Sasha Rasmussen is in the second year of her doctorate at the University of Oxford, exploring the sensory worlds inhabited by women in Paris and St Petersburg, 1900-1913. Here she talks about the archives available for historians of music at the BNF, in their musée de l’Opéra and Musique-Louvois collections.
Let’s begin this post with an obvious point, but one which needs repeating: precarious employment, in any industry, has a tangible impact on our wellbeing.…
The editors of Contemporary European History have established this prize with the aim of encouraging, recognizing and promoting high-quality research among postgraduate and early career…
Perspectives on Precarity: #FHNPrecarity Being on a short-term contract is a common experience for many PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. We wanted to explore the…
David Foulk is a PhD candidate at Oriel College, Oxford, where he is researching economic and financial considerations relating to the French Resistance. Here he talks about the National Archives in College Park, Maryland.
Date & Place: Monday 21st January, in the IOE Bedford Way, Room 784. Speakers: Dr Tyson Leuchter (Birkbeck) Paper Title: Financial Alternatives: The Paris Stock Exchange…
Date & Place: Monday 10th December, in the Wolfson Room NB02, IHR Basement, North block, Senate House Speakers: Dr Ludivine Bantigny (Rouen Normandie) Paper Title: ‘1968…
Antonia Perna is a PhD candidate in History at Durham University, who is studying the ways in which children and adolescents participated in the political culture of the French Revolution. She recently undertook a short-term research exchange fellowship at the Newberry Library, Chicago, and the John Rylands Research Institute, Manchester. Here she talks about her research at the Newberry Library.
The Night of Ideas 31st January 2019 from 17:00 to midnight at the Institut français in London. Crossing French, British and European perspectives with leading experts,…
A-t-il été l’analyste le plus subtil de la société française de la mi-XIXe siècle ou bien un grand réactionnaire? C’est vrai qu’il peut être considéré…
