Karine Varley
@karinevarley.bsky.social
Historian at University of Strathclyde, Franco-Prussian War, Second World War, Vichy France, Corsica. Author of Vichy's Double Bind: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/vichys-double-bind/7089CE39930C5E4D0E2F8B0B52C0A778
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November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Please sign the petition below in support of colleagues at Nottingham, where courses in the highly respected Dept of Modern Languages & Cultures have been earmarked for suspension.
It can often be difficult to get reviews of edited volumes. I'm therefore very grateful to Michael Epkenhans for this thoughtful review of my edited volume, The Franco-Prussian War. Turning-Points in European Experiences and Perceptions of Military Conflict.
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Rezension zu: K. Varley (Hrsg.): The Franco-Prussian War
Rezension zu / Review of: Varley, Karine: The Franco-Prussian War. Turning-Points in European Experiences and Perceptions of Military Conflict
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September 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It can often be difficult to get reviews of edited volumes. I'm therefore very grateful to Michael Epkenhans for this thoughtful review of my edited volume, The Franco-Prussian War. Turning-Points in European Experiences and Perceptions of Military Conflict.
www.hsozkult.de/publicationr...
www.hsozkult.de/publicationr...
Interesting graphic on the longevity of France's Prime Ministers under the Fifth Republic. Pompidou comes out top at 2279 days!
L’Assemblée nationale a voté majoritairement contre la confiance à François Bayrou. Le Béarnais va quitter Matignon après 270 jours d’exercice.
September 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Interesting graphic on the longevity of France's Prime Ministers under the Fifth Republic. Pompidou comes out top at 2279 days!
On 13 September, I'll be speaking about the Allied bombing of France and its colonial empire during the Second World War as part of this year's Royal Society of Edinburgh Curious Festival.
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The moral cost of victory during WWII
Explore how Allied bombing in WWII caused civilian deaths in France and colonies – and how leaders justified these moral and ethical dilemmas.
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September 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
On 13 September, I'll be speaking about the Allied bombing of France and its colonial empire during the Second World War as part of this year's Royal Society of Edinburgh Curious Festival.
rse.org.uk/event/the-mo...
rse.org.uk/event/the-mo...
According to a poll for Le Figaro, 83% of the French population oppose the government's plans to allow the Corsican Assembly to pass legislation.
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Le Figaro sonde ses lecteurs sur l’autonomie corse : plus de 83 % contre le pouvoir législatif
Alors que le projet de révision constitutionnelle sur l’autonomie de la Corse a été adopté en Conseil des ministres, un sondage en ligne lancé par Le Figaro révèle une large majorité d'opinions défavo...
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August 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
According to a poll for Le Figaro, 83% of the French population oppose the government's plans to allow the Corsican Assembly to pass legislation.
www.corsenetinfos.corsica/Le-Figaro-so...
www.corsenetinfos.corsica/Le-Figaro-so...
Batholdi's Lion de Belfort at place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris looks like it would benefit from being cleaned.
July 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Batholdi's Lion de Belfort at place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris looks like it would benefit from being cleaned.
Registration for 'Resist' French History conference, Paris. Already good.
July 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Registration for 'Resist' French History conference, Paris. Already good.
As an added bonus, I also saw Louis XVI's famous 'rien' diary entry for 14 July 1789.
July 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
As an added bonus, I also saw Louis XVI's famous 'rien' diary entry for 14 July 1789.
Since the archives in Paris were closed today, I went to the Musée des Archives Nationales to see the original manuscript of de Gaulle's 'appel' of 18 June 1940. Fascinating to see the revisions.
July 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Since the archives in Paris were closed today, I went to the Musée des Archives Nationales to see the original manuscript of de Gaulle's 'appel' of 18 June 1940. Fascinating to see the revisions.
Waiting for my delayed flight and already bumped into another French historian heading to the Paris conference
July 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Waiting for my delayed flight and already bumped into another French historian heading to the Paris conference
I thoroughly enjoyed attending 'The Global Mediterranean and the Long Second World War' conference in Naples. Excellent papers combined with an amazing setting, finished off with pizza. Lots of new approaches to the Mediterranean to think over.
