Eric Conte (born 1956)[1] is a French Polynesian historian and archeologist, who served as President of the University of French Polynesia from 2011 to 2017.

Conte is a professor of Oceanian ethnoarchaeology at the University of French Polynesia, specialising in the settlement of eastern Polynesia and the evolution of its pre-European societies.[2] Since 2006 he has directed UPF's International Center for Archeological Research in Polynesia.[3]

In June 2011 he was elected president of the UPF following the resignation of Louise Peltzer.[4][5] He was re-elected as president in April 2013.[6] In 2016 he oversaw the establishment of a center for human sciences in the Pacific.[7] His term as president ended in April 2017, and he was replaced by Patrick Capolsini.

In May 2019 he edited Une histoire de Tahiti, des origines à nos jours ("A history of Tahiti, from its origins to the present day"), a collective work covering the history of eastern Polynesia.[8][9]

In April 2023 he published Sur le chemin des étoiles ("On the way to the stars"), a work on Polynesian navigation.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Eric Conte". Babelio. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Eric Conte". ArScAn. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Éric Conte invite au voyage Sur le chemin des étoiles" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "M. Eric CONTE élu président de l'Université de Polynésie française" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Le nouveau président de l'Université veut tourner la « page Peltzer » en douceur" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Eric Conte réélu président de l'université de la Polynésie française" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Une maison des sciences de l'homme du Pacifique en 2017" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Plus de 1000 ans d'histoire de Tahiti en dix chapitres" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Eric Conte remet « Une histoire de Tahiti » au président" (in French). Présidence de la Polynésie française. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2023.


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