Modern French History @IHR: BOOK LAUNCH Propaganda, Gender, and Cultural Power: Projections and Perceptions of France in Britain c. 1880-1944 by Charlotte Faucher
Propaganda, Gender, and Cultural Power: Projections and Perceptions of France in Britain c. 1880-1944 (Oxford University Press, 2022). We are thrilled to welcome Charlotte Faucher, co-convenor of this seminar, to discuss her new book, which shows how women shaped policies from the margins, and bridged diplomatic worlds in France, its colonial home fronts and Britain across […]
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: Jonathan Smyth on Revelation & Revolution in France 1730-1830
Date and Place: Monday 27th January 2019 in the Chadwick Building, UCL Speaker: Jonathan Smyth (Birkbeck) Paper Title: Revelation & Revolution in France 1730-1830 Chair: Andrew WM Smith In this wide-ranging paper, Jonathan Smyth explored his new project building on his previous book Robespierre and the Festival of the Supreme Being (Manchester University Press, 2018). […]
French History @ IHR: David Hopkin, Cinderella of the Breton Polders
Date & Place: Monday 3rd October, Wolfson Room NB02, IHR Basement, North block, Senate House Speakers: David Hopkin (Oxford) Paper Title: Cinderella of the Breton Polders: The Stories of a Teenage Farm Servant Chair: Iain Stewart (UCL) Click HERE to listen to an mp3 recording of the paper (right click to save). Virginie Desgranges was born in […]
