About
Gérôme Truc is a sociologist at the CNRS, where he works on reactions to terrorist attacks and their memorialization in Western societies. With Fabien Truong, he recently published Grands ensembles. Violence, solidarité et ressentiment dans les quartiers populaires (La Découverte, 2025).
Latest publication
Terrror Attacks as Conspiracies. Conspiracism, anti-Semitism and the public memorialisation of terrorism in the West
Conspirationnisme, antisémitisme et mémorialisation publique du terrorisme en Occident
- By Gérôme Truc
In Questions de communication (2025/1 n° 47)
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What terror attacks do to societies: Fieldwork and case studies
- By Gérôme Truc
In Ethnologie française (2019/1 Vol. 49)
Terrror Attacks as Conspiracies. Conspiracism, anti-Semitism and the public memorialisation of terrorism in the West
Conspirationnisme, antisémitisme et mémorialisation publique du terrorisme en Occident
- By Gérôme Truc
In Questions de communication (2025/1 n° 47)
Paternity in Maternity Hospitals: An Observational Study
- By Gérôme Truc
In Ethnologie française (2006/2 Vol. 36)
Victims of Terrorism as European Heroes: The Range and Limits of the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism
- By Gérôme Truc
In Politique européenne (2012/2 No 37)
Transmission, memory, family
A journey with Martine Segalen
- By Gérôme Truc
In Ethnologie française (2024/3 Vol. 54)
Guardians of memory: Mobilizations and conflicts of appropriation surrounding post-terrorist attack memorials in Madrid, London, and Paris
- By Gérôme Truc,
- Maëlle Bazin,
- Translated from the French by John Angell
In Ethnologie française (2019/1 Vol. 49)
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Articles
Terrror Attacks as Conspiracies. Conspiracism, anti-Semitism and the public memorialisation of terrorism in the West
Conspirationnisme, antisémitisme et mémorialisation publique du terrorisme en Occident
In Questions de communication (2025/1 n° 47)
Transmission, memory, family
A journey with Martine Segalen
In Ethnologie française (2024/3 Vol. 54)
(Un)shared memory: European Parliament and EU Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism
- By Ana Milošević
- and Gérôme Truc
In Politique européenne (2021/1 No 71)
Denis Salas, La foule innocente
Desclée de Brouwer, 2018, 312 p., €18,90
In Projet (2019/4 No 371)
Guardians of memory: Mobilizations and conflicts of appropriation surrounding post-terrorist attack memorials in Madrid, London, and Paris
- By Gérôme Truc,
- Maëlle Bazin,
- Translated from the French by John Angell
In Ethnologie française (2019/1 Vol. 49)
Introduction
What terror attacks do to societies: Fieldwork and case studies
In Ethnologie française (2019/1 Vol. 49)
Discourse on terror strikes: Problems and stakes
- By Gérôme Truc,
- Christian Le Bart
- and Émilie Née
In Mots. Les langages du politique (2018/3 No 118)
Displaying, solidarity (online) with the victims
The uses of a “cyber shrine” in Atocha train station after the 11 March 2004 attack in Madrid
In Réseaux (2018/4 No 210)
Five strong women
Facing up to “insecurity in a housing project of fear”
- By Gérôme Truc
- and Fabien Truong
In Mouvements (2017/4 No 92)
Panorama
“Citizenship brings collective responsibility”
- By Gérôme Truc,
- Rony Brauman,
- Interviewed by Jean Merckaert,
- et al.
In Projet (2017/2 No 357)
Victims of Terrorism as European Heroes: The Range and Limits of the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism
In Politique européenne (2012/2 No 37)
Le 11-Mars comme un nouveau 11-Septembre Le traitement photographique des attentats de 2004 à Madrid
Can One Analyze an Unreadable Corpus? Using Alceste to Analyze a Register of Condolences
In Langage et société (2011/1 No 135)
The Dead, Their Places, and Their Bonds
- By Arnaud Esquerre
- and Gérôme Truc
In Raisons politiques (2011/1 No 41)
Ground Zero: Between Construction Site and Mass Grave
On the relationships between scattered human remains, memory and place
In Raisons politiques (2011/1 No 41)
An Attempted Sociology of Theology
A Re-Reading of Maurice Halbwachs’ Topologie légendaire des évangiles en Terre sainte
In Archives de sciences sociales des religions (2010/2 No 150)
Cosmopolitanism within the scope of emotion
A sociological reading of the messages of solidarity in response to the Madrid bombings of March 11, 2004
In Hermès, La Revue (2006/3 No 46)
Paternity in Maternity Hospitals: An Observational Study
In Ethnologie française (2006/2 Vol. 36)
On the Subject of Individualism as a Positive Value
In Mouvements (2006/1 No 43)
Sociology in Movies: A Cross-Comparison of La sociologie est un sport de combat and Parcours d'un sociologue
In A contrario (2004/1 Vol. 2)
Is Sociology a Combat Sport? The Image of the Sociologist in Pierre Bourdieu (Discussion Paper)
In Terrains & travaux (2002/1 No 3)