Paper Trails: Entente Cordiale and Franco-British collections
Ten years after the Liberation of France, relations between the Republic and her British neighbours were sometimes fractious. Yet this was also the 50th anniversary
4 April 2025
FRENCH HISTORY NETWORK BLOG
French History. Academia. PhD and Postdoc Life. In alliance with SSFH.
PGR-ECR Spotlight: Anthony Chapman-Joy
The Society is pleased to annnounce the beginning of a new series on this blog. A spin off from our regular Historian spotlights, this current
14 January 2025
French Talk: New Podcast Aimed at Teachers and Students of French
Dr Ludivine Broch (Westminster) and Dr Daniel Gordon (Edge Hill) have co-created a new podcast aimed at teachers and students of French at GCSE and
29 November 2024
Paris 2024: Breaking at the Olympics: formidable or a misfire? Rachel Anne Gillett
As an historian, attending the women’s breaking qualifiers at Concorde Urban Park in Paris, Friday 9 October 2024, took on an added dimension. I was
7 October 2024
Paris 2024: A Call for a ‘Disability Revolution’, Corinne Doria
On the evening of 28 August, the Place de la Concorde in Paris hosted the Summer Paralympic Games opening ceremony. Music, dance, fireworks, and inspirational
5 September 2024
Paris 2024: ‘City of Flight’ or why the Olympic balloon seems so at home in Paris, Patrick Luiz Sullivan De Oliveira
The Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony was remarkable in its scale. Rather than constricting the events to a stadium, as had been the case since
4 September 2024
The Requin-ing: Netflix’s Sous la Seine and the Age of Human Disaster
In this guest post, Venus Bivar and Roxanne Panchasi reflect on the recent Netflix film ‘Sous la Seine’ in the context of the recent Paris
13 August 2024
Paris 2024: Paradoxes of the Opening Ceremony, Jonathan Ervine
7000 athletes on 85 boats, 2000 performers, and music from singers such as Lady Gaga, Aya Nakamura, and Céline Dion. And then there was the
8 August 2024
Paris 2024: France Bars Veiled Muslim Athletes Despite Inclusivity Pledge, Rim-Sarah Alouane
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games dazzled with its grand display of glitter, parades, punctuated by typically French provocative performances that celebrate France’s unique
8 August 2024
Paris 2024: The Spectacular Seine, Jessica Wardhaugh
Focusing on the Seine rather than the stadium was one of the most self-conscious innovations of the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony. “Bold, original, and unique,”
8 August 2024
