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Our 3rd seminar in this year's series: Prof. Chizuru Namba, Keio University (Tokyo) will present a talk: "Juger les criminels de guerre en situation coloniale: le cas de l'Indochine et des procès de Saigon et de Tokyo." Join us Nov. 28, 4pm, @UofT
Details: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/juger-...
poster advertising a lecture hosted by French History Seminar/Seminaire d'histoire de France: Speaker, Chizuru Namba, Professeure à l'Université Keio (Tokyo). "Juger les criminels de guerre en situation coloniale: le cas de l'Indochine et des procès de Saigon et de Tokyo" 28 November, 2025 04:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT, room 108N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, M5S 3K7 Poster includes a headshot of Prof. Namba, a middle-aged Japanese woman with medium-length black hair. image at right: black-and-white photograph of a full courtroom, with a man standing in front of the bench, back to the audience.
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
frenchhistto.bsky.social
Our 3rd seminar in this year's series: Prof. Chizuru Namba, Keio University (Tokyo) will present a talk: "Juger les criminels de guerre en situation coloniale: le cas de l'Indochine et des procès de Saigon et de Tokyo." Join us Nov. 28, 4pm, @UofT
Details: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/juger-...
poster advertising a lecture hosted by French History Seminar/Seminaire d'histoire de France: Speaker, Chizuru Namba, Professeure à l'Université Keio (Tokyo). "Juger les criminels de guerre en situation coloniale: le cas de l'Indochine et des procès de Saigon et de Tokyo" 28 November, 2025 04:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT, room 108N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, M5S 3K7 Poster includes a headshot of Prof. Namba, a middle-aged Japanese woman with medium-length black hair. image at right: black-and-white photograph of a full courtroom, with a man standing in front of the bench, back to the audience.
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
frenchhistto.bsky.social
Nous avons hâte de vous voir ce vendredi, 4pm! 🗃️ register s.v.p.: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/unsett...
frenchhistto.bsky.social FrenchHistTO @frenchhistto.bsky.social · Oct 8
Our 2nd talk of the fall term will take place on Oct. 24. We very much look forward to welcoming @andreloez.bsky.social for his talk, "Unsettled voters. Invalid ballots in the first elections by universal male suffrage in France"
French History Seminar/ Seminaire d'histoire de France "Unsettled voters. Invalid ballots in the first elections by universal male suffrage in France" October 24, 2025 04:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT 108N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, M5S 3K7 SPEAKER André Loez PhD, history professor (CPGE Paris) Headshot of white man with streak of white hair, speaking into microphone. Image on right side of poster: small white paper with manuscript text in black ink: "Louis Napoléon privas de Am." Sponsored by: Liberal arts & professional studies YORKU CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES CENTRE FOR THE STUDY CENTRE DES ETUDES DE LA OF FRANCE AND THE FRANCE ET DU MONDE FRANCOPHONE WORLD FRANCOPHONE (CEFMF) and Munk School OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS & PUBLIC POLICY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
October 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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drsepinwall.bsky.social
I missed that this had been announced. The Russell Major Prize Committee was delighted to be able to honor Catherine Dunlop's book

