George Rudé Society
@georgerudesociety.bsky.social
The leading society for the study of French history and culture in Australia and New Zealand. Check out our website: https://h-france.net/rude/
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this image is so french, i just pioneered the use of systematic census taking and statistics gathering
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
this image is so french, i just pioneered the use of systematic census taking and statistics gathering
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“We are all, how you say, trying to find zee guy who did zis.”
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
“We are all, how you say, trying to find zee guy who did zis.”
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Thanks to everyone who zoomed in from near and far – some from very, *very* far away indeed – to this event today. Very grateful to everyone for your interest and especially to @petermcphee.bsky.social for being such a generous interlocutor 📖 📕
Our next event is this Monday! Briony Neilson's new book on children and crime in turn-of-the-century France is out (🥳) and we're hosting one of our semi-regular book talks. Briony will be discussing it with the great Peter McPhee. Register via the link!
Coming up this Monday 6 Oct at 1pm (Sydney time) I'll be talking with Peter McPhee about my book which explores the history of children, youth, welfare, criminality, punishment, incarceration etc in France at the turn of the 19th/20th century. All welcome. Register at the link in the original post.
October 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Thanks to everyone who zoomed in from near and far – some from very, *very* far away indeed – to this event today. Very grateful to everyone for your interest and especially to @petermcphee.bsky.social for being such a generous interlocutor 📖 📕
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Attention French historians and researchers in adjacent fields: the call for papers is now open for the next George Rudé conference. 8–10 July 2026, in Perth, Western Australia. Generous funding ($3300AUD) is available to support research students' travel. Deadline for proposal is 15 December 2025.
We're very excited to announce our Call for Papers for the 25th George Rudé Seminar, the largest gathering of scholars of French history & culture in the southern hemisphere! Taking place in beautiful Boorloo/Perth at the Uni of Western Australia 8-10 July 2026. Pls share!
h-france.net/rude/cfp/
h-france.net/rude/cfp/
October 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Attention French historians and researchers in adjacent fields: the call for papers is now open for the next George Rudé conference. 8–10 July 2026, in Perth, Western Australia. Generous funding ($3300AUD) is available to support research students' travel. Deadline for proposal is 15 December 2025.
We're very excited to announce our Call for Papers for the 25th George Rudé Seminar, the largest gathering of scholars of French history & culture in the southern hemisphere! Taking place in beautiful Boorloo/Perth at the Uni of Western Australia 8-10 July 2026. Pls share!
h-france.net/rude/cfp/
h-france.net/rude/cfp/
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We're very excited to announce our Call for Papers for the 25th George Rudé Seminar, the largest gathering of scholars of French history & culture in the southern hemisphere! Taking place in beautiful Boorloo/Perth at the Uni of Western Australia 8-10 July 2026. Pls share!
h-france.net/rude/cfp/
h-france.net/rude/cfp/
Our next event is this Monday! Briony Neilson's new book on children and crime in turn-of-the-century France is out (🥳) and we're hosting one of our semi-regular book talks. Briony will be discussing it with the great Peter McPhee. Register via the link!
Coming up this Monday 6 Oct at 1pm (Sydney time) I'll be talking with Peter McPhee about my book which explores the history of children, youth, welfare, criminality, punishment, incarceration etc in France at the turn of the 19th/20th century. All welcome. Register at the link in the original post.
I'm honoured to be speaking to @petermcphee.bsky.social on Mon 6 Oct at 1pm AEDT about my book Dangers of Youth: Age, Criminality, and Juvenile Justice Reform in Third Republic France at an online event hosted by the George Rudé Society. Please register here: uni-sydney.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Our next event is this Monday! Briony Neilson's new book on children and crime in turn-of-the-century France is out (🥳) and we're hosting one of our semi-regular book talks. Briony will be discussing it with the great Peter McPhee. Register via the link!
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
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! 🇫🇷 🇦🇺 🇳🇿