David El Kenz

David El Kenz is a lecturer in modern history at the University of Burgundy and a member of the LIR3S laboratory (UMR 7366) specialising in religious unrest in 16^th-century Europe. His research focuses on extreme violence in the context of the Wars of Religion and, more broadly, on historiography and visual culture. With Virginie Brinker et al. (ed.), he published Violences historiques : quelles représentations de l’Après ? Regards croisés sur les dimensions juridiques, littéraires et psychiques de la réparation, Dijon, Abell, 2020; with François-Xavier Nérard, (dir.), Commémorer les victimes en Europe du XVIe siècle à nos jours, Seyssel, Champ Vallon, 2011. He is also the editor of Le Massacre, objet d’histoire, Paris, Gallimard, 2005.