June 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed attending 'The Global Mediterranean and the Long Second World War' conference in Naples. Excellent papers combined with an amazing setting, finished off with pizza. Lots of new approaches to the Mediterranean to think over.
Today's views from the conference
June 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today's views from the conference
As conference locations go, this is pretty good...
June 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
As conference locations go, this is pretty good...
Looking forward to discussing the Mediterranean dimensions of the Second World War in Naples over the next couple of days.
June 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Looking forward to discussing the Mediterranean dimensions of the Second World War in Naples over the next couple of days.
Just caught this interesting new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum.
June 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Just caught this interesting new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum.
Interesting discussion about the periodisation of the Second World War at the National Army Museum last night. Looking forward to the rest of the conference.
June 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Interesting discussion about the periodisation of the Second World War at the National Army Museum last night. Looking forward to the rest of the conference.
'Promoting Alfred Dreyfus to the rank of brigadier general would constitute an act of reparation, a recognition of his merits, and a tribute to his commitment to the republic.'
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France finally acts to deliver justice in infamous Dreyfus case
More than century on, wronged officer is in line for posthumous promotion
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June 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
'Promoting Alfred Dreyfus to the rank of brigadier general would constitute an act of reparation, a recognition of his merits, and a tribute to his commitment to the republic.'
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L’Assemblée nationale vote à l’unanimité l’élévation d’Alfred Dreyfus au grade de « général de brigade »
L’Assemblée nationale vote à l’unanimité l’élévation d’Alfred Dreyfus au grade de « général de brigade »
Condamné à partir de fausses accusations montées sur fond d’antisémitisme, le capitaine avait demandé à voir sa carrière revalorisée dès son innocence reconnue, en 1906, sans obtenir gain de cause. Le...
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June 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
L’Assemblée nationale vote à l’unanimité l’élévation d’Alfred Dreyfus au grade de « général de brigade »
Good to hear about the work of the Cross-Party Group on Europe and the European Movement in Scotland at yesterday's European Diversity Month reception at the Scottish Parliament.
May 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Good to hear about the work of the Cross-Party Group on Europe and the European Movement in Scotland at yesterday's European Diversity Month reception at the Scottish Parliament.
The French government has withdrawn an AI-generated film celebrating the French Resistance after it was pointed out that it featured a German soldier, rather than a French one.
Nazi fêtant la libération de Paris : le gouvernement foire son hommage à la Résistance avec une vidéo générée par IA
L’exécutif a publié, mardi 28 mai, une vidéo aberrante générée par intelligence artificielle avant de la supprimer face au tollé. Au-delà des questions éthiques, la vidéo contient de grossières erreur...
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May 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The French government has withdrawn an AI-generated film celebrating the French Resistance after it was pointed out that it featured a German soldier, rather than a French one.
Still so much to be gained from watching Le Chagrin et la pitié all these years later. I've seen it so many times and each time I spot something new.
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Marcel Ophuls, Oscar-winning film-maker of The Sorrow and the Pity, dies aged 97
The German-French documentarian, who fled the Nazis twice as a child, spent his career exploring wartime atrocities and conflicts
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May 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Still so much to be gained from watching Le Chagrin et la pitié all these years later. I've seen it so many times and each time I spot something new.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
This reminded me how some of the archives I looked at on the Allied bombing of France were only declassified in 2020. Would be interesting to know why.
'Mystery' of Hull Blitz report classified for 100 years
Hull MP Dame Diana Johnson says keeping the document under embargo until 2042 is
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May 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This reminded me how some of the archives I looked at on the Allied bombing of France were only declassified in 2020. Would be interesting to know why.
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To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day and the end of the Second World War, next week I'll be speaking about the Allied bombing and liberation of France at the Alliance Française in Glasgow.
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Conference - The Allied Bombings and France’s Liberation
Eighty years after France’s Liberation, the Alliance Française de Glasgow invites you to an insightful evening with Dr. Karine Varley, a leading historian from the University of Strathclyde, specialis...
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May 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day and the end of the Second World War, next week I'll be speaking about the Allied bombing and liberation of France at the Alliance Française in Glasgow.
www.afglasgow.org.uk/community/ev...
www.afglasgow.org.uk/community/ev...