French History @IHR: Nuclear France
On Monday 24 May 2021, we are delighted to welcome Roxanne Panchasi (SFU) and Joseph Bohling (PSU) to discuss their prepared papers below. Often we talk about France radiating culture, but perhaps less frequently do we discuss cultures of radiation. Our speakers in this session will be looking at how shifts in French nuclear policy […]
French History @IHR: Grey Anderson, ‘French May 1958-1968’
Date & Place: Monday 29th October, in the Wolfson Room NB02, IHR Speakers: Grey Anderson (Caen) Paper Title: ‘French May, 1958-1968’. Chair:Professor Julian Jackson (QMUL) To listen to a recording of the event, click here (right click to save as MP3) The Fifth Republic can perhaps be viewed by its proponents as a tonic for the chaos that […]
French History @ IHR: Hanna Diamond, ‘Paris and its liberation: photography, memory and the Second World War’
Date & Place: Monday 14 December, in the Wolfson Room NB02, IHR Basement, North block, Senate House Speakers: Hanna Diamond (Cardiff) Paper Title: ‘Paris and its liberation: photography, memory and the Second World War’ Chair: Iain Stewart (UCL) Hanna Diamond introduced new research which considered the importance of the visual record of the Liberation. She stressed how the events in […]