*The Mistral: A Windswept History of Modern France*

which is a super interesting & engaging environmental history of modern France, with a wind as its protagonist! 🗃️
historians.org American Historical Association @historians.org · Oct 15
The AHA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes, which honor exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, public history, and other historical projects. Congratulations to the 2025 awardees! #AHAPerspectives🗃️
American Historical Association Announces 2025 Prize Winners – AHA
The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes.
www.historians.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Our 2nd talk of the fall term will take place on Oct. 24. We very much look forward to welcoming @andreloez.bsky.social for his talk, "Unsettled voters. Invalid ballots in the first elections by universal male suffrage in France"
French History Seminar/ Seminaire d'histoire de France "Unsettled voters. Invalid ballots in the first elections by universal male suffrage in France" October 24, 2025 04:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT 108N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, M5S 3K7 SPEAKER André Loez PhD, history professor (CPGE Paris) Headshot of white man with streak of white hair, speaking into microphone. Image on right side of poster: small white paper with manuscript text in black ink: "Louis Napoléon privas de Am." Sponsored by: Liberal arts & professional studies YORKU CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES CENTRE FOR THE STUDY CENTRE DES ETUDES DE LA OF FRANCE AND THE FRANCE ET DU MONDE FRANCOPHONE WORLD FRANCOPHONE (CEFMF) and Munk School OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS & PUBLIC POLICY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
frenchhistto.bsky.social
Our 2nd talk of the fall term will take place on Oct. 24. We very much look forward to welcoming @andreloez.bsky.social for his talk, "Unsettled voters. Invalid ballots in the first elections by universal male suffrage in France"
French History Seminar/ Seminaire d'histoire de France "Unsettled voters. Invalid ballots in the first elections by universal male suffrage in France" October 24, 2025 04:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT 108N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, M5S 3K7 SPEAKER André Loez PhD, history professor (CPGE Paris) Headshot of white man with streak of white hair, speaking into microphone. Image on right side of poster: small white paper with manuscript text in black ink: "Louis Napoléon privas de Am." Sponsored by: Liberal arts & professional studies YORKU CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES CENTRE FOR THE STUDY CENTRE DES ETUDES DE LA OF FRANCE AND THE FRANCE ET DU MONDE FRANCOPHONE WORLD FRANCOPHONE (CEFMF) and Munk School OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS & PUBLIC POLICY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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frenchcolonial.bsky.social
We will accept submissions for our annual book prizes from 01 Jan to 28 Feb 2026. Books of any academic discipline will be considered providing that they approach the French colonial experience from a historical perspective. Please contact bookprizes@frenchcolonial.org with any questions.
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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frenchcolonial.bsky.social
On acceptera submissions aux prix de livres du 1er jan au 28 fév 2026. Les livres de n’importe quelle discipline académique seront considérés à condition qu’ils abordent l’expérience coloniale française d’un point de vue historique.
Veuillez envoyer des demandes à bookprizes@frenchcolonial.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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We're here Bluesky! Follow the George Rudé Society to hear all about the research being done in French history and culture in Australia and New Zealand, and to hear news about our regular events and our biennial conference! 🇫🇷 🇦🇺 🇳🇿
October 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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frenchcolonial.bsky.social
Share widely!

We are now accepting paper and panel proposals for our 2026 Annual Conference in Ireland at Maynooth University taking place 25-27 June 2026!

The submission deadline is 14 November 2025, and you can read more information on our website!

frenchcolonial.org/annual-meeti...
Annual Meeting – French Colonial Historical Society
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September 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Please join us (in person) this afternoon!
frenchhistto.bsky.social FrenchHistTO @frenchhistto.bsky.social · Sep 8
We are thrilled to kick off our fall series of talks with Dr. Jean-Olivier Richard, "In search of Père Castel's Philosophy of Princes: Jesuit physico-politics & climate change in e18th-c. France": Fri. Sept. 26, 4pm Munk Ctr. rm 108N @uoft (Rescheduled from last winter) #Frenchhistory
Announcement for an academic lecture, hosted by French History Seminar/Seminaire d'histoire de France. Image of a delicate tea set on a red-silk covered table. Talk entitled: "In search of Père Castel's Philosophy of Princes: Jesuit Physico-Politics and Climate Change in Early Eighteenth-Century France" September 26, 2025 04:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT 108N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, M5S 3K7 Speaker: Jean-Olivier Richard St. Michael's College, University of Toronto List of sponsors: YorkU, UofT, Munk School, etc.
September 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The table of contents for this one looks great. #earlymodern #FrHistory
brettrushforth.bsky.social Brett Rushforth @brettrushforth.bsky.social · Sep 9
Not available until June 2026, but we have a cover! #earlymodern #skystorians
Image of the cover of a book titled Beyond the Ocean: France and the Atlantic World from the Crusades to the Age of Revolutions, by Christopher Hodson and Brett Rushforth. The background image is an eighteenth-century ink and watercolor rendition of the harbor of Le Cap in modern Haiti, with three ships and one small boat foregrounded in the bay and a handful of buildings scattered on the shore in the background.
September 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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lafayettepodcast.com
Do you want to learn what happened to French North America after 1763?
Or how the way French settlers were treated by their British conquerors had a direct impact on the American Revolution?

Listen to this fantastic podcast episode.

