French History @IHR: Shaping the Environment in 18th Century France
The Modern French History Seminar – traditionally hosted at the IHR – is relocating online for the summer term. SHAPING THE ENVIRONMENT IN 18C FRANCE Monday 6th July / 5.30pm / Live Q&A Chair: Prof Colin Jones (QMUL) Speakers: Gabriel Wick (NYU, Paris), Between palace and vauxhall: the duc d’Orléans at home on the Chaussée d’Antin and […]
French History @IHR: Joseph Clarke on Providence and Politics in Revolutionary France
Date and Place: Monday 18th November 2019 in the IOE, Bedford Way, Room 728 Speaker: Joseph Clarke (Trinity College Dublin) Paper Title: Making Sense of Revolution – Providence and Politics in Revolutionary France Chair: Andrew WM Smith On 18 November 2019, the IHR Modern French history seminar welcomed Dr Joseph Clarke from Trinity College Dublin, […]
French History @IHR: Marisa Linton on Rethinking the Terror
Date & Place: Monday 10th May, in the IOE Bedford Way, Room 784. Speakers: Professor Marisa Linton (Kingston) Paper Title: 230 Years Since the Revolution: Time to Rethink the Terror? To listen to a recording of the event, click here (right click to save as MP3) Professor Marisa Linton offered this paper surveying the legacy of the Revolution […]
French History @IHR: Sudhir Hazareesingh (Oxford), Rethinking Toussaint L’Ouverture
Date & Place: Monday 14th May, in the Wolfson Room NB02, IHR Basement, North block, Senate House Speakers: Sudhir Hazareesingh (Oxford) Paper Title: Rethinking Toussaint L’Ouverture Chair: Andrew WM Smith (University of Chichester) To listen to a recording of the event, click here (right click to save as MP3) Toussaint L’Ouverture is an important and much mythologized […]
French Historians under the spotlight: Michael Kwass
Welcome to Under the Spotlight, a monthly interview series which offers a snapshot from academics’ lives: their passions, interests and reading suggestions – all summarised in less than ten minutes. You can catch up with previous posts here. Michael Kwass is Professor and Chair in the Department of History at Johns Hopkins University. He is […]
French History @IHR: Stewart McCain (St Mary’s), Language Question Under Napoleon
Date & Place: Monday 30th April, in the Wolfson Room NB02, IHR Basement, North block, Senate House Speakers: Stewart McCain (St Mary’s, Twickenham), Michael Rowe (KCL), Professor David Hopkin (Oxford), Professor Jane Hodson (Sheffield) Paper Title: Roundtable on The Language Question Under Napoleon (Palgrave, 2017) To listen to a recording of the event, click here (right click to save […]
French Historians under the spotlight: PhD takeover
Welcome to ‘under the spotlight’, a monthly interview series which offers a snapshot from academics’ lives: their passions, interests and reading suggestions – all summarised in less than ten minutes. You can catch up with previous posts here. To tie in with the Annual Postgraduate Study Day, this month’s interview is a Postgraduate takeover! We […]
French History @ IHR: David Andress on Globalizing French History in the Age of Revolutions
Date & Place: Monday 16 May, in the Wolfson Room NB02, IHR Basement, North block, Senate House Speakers: Professor David Andress (Portsmouth) Paper Title: Globalizing French History in the Age of Revolutions: necessary step, or step too far? (1763-1848) Chair: Professor Colin Jones (QMUL) The nation remains one of the most adaptable, creative, and dangerous appeals in […]
French Historians under the spotlight: Prof. Siân Reynolds
Welcome to ‘under the spotlight’, a monthly interview series which offers a snapshot from academics’ lives: their passions, interests and reading suggestions – all summarised in less than ten minutes. You can catch up with previous posts here. This month’s interview is with Professor Siân Reynolds. Born in Cardiff, Siân Reynolds taught at the universities […]
French Historians under the spotlight: Prof. Dave Andress
Welcome to ‘under the spotlight’, a monthly interview series which offers a snapshot from academics’ lives: their passions, interests and reading suggestions – all summarised in less than ten minutes. You can catch up with previous posts here. November’s interview is with Professor Dave Andress, Associate Dean and Professor of Modern History at the University […]
