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French History Seminar / Séminaire d'Histoire de France, Toronto, Canada (profile images: http://Europeana.eu) Posts by @SchotteMargaret
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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
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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
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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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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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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 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Our next session takes place (in person @UofT) on Feb. 28, 4-6pm EST. Dr. Elizabeth Vlossak (BrockU) will present a talk entitled "The French Pastry Chef, Or: The story of an Alsatian forced conscript in San Francisco." To register, munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/french... #FrHistory 🗃️
Headshot of Dr. Elizabeth Vlossak (a white woman with straight hair, smiling, wearing a black top. She is posed outside against a backdrop of green leaves and a modern building)
February 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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The first talk of our winter term will be in-person in Toronto, Jan. 31 (4-6pm): Jean-Olivier Richard, "In search of Père Castel's Philosophy of Princes: Jesuit physico-politics & climate change in e18th-c. France." Join us there!
Poster advertising: French History Seminar/Seminaire d'histoire de France. Speaker, Jean-Olivier Richard, St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. "In search of Père Castel's Philosophy of Princes: Jesuit physico-politics and climate change in early 18th-century France" Jan. 31, 2025, 4-6pm EST [talk will take place at:] 108N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON M5S 3K7, Canada. [followed by list of sponsors]
January 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Mark your calendars for our 3rd session of the fall semester: Eric Fillion, "We Are Going to Do Something New Together: French-Speaking Québec and the Politics of Culture in 1940s Brazil" In-person @ UofT, Nov. 22, 4-6pm. #FrHistory 🗃
More info: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/we-are...
Black & white headshot of a man -- bald, short grey beard, glasses, plain black shirt. Eric Fillion.
November 7, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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On Oct. 25th, historian William Nelson will be in conversation with media theorist & STS scholar Kate Maddalena. #CEFMF #UofT #FrHistory #booklaunch
More info:
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/book-l...
Poster for a French History Seminar book launch, Oct. 25, 4-6pm. image of a book cover: In bold red capitals 'Enlightenment Biopolitics: A History of Race, Eugenics, and the Making of Citizens' by William Max Nelson. On the right, a figure that is half skeleton, half bewigged dandy with a sword.
October 10, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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Join us to celebrate William Nelson's fantastic new book, _Enlightenment Biopolitics_ (@uchicagopress, 2024). Oct. 25, 4-6pm, Munk School 108N @uoft.bsky.social #frhistory #18C 🗃 🇫🇷
image of a book cover: In bold red capitals 'Enlightenment Biopolitics: A History of Race, Eugenics, and the Making of Citizens' by William Max Nelson. On the right, a figure that is half skeleton, half bewigged dandy with a sword.
October 2, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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You can register for Prof. Catani's talk here: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/contro... A bientot!
French History Seminar. Talk by Damian Catani, "The Controversial Legacy of Louis-Ferdinand Céline: a re-evaluation in light of recent discoveries." Sept. 27, 4-6 pm EDT. Munk Ctr. 108N.
September 18, 2024 at 11:14 AM
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You can register for Prof. Catani's talk here: ttps://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/controversial-legacy-louis-ferdinand-celine-re-evaluation-light-recent-discoveries A bientot!
September 17, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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Excited to announce the first talk of our seminar series: Damian Catani, University of London “The Controversial
Legacy of Louis-Ferdinand Céline: a re-evaluation in light of recent discoveries.” Sept. 27, 4-6 pm #UofT, Munk School, Room 108N #FrHistory 🗃️
Dr. Damian Catani, University of London. Photo of a man wearing a purple shirt, on a picturesque city street, under green trees.
September 11, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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Just released: our 2024-25 schedule of French History talks -- please spread the word and plan to join us in Toronto! (More details will be posted munkschool.utoronto.ca/events/) 🗃️ #frenchhist
French History Seminar (Seminaire d'histoire de France), 2024-25 University of Toronto & York University Registration & more details: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/events/ A series of 6 talks (last Friday of Sept., Oct., Nov, Jan, Feb. March). Damian Catani, University of London; William Nelson, UofToronto; Eric Fillion, University of Guelph; Jean-Olivier Richard, UofToronto; Liz Vlossak, Brock University; Olivier Wieviorka, ENS Cachan.
September 11, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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Join us in welcoming Dr. Robin Mitchell @parisnoire.bsky.social, who is piecing together details of the life of “Suzanne Simon Baptiste Louverture: Microbiography & the ‘Wife Of’” This Friday, March 22, 1-3pm Munk Ctr 208N #FRHistory #frenchhistory #WomenAlsoKnow Details: uoft.me/suzanne
headshot of Dr. Robin Mitchell Archival manuscript showing name of Suzanne Toussaint Louverture.