#FRhistory 🗃️ #history
jimambuske.bsky.social Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · Aug 26
NOW PLAYING: Episode 18: The Resurrection

Fourteen years after British forces conquered New France during the Seven Years’ War, Parliament’s passage of the Quebec Act in 1774 resurrects old fears of French Catholic tyranny in Protestant British America.

www.r2studios.org/show/worlds-...
Paul Revere’s The Mitred Minuet
September 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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willpooley.bsky.social
Today a follow up to yesterday’s post on being an ECR in French History, by @wadehistory.bsky.social

frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6744/ 🗃️ #FRHistory
For me, it is difficult to overstate how challenging it is to be an ECR in French history right now. One fellow ECR speaks of it being 'cataclysmically bad'; another speaks of the academic job market as a ravaging 'tornado'; neither are exaggerations.
September 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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schottemargaret.bsky.social
🇫🇷 #18C 🗃️
frenchhistto.bsky.social FrenchHistTO @frenchhistto.bsky.social · Sep 8
We are thrilled to kick off our fall series of talks with Dr. Jean-Olivier Richard, "In search of Père Castel's Philosophy of Princes: Jesuit physico-politics & climate change in e18th-c. France": Fri. Sept. 26, 4pm Munk Ctr. rm 108N @uoft (Rescheduled from last winter) #Frenchhistory
Announcement for an academic lecture, hosted by French History Seminar/Seminaire d'histoire de France. Image of a delicate tea set on a red-silk covered table. Talk entitled: "In search of Père Castel's Philosophy of Princes: Jesuit Physico-Politics and Climate Change in Early Eighteenth-Century France" September 26, 2025 04:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT 108N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, M5S 3K7 Speaker: Jean-Olivier Richard St. Michael's College, University of Toronto List of sponsors: YorkU, UofT, Munk School, etc.
September 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
frenchhistto.bsky.social
We are thrilled to kick off our fall series of talks with Dr. Jean-Olivier Richard, "In search of Père Castel's Philosophy of Princes: Jesuit physico-politics & climate change in e18th-c. France": Fri. Sept. 26, 4pm Munk Ctr. rm 108N @uoft (Rescheduled from last winter) #Frenchhistory
Announcement for an academic lecture, hosted by French History Seminar/Seminaire d'histoire de France. Image of a delicate tea set on a red-silk covered table. Talk entitled: "In search of Père Castel's Philosophy of Princes: Jesuit Physico-Politics and Climate Change in Early Eighteenth-Century France" September 26, 2025 04:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT 108N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, M5S 3K7 Speaker: Jean-Olivier Richard St. Michael's College, University of Toronto List of sponsors: YorkU, UofT, Munk School, etc.
September 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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thiagokrause.bsky.social
Je suis également preneur de toute référence sur la communauté portugaise et le commerce du sucre à Rouen vers les années 1660.
September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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thiagokrause.bsky.social
Mes amis historiens, je suis à la recherche de la thèse de doctorat suivante. Mon intérêt vient de lettres sur le commerce du sucre à Rouen que j'ai trouvées dans les "Prize Papers". Un historien de la France pourrait-il m'aider à en obtenir une copie ?
Le monde du négoce dans les ports du Ponant sous Richelieu et Mazarin (vers 1625-vers 1660) : les exemples de Bordeaux et de Rouen | Theses.fr
Les commerces bordelais et rouennais etaient assez differents, tant par leurs structures, que par leurs aires geographiques. Tous deux connurent d'importants changements au cours de ces annees 1625 a ...
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September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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As the fall term starts, here is the 2025-26 schedule of French History talks, all in-person this year. Please spread the word and plan to join us in Toronto! (More details will be posted munkschool.utoronto.ca/events/) 🗃️ #frenchhist
Full-year schedule 2025-2026, French History Seminar/ Seminaire d'histoire de France. [organized by University of Toronto and York University. list of 6 academic talks, all held at the Munk School (U of T), room 108N, from 4-6pm on each of the listed dates. Sept. 26: Jean-Olivier Richard, University of Toronto “In search of Père Castel's Philosophy of Princes: Jesuit physico-politics and climate change in early 18th-century France. Oct. 24: André Loez, Sciences Po/Lycée Balzac, Paris “Unsettled voters. Invalid ballots in the first elections by universal male suffrage in France.” Nov. 28: Chizuru Namba, Keio University, Tokyo “Enjeux forestiers et colonisation en Indochine française.” Jan. 30: Pascal Bastien, UQAM, Montreal “L’orage avant la tempête : l’affaire Réveillon (27-28 avril 1789) et l’éveil du sans-culotte.” Feb. 27: Andrew Jainchill, Queen’s University “A Radical Reformer in the Old Regime: the marquis d’Argenson.” March 27: Katie Edwards, Tulane University “Reforming the Republican Empire” Registration and more details: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/events/ with thanks to several local institutions at YorkU and UofT. Organized by: Eric Jennings, University of Toronto, Deborah Neill, Margaret Schotte, York University Bienvenue à tous!
September 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
frenchhistto.bsky.social
As the fall term starts, here is the 2025-26 schedule of French History talks, all in-person this year. Please spread the word and plan to join us in Toronto! (More details will be posted munkschool.utoronto.ca/events/) 🗃️ #frenchhist
Full-year schedule 2025-2026, French History Seminar/ Seminaire d'histoire de France. [organized by University of Toronto and York University. list of 6 academic talks, all held at the Munk School (U of T), room 108N, from 4-6pm on each of the listed dates. Sept. 26: Jean-Olivier Richard, University of Toronto “In search of Père Castel's Philosophy of Princes: Jesuit physico-politics and climate change in early 18th-century France. Oct. 24: André Loez, Sciences Po/Lycée Balzac, Paris “Unsettled voters. Invalid ballots in the first elections by universal male suffrage in France.” Nov. 28: Chizuru Namba, Keio University, Tokyo “Enjeux forestiers et colonisation en Indochine française.” Jan. 30: Pascal Bastien, UQAM, Montreal “L’orage avant la tempête : l’affaire Réveillon (27-28 avril 1789) et l’éveil du sans-culotte.” Feb. 27: Andrew Jainchill, Queen’s University “A Radical Reformer in the Old Regime: the marquis d’Argenson.” March 27: Katie Edwards, Tulane University “Reforming the Republican Empire” Registration and more details: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/events/ with thanks to several local institutions at YorkU and UofT. Organized by: Eric Jennings, University of Toronto, Deborah Neill, Margaret Schotte, York University Bienvenue à tous!
September 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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mattjrobertshaw.bsky.social
Highlights:
• Editorial regarding Vodou in Haiti 🇭🇹
• War and peace in Dahomey 🇧🇯
• Thoughts on vegetarians 🥗
• Dumas fils plays a prank 🎭
• Electric lighting 💡
• More thoughts on the anti-slavery congress ⛓️
• A pianist with a broken leg 🦵
• US tariff fears 💰
• US imperialism in Haiti 🇺🇸
July 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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mattjrobertshaw.bsky.social
The 7th issue of La Fraternité (🇭🇹🗞️🇫🇷) is now available. Peruse the news from 7 October 1890.

