Gilles Veinstein was born in Paris on July 18^th, 1945 and died in Saint-Cloud on February 5^th, 2013.

Education and professional career

• 1966-1971: Student at the École normale supérieure de la rue d'Ulm
• 1972-1976: Work manager at EPHE, VI^th section, then at EHESS
• 1977-1986: Senior Lecturer, then Associate Professor at EHESS
• 1986-1999: Non-cumulating Director of Studies at EHESS
• 1999-2013: Professor at the Collège de France, Chair of Turkish and Ottoman History
• 1999-2013: Cumulative Director of Studies at EHESS