What is Dominique Kalifa?
[[File:D. KALIFA in Saint Andrews 2917 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Dominique Kalifa''' (12 September 1957 – 12 September 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/deces-de-l-historien-dominique-kalifa-13-09-2020-2391672_23.php|title=Décès de l'historien Dominique Kalifa|language=fr|date=13 September 2020|magazine=[[Le Point]]}}</ref> was a French historian, educator and columnist. He was born in [[Vichy]], France. Kalifa was professor at the [[University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://crhxix.univ-paris1.fr|title=Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: CRHXIX - Centre d'histoire du XIXe siècle (EA 3550)|first=Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - Marc-Olivier|last=Lagadic|website=crhxix.univ-paris1.fr|access-date=2021-04-25|archive-date=2004-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041118033258/http://crhxix.univ-paris1.fr/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.univ-paris1.fr/centres-de-recherche/crhxix/membres/kalifa-dominique/ |title=Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: KALIFA Dominique |access-date=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721023347/http://www.univ-paris1.fr/centres-de-recherche/crhxix/membres/kalifa-dominique/ |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}</ref> He was a member of the [[Institut Universitaire de France]]. He was also taught at the [[Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris]] ([[Sciences Po]]) from 2008 to 2015, and was several times [[visiting scholar]] at [[New York University]] and the [[University of Saint Andrews]]. From 1990, he was also a columnist (historical reviews) for the French newspaper ''[[Libération]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/idees/20200913.OBS33259/dominique-kalifa-est-mort-il-nous-avait-raconte-l-epoque-ou-paris-etait-la-capitale-du-crime.html|title=Dominique Kalifa est mort. Il nous avait raconté l’époque où Paris était la capitale du crime|website=L'Obs}}</ref> Kalifa killed himself on his 63rd birthday on 12 September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://next