See highlights below.

#HaitianSky #FrenchHistory #Paris1890 #YesterdaysNews
Black Republic of Letters: Year 1, Issue 7 – 7 October 1890
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July 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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• Benito Sylvain tackles racism in the press 👊
• Mormons abolish polygamy 💍
• A plea for the Dutch king to join the antislavery effort 🇳🇱
• An exposé on spiritism and hypnotism 🔮
• Fingerprinting technology in China 🇨🇳
• A French musician sued by an American promoter 🎻
• What's on in the theatre?🎭
August 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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mattjrobertshaw.bsky.social
The 8th issue of La Fraternité (🇭🇹🗞️🇫🇷) is now available. Peruse the news from 14 October 1890.

See highlights below.

#HaitianSky #FrenchHistory #Paris1890 #YesterdaysNews
Black Republic of Letters: Year 1, Issue 8 – 14 October 1890
scalar.library.yorku.ca
August 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
frenchhistto.bsky.social
This Friday! #FrHistory #WW2
frenchhistto.bsky.social FrenchHistTO @frenchhistto.bsky.social · Mar 13
For our final seminar of the year, we are hosting Dr. Olivier Wieviorka. "France en guerre, France dans la guerre: nouveaux enjeux, nouvelles approches." March 28, 4-6pm, in person. More info: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/france...
French History Seminar/Seminaire d'histoire de France Olivier Wieviorka, professeur à l'Ecole normale supérieure de Paris-Saclay (pictured in a small headshot: balding man with wire-framed glasses and a light blue dress shirt.) "France en guerre, France dans la guerre: nouveaux enjeux, nouvelles approches" In-person, March 28, 2025, 4:00PM - 6:00PM Location: Room 108, North House, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, M5S 3K7
March 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM