Yves Cohen

Biography

Yves Cohen is a professor of history and director of the Centre de Recherches Historiques at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). His focus is the study of “influence practices,” consisting of 20^th century concepts such as marketing, public relations, advertising, and social psychology.

At CES, Cohen will research the development of marketing and public relations “influence practices” during the 20^th century. He will focus on France, Russia, Brazil, and the United States and study the social psychology practices as a whole.

This information is accurate for the time period that the affiliate is affiliated with CES.

Affiliations

• Professor of History and Director, Centre de Recherches Historiques, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
• Visiting Scholar 2018-2019, CES, Harvard University

Publications

• Yves Cohen. “Le siècle des chefs: Une histoire transnationale du commandement et de l’autorité (1890-1940),” Paris: Éditions Amsterdam, 2013, pp. 872.
• Yves Cohen. “Organiser à l’aube du taylorisme: La pratique d’Ernest Mattern chez Peugeot, 1906-1919,” Besançon: Presses Universitaires Franc-Comté, 2001, pp. 490.