New Books in French Studies

Interviews with Scholars of France about their New Books

Society & Culture
History
1
Mark Braude, "The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon o...
This unexpected and absorbing book delves into the story of Napoleon’s exile on the island of Elba following his abdication in 1814...
58 min
2
Charly Coleman, "The Spirit of French Capitalis...
An interview with Charly Coleman
59 min
3
Megan Brown, "The Seventh Member State: Algeria...
An interview with Megan Brown
62 min
4
Christy Pichichero, "The Military Enlightenment...
An interview with Christy Pichichero
59 min
5
Julian Jackson, "De Gaulle" (Harvard UP, 2018)
If Sir Winston Churchill was (in the words of Harold Macmillan) the "greatest Englishman In history", then Charles de Gaulle was without a doubt, the greatest Frenchman since Napoleon Bonaparte...
67 min
6
Margaret Cook Andersen, "Fertile Expectations: ...
39 min
7
Patrick Luiz Sullivan De Oliveira, "Ascending R...
69 min
8
Julie Singer, "Out of the Mouths of Babes: Infa...
40 min
9
Elise Franklin "Disintegrating Empire: Algerian...
70 min
10
Selda Altan, "Chinese Workers of the World: Col...
An interview with Selda Altan
50 min
11
William Jennings, "Dibia's World: Life on an Ea...
An interview with William Jennings
47 min
12
Marc Jaffré, "The Courtiers and the Court of Lo...
An interview with Marc Jaffré
60 min
13
"I have not Finished...": Rokahya Diallo on bei...
42 min
14
Reider Payne, "War and Diplomacy in the Napoleo...
An interview with Reider Payne
65 min
15
Max Hastings, “Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1...
An interview with Max Hastings
49 min
16
Les Sosnowski and Monique Sosnowski, "Operation...
99 min
17
Benjamin P. Davis, "Choose Your Bearing: Édouar...
51 min
18
Bruce L. Vernarde, "The Miracles of Mary in Twe...
An interview with Bruce L. Vernarde
62 min
19
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, "The Age of Revolutions:...
An interview with Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
60 min
20
Holly Grout, "Playing Cleopatra: Inventing the ...
43 min
21
Andrew Janiak, "The Enlightenment's Most Danger...
An interview with Andrew Janiak
45 min
22
Kirsten L. Scheid, "Fantasmic Objects: Art and ...
An interview with Kirsten L. Scheid
83 min
23
Ethan Kleinberg, "Emmanuel Levinas's Talmudic T...
An interview with Ethan Kleinberg
73 min
24
Isabel Moreira, "Balthild of Francia: Anglo-Sax...
An interview with Isabel Moreira
57 min
25
Deborah Reed-Donahay, "Sideways Migration: Bein...
An interview with Deborah Reed-Donahay
27 min