Pierre Nora is editorial director at �ditions Gallimard. Since 1977, he has been directeur d’�tudes at the �cole des hautes �tudes en science sociales. He has directed the editorial work on Les Lieux de m�moire since 1984.
Arthur Goldhammer is the translator for numerous books including Neoconservatism: The Biography of a Movement, Algerian Chronicles, The Society of Equals, and Capital in the Twenty-First Century. He received the French-American Translation Prize in 1990 for his translation of A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution.