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 Olympics and the ongoing climate emergency This past June, as France braced itself for a set of high-stakes snap legislative elections on the eve of the Paris Summer Olympics, Netflix […]

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 […]