Committee for Parliamentary and Political History

The Comité d'histoire parlementaire et politique (CHPP), or Committee for Parliamentary and Political History, is a French association founded in 2002 by academics. Registered under the French law of 1901 governing non-profit associations, it is dedicated to promoting research on French and international political life and to making parliamentary activity better known to the general public. It brings together teachers, researchers, students, parliamentarians, local elected officials and informed amateurs with an interest in French and international political life, and in parliaments in particular. The CHPP was founded in 2002 by Jean Garrigues. Since 2024 it has been presided over by Pierre Allorant and is run by a bureau composed of Pierre Allorant, Éric Anceau, Walter Badier, David Bellamy, Christophe Bellon, Noëlline Castagnez, Jérémy Guedj, Sabine Jansen, David Mélo and Jérôme Pozzi. Its activities include organising conferences and study days, whose proceedings it regularly publishes. It has a peer-reviewed journal, Parlement(s), Revue d'histoire politique, and each year it organises a monthly seminar at the Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po under the general title "Histoires politiques". The organisation operates primarily in France and serves as a bridge between academic research and public knowledge of parliamentary institutions. Its website is hosted on the Hypotheses platform, a scholarly blogging infrastructure, at parlements.hypotheses.org.

The Comité d'histoire parlementaire et politique (CHPP) was founded in 2002 by Jean Garrigues, a French academic. It was established as an association under the French law of 1901, which governs non-profit organisations. Its founding purpose was to promote research on French and international political life and to improve public understanding of parliamentary activities. From its inception, the CHPP has brought together a diverse membership of teachers, researchers, students, parliamentarians, local elected officials and informed amateurs who share an interest in French and international political life, and in parliaments in particular. The organisation has consistently organised conferences and study days, publishing their proceedings regularly. It also established a peer-reviewed journal, Parlement(s), Revue d'histoire politique, which remains a central part of its scholarly output. Each year, the CHPP organises a monthly seminar at the Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po under the general title "Histoires politiques". This seminar series has become a regular fixture in the French academic calendar for political history. In 2024, Pierre Allorant succeeded the founder as president. The bureau currently includes Pierre Allorant, Éric Anceau, Walter Badier, David Bellamy, Christophe Bellon, Noëlline Castagnez, Jérémy Guedj, Sabine Jansen, David Mélo and Jérôme Pozzi. The organisation continues to operate as an active scholarly association, with its website hosted on the Hypotheses platform.

• 2024

  Pierre Allorant becomes president of the CHPP.

• 2002

  CHPP founded by Jean Garrigues as a French association under the law of 1901.

A scholarly association bridging academic research and public knowledge of parliamentary and political history in France.

• Parlement(s), Revue d'histoire politique

• Histoires politiques seminar

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2. 2Comité d'histoire parlementaire et politique (France) — Wikidatawikidata.org
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