He received his doctorate in 2006 with his work La Soif de Jerusalem (lit.
Lemire works as lecturer at the University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée and director of the European Open Jerusalem project, funded by the European Research Council.
[3][4] In 2013 Lemire was awarded the Prix Augustin Thierry for his book Jérusalem 1900.
La ville sainte à l'âge des possibles.
[5] Lemire, Katell Berthelot, Julien Loiseau and Yann Potin received the Prix Pierre Lafue and the Prix Sophie Barluet for their book Jérusalem, Histoire d’une ville-monde, des origines à nos jours in 2017.