conference proceedings, books, book chapters and reports. My past research work has mainly focused on the history of the State, justice and its administration, the history of the legal and judicial professions (actors, knowledge, networks), the history of trials and procedure (19th-20th).
For more details, see the link : https://fr.linkedin.com/in/vincent-bernaudeau-4a6673169