Spotlight on Keith Rathbone

Welcome to another edition of Historians Under the Spotlight – an occasional interview series which offers a snapshot from academics’ lives: their passions, interests and reading suggestions. You can catch up with previous posts here. This month, our spotlight is being trained on Keith Rathbone (Macquarie University, Sydney) guest editor of the latest French History Virtual Special Issue on the subject […]

French History @IHR: Roundtable on Richard Carswell – The Fall of France

Date and Place: Monday 7th October 2019 in the IOE, Bedford Way, Room 728 Speakers: Richard Carswell, Chris Millington (Manchester Metropolitan), Emily Hooke (Southampton), Ricchard Vinen (KCL) Paper Title: Roundtable discussion of Richard Carswell’s The Fall of France in the Second World War: History and Memory To listen to a recording of the event, click here (right […]

French Historians under the spotlight: Constance Bantman

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. Constance Bantman is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Surrey. In the length of a […]

French Historians under the spotlight: Laura O’Brien

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. Laura O’Brien is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at Northumbria University, and Head of Postgraduates for […]

French History @IHR: Roundtable on ‘The Vichy Past in France Today: Corruptions of Memory’

Date & Place: Monday 11th June, in the Wolfson Room NB02, IHR Basement, North block, Senate House Speakers: Professor Richard J Golsan (Texas A&M), Dr Joan Tumblety (Southampton), Professor Hugo Frey (University of Chichester) Paper Title: Roundtable on ‘The Vichy Past in France Today: Corruptions of Memory’ Chair: Andrew WM Smith (University of Chichester) To listen to […]

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 Historians under the spotlight: Malcolm Crook

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. Malcolm Crook is Emeritus Professor of French History at the University of Keele and a past president […]

French Historians under the spotlight: PhD takeover II

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 Historians under the spotlight: Sara Barker

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. Dr Sara Barker is Lecturer in early modern History at the University of Leeds. Her first book […]

French Historians under the spotlight: Julian Wright

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. Julian Wright is Professor of History at Northumbria University and co-editor of French History (his co-editor Penny […]