Ever since November 2017—the beginning of reflections on a memorial for victims of terrorism, with the establishment of a Memorial Committee within the Délégation interministérielle à l’aide des victimes [inter-ministerial delegation for victim support] — victims’ associations have actively contributed to plans to create a site of remembrance...
Sociologue, directeur d’études à l’EHESS, il préside le directoire de la Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme et dirige la revue Socio, qu’il a fondée en 2013.
As is the case at other similar institutions, the Museum and Memorial of Terrorism can host training courses for a variety of professions directly or indirectly impacted by the question of terrorism and its effects...
Victims of terrorist attacks and their loved ones bear visible and invisible scars for a long time after their wounds have closed. The effects are not only felt by direct victims, but also by those close to them and the next generation. Acknowledgement from society of the violence they have suffered, and its multiple consequences, is a first necessity on their road to recovery...
The Museum and Memorial of Terrorism is a museum of history and society in line with the latest findings in the human and social sciences on terrorism and its effects, as well as on the question of museums and memorials on conflicts and extreme violence, and other disciplines like research in neuroscience on trauma. As such, it seeks to be a vital actor in research on these matters...
The Museum and Memorial of Terrorism has been designed as a place of remembrance and reflection, a museum of history that looks toward the future, and a space of research and learning for adults and young people.
The idea for the Museum and Memorial of Terrorism emerged in the wake of the Jihadist terrorist attacks in 2015 and 2016. It reflects the desire of public authorities and victims’ associations to pay tribute to the people impacted by terrorism of all kinds. It has been designed as a place of remembrance and history on this form of war-like violence in peacetime that has affected French society and many other countries since the 1970s.