March 20, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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TO-area folks, mark your calendars! 🗃 Our final speaker this term is the incomparable Dr. Robin Mitchell @parisnoire.bsky.social, w story of “Suzanne Simon Baptiste Louverture: Microbiography & the ‘Wife Of’”
Fri. March 22, 1-3pm (note early time!) Munk Ctr 208N #FRHistory
Details: uoft.me/suzanne
Detail of an archival manuscript, reading “Suzanne Toussaint Louverture” Headshot: Dr. Robin Mitchell
March 7, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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C’est avec grand plaisir que nous vous annonçons notre prochaine conférence Zoom : Helihanta Rajaonarison, "Perceptions et usages sociaux de la photographie à Madagascar de ses débuts jusqu’à la veille de l’indépendance." 15 mars, de 14 h à 16 h à l'heure de l'est. S’inscrire et partager, s.v.p.
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February 29, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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With great pleasure we announce our next Zoom talk: Helihanta Rajaonarison, "Perceptions et usages sociaux de la photographie à Madagascar de ses débuts jusqu'à la veille de l'indépendance." March 15, 2-4pm (note early start time). Register & share, s.v.p.! uoft.me/madagascar 🗃️
logo of Musée de la Photo, Madagascar
February 29, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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Our next talk will be on Zoom. Sarah Griswold, Oklahoma State University, will speak on “Pernicious Objects: The Small Things that Haunted Europe after WWII.“ Feb. 16, 4-6 p.m. EST. For details and link, uoft.me/Griswold
Paperback book with orange and black cover: Hitler's famous work translated as "Mon Combat" Headline from French newspaper: "Prenez garde, vainquers! l'Allemagne n'a pas perdu la guerre...."
February 1, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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Join us Jan. 26, 4-6pm, Munk Ctr rm108N! Dr. Alison Matthews David, "Les fils conducteurs: Crime, Clothing and Early Forensic Identification in France, 1840-1930." This talk examines early “scientific policing,” forensic analysis, and clothing as evidence--from her fantastic project fabricofcrime.ca
Coloured 19th-c. engraving, entitled "La Morgue." 2 stooped men in hats carry a nearly naked corpse on a stretcher; 3 distraught women look on while other passers by ignore the scene.
January 9, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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Pleased to announce a series of 4 exciting talks for our winter semester -- please join us in Toronto in Jan. and March, and online in Feb. (More details will be posted munkschool.utoronto.ca/events/ ) Spread the word! 🗃️ #frenchhist
Text-heavy poster in red/white/blue: [Toronto] French History Seminar / Seminaire d'Histoire de France, 2023-2024 4 talks: 1) Alison Mathews David, T.M.U. “Les fils conducteurs: Crime, Clothing and Early Forensic Identification in France, 1840-1930.” Jan. 26, 4-6 pm 2) Sarah Griswold, Oklahoma State University “Pernicious Objects: The Small Things that Haunted Europe after WWII.“ Feb. 16, 4-6 pm, via Zoom. 3) Helihanta Rajaonarison, Université d’Antananarivo + Musée de la Photo “Perceptions et usages sociaux de la photographie à Madagascar de ses débuts jusqu'à la veille de l'indépendance.” March 15, 2-4 pm 4) Robin Mitchell, University of Buffalo Suzanne Simon Baptist Louverture: Microbiography & the ‘Wife Of’ March 22, 1-3 pm Bienvenue à tous! Organized by: Eric Jennings, William Nelson, University of Toronto, Deborah Neill, Margaret Schotte, York University; various sponsoring institutions thanked.
January 9, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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Dans l’attente de la 2e conférence d’automne de FrenchHistTO, virtuelle et en français, le 24 nov. à 16-18 h (HNE). Joignez-vous à nous par zoom. Inscrivez-vous ici: uoft.me/AyangmaNov24 Dr. Simplice Ayangma, U. de Montréal, présentera sur « L’OMS en Afrique centrale. Histoire d'un colonialisme...
Dr. Simplice Ayangma
November 8, 2023 at 12:33 AM
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Looking forward to FrenchHistTO's 2nd fall talk--this one virtual & en français-- on Nov. 24, 4pm EST. Join us via zoom. Register here: uoft.me/AyangmaNov24 & spread the word! Dr. Simplice Ayangma, U. de Montréal, will present on "L'OMS en Afrique centrale. Histoire d'un colonialisme sanitaire..."
Dr. Simplice Ayangma Bonoho. An African man in colourful shirt sitting on a bench outside.
November 8, 2023 at 12:25 AM
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Happy to announce the 1st talk of FrenchHistTO's 2023-24 program: Dr. Samantha Wesner (UofT) will present "Citizens Electric! Galvanized Bodies and Popular Sovereignty in the Revolutionary Francophone Atlantic." Fri. Oct. 27, in person, Munk 108N, 4:30-6:30 pm. Join us!
James Gillray, "Destruction of the French collossus" (J. Humphrey, 1798), [BNF/Gallica]. Detail showing orange lightning striking a large statue, skull w snakes and Phrygian cap falling off; bloody hand on guillotine labelled Fraternité, with ominous cloud in background.
October 15, 2023 at 3:05 PM