Christian Amalvi (born 23 April 1954) is a French academic, professor of contemporary history and former lecturer at the University of Montpellier (1991–2023), known for his works on contemporary history.

Early life and education Born on 23 April 1954, Montauban, Amalvi attended the École Nationale des Chartes from 1974 to 1978 and became a curator at the National Library of France (1978–1991).

He taught at the University of Montpellier from 1991 to 1998, and became a professor of contemporary history after Charles-Olivier Carbonell, who was his doctoral supervisor. Upon retiring in January 2023, he is a member of the .

Works Amalavi's 1978 thesis at the École des Chartes was entitled La « galerie des hommes illustres » de l'histoire de France dans l'enseignement primaire de 1833 à 1914 (The "Gallery of Famous Men" from French history in primary education from 1833 to 1914).. In 1979, he used that thesis to publish his first work dedicated to the iconography of scholarly heroes in French history during the Third Republic, analysing that iconography as part of a national mythology. Philippe Joutard, « Histoire et mémoire », in Yann Potin and Jean-François Sirinelli, Générations historiennes : xixe – xxie siècle, Paris, CNRS éditions, 2019, 800 p. (ISBN 9782271121479), p. 719-737.

In 1988, Amalvi published a book entitled De l'art et la manière d'accommoder les héros de l'histoire de France, made up of seven different studies on the representation of heroes and of historical episodes in national history in the 19th and 20th centuries. Robert John Morrissey, « Christian Amalvi, De l'art et de la manière d'accommoder les héros de l'histoire de France », Romantisme, vol. 20, no 70, 1990, p. 103–104. His 1996 work Le goût du Moyen Âge examined the historiographical destiny of major figures from the Middle Ages Sophie-Anne Leterrier, « Christian Amalvi, Le goût de l'histoire, 1996 », Revue d'histoire du XIXe siècle - 1848, vol. 15, no 2, 1997, p. 121–122 and examined the public's interest in that period, which he associated initially with history teaching at primary level. Patrick Fraysse, « Les mises en scène du Moyen Âge dans les fêtes populaires médiévales: », Communication & langages, vol. N° 191, no 1, 1 March 2017, p. 29–50 In 2001, he published Répertoire des auteurs de manuels scolaires et de livres de vulgarisation historique de langue française de 1660 à 1960

Amalvi was also a member of the Haut comité des commémorations nationales, established in 1998 as the Haut comité aux célébrations nationalesPhilippe-Georges Richard, « Les commémorations nationales : une mission du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication », Gazette des archives, vol. 236, no 4, 2014, p. 17–27 He and nine other members of that committee (Marie-Laure Bernadac, Gilles Cantagrel, Nicole Garnier, Claude Gauvard, Robert Halleux, Jean-Noël Jeanneney, Évelyne Lever, Pascal Ory and Jacques Perot) resigned in a joint open letter published in Le Monde in March 2018. He also protested against the Minister of Culture Françoise Nyssen's decision to remove Charles Maurras's name from the Livre des commémorations nationales 2018.

In 2004, he edited the Dictionnaire biographique des historiens français et francophones.

Publications As author Alain Choppin, « Christian Amalvi & Alice Gérard (preface), "Les Héros de l'histoire de France : recherche iconographique sur le panthéon scolaire de la Troisième République." Paris, Phot'œil, 1979 », Histoire de l'éducation, vol. 6, no 1, 1980, p. 70

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