Patrice Lajoye
{{Short description|French comparative mythologist}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Patrice Lajoye
| birth_date = 26 July 1974
| birth_place = Lisieux, Normandie
| workplaces = University of Caen
| alma_mater = Faculté ouverte des Religions et Humanismes Laïques (Charleroi)
|discipline=Religious studies, Literary studies|sub_discipline=Comparative mythology, Celtic and Slavic paganism, Russian fantasy and science-fiction literature|nationality=French}}
Patrice Lajoye (born 26 July 1974) is a French religious studies scholar and comparative mythologist who specializes on the study of Celtic and Slavic paganism. The co-founder of the journal Nouvelle Mythologie comparée, he currently works for the CNRS at the Maison de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines of the University of Caen, and serves as the sub-editor of Histoire et Sociétés Rurales. Lajoye has also written studies on Russian fantasy and science-fiction literature, as well as translations, anthologies, and novels.{{Cite web|title=Patrice Lajoye : biographie, actualités et émissions France Culture|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/personne/patrice-lajoye|access-date=2021-05-02|website=France Culture|language=fr}}{{Cite web|title=Patrice Lajoye|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/16145962/patrice_lajoye/|website=BNF}}
Career
Born on 26 July 1974 in Lisieux, Normandie, Patrice Lajoye first worked as a volunteer on archaeological sites in northwestern France in the 1990s. He earned a Master in geography from the University of Caen in 1998, then a PhD in comparative mythology summa cum laude from the Faculté ouverte des Religions et Humanismes laïques de Charleroi (Belgium) in 2008, under the direction of Celtic scholar {{Ill|Claude Sterckx|fr}}. He was the director of the journal Mythologie Française from 2003 to 2007. Between 2008 and 2010, he worked as an Associate Researcher at {{Ill|Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives|lt=INRAP|fr}}, studying the funerary rites of the Gallo-Roman Évreux necropolis.{{Cite news|last=Boiron|first=Zoé|date=2 February 2021|title=Lisieux. Patrice Lajoye, un historien à la frontière du réel|work=Ouest-France|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/lisieux-14100/lisieux-patrice-lajoye-un-historien-a-la-frontiere-du-reel-7139976}}{{Cite web|title=Patrice Lajoye {{!}} CV|url=https://unicaen.academia.edu/PatriceLajoye/CurriculumVitae|website=unicaen.academia.edu}} He also served as the sub-editor of the journal {{Ill|Gallia (revue)|lt=Gallia|fr}}. Lajoye is a member of the Société historique de Lisieux.{{Cite news|last=Enée|first=Virginie|date=1 August 2018|title=Port, rues, théâtre... Découvrez Lisieux à l’ère gallo-romaine|work=Ouest-France|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/lisieux-14100/histoire-quoi-ressemblait-lisieux-l-ere-gallo-romaine-5905705}}
His 2017 work Étoiles rouges: la littérature de science-fiction soviétique, co-written with his wife Viktoriya Lajoye, was awarded the Grand prix de l'Imaginaire for the best essay in 2018.{{Cite web|title=Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire : Toxoplasma de Calvo consacré|url=https://actualitte.com/article/19279/prix-litteraires/grand-prix-de-l-imaginaire-toxoplasma-de-calvo-consacre|access-date=2021-05-02|website=ActuaLitté.com|language=fr-FR}}
Works
- {{Cite book|title=Des dieux gaulois: petits essais de mythologie|publisher=Archaeolingua|year=2008|isbn=978-963-8046-92-5}}
- {{Cite book|title=Perun, dieu slave de l'orage: Archéologie, histoire, folklore|publisher=Lingva|year=2015|isbn=979-1094441251}}
- {{Cite book|title=L'arbre du monde : la cosmologie celte|publisher=CNRS Éditions|year=2016|isbn=978-2-271-08904-5}}
- {{Cite book|title=Étoiles rouges : la littérature de science-fiction soviétique|publisher=Piranha|year=2017|isbn=978-2-37119-074-0}}
- {{Cite book|title=New Researches on the Religion and Mythology of the Pagan Slavs|publisher=Lingva|year=2019|isbn=979-10-94441-46-6}} (with Jirí Dynda and Alexander Ivanenko)
- {{Cite book|title=La Grande anthologie du fantastique russe et ukrainien|publisher=Lingva|year=2020|isbn=979-10-94441-48-0}}
- {{Cite book|title=Mythologie et religion des Slaves païens|publisher=Les Belles Lettres|year=2022|isbn=978-2251453-12-5}}
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Category:Comparative mythologists
Category:Celtic studies scholars