New Books in French Studies

Interviews with Scholars of France about their New Books

Society & Culture
History
376
William Max Nelson, "The Time of Enlightenment:...
An interview with William Max Nelson
115 min
377
Zach Sell, "Trouble of the World: Slavery and E...
An interview with Zach Sell
69 min
378
Tyler Sonnichsen, "Capitals of Punk: DC, Paris,...
An interview with Tyler Sonnichsen
54 min
379
Chelsea Stieber, "Haiti's Paper War: Post-Indep...
An interview with Chelsea Stieber
43 min
380
Mack P. Holt, "The Politics of Wine in Early Mo...
An interview with Mack P. Holt
58 min
381
Karl Schlögel, "The Scent of Empire: Chanel No....
An interview with Karl Schlögel
58 min
382
Joshua Cole, "Lethal Provocation: The Constanti...
An interview with Joshua Cole
60 min
383
S. Palombarin and B. Amable, "The Last Neoliber...
An interview with Stefano Palombarin and Bruno Amable
38 min
384
Philip Mansel, "King of the World: The Life of ...
An interview with Philip Mansel
44 min
385
Augustin Jomier, "Islam, réforme et colonisatio...
An interview with Augustin Jomier
63 min
386
Jillian C. Rogers, "Resonant Recoveries: French...
Interview with Jillian C. Rogers
63 min
387
Steven Press, "Rogue Empires: Contracts and Con...
Interview with Steven Press
59 min
388
Jason Berry, "City of a Million Dreams: A Histo...
An interview with Jason Berry
52 min
389
Oliver Gloag, "Albert Camus: A Very Short Intro...
Interview with Oliver Gloag
99 min
390
Robin Mitchell, "Vénus Noire: Black Women and C...
An interview with Robin Mitchell
60 min
391
Jean Casimir. "The Haitians: A Decolonial Histo...
An interview with Jean Casimir
78 min
392
Kiran Klaus Patel, "Project Europe: A History" ...
Patel rethinks the development of the European Communities and the European Union from first principles...
38 min
393
Nimisha Barton, "Reproductive Citizens: Gender,...
Barton shows how France welcomed foreign-born men and women, mobilizing naturalization, family law, social policy, and welfare assistance to ensure they would procreate, bearing French-assimilated children...
60 min
394
S. Burrows and G. Roe, "Digitizing Enlightenmen...
78 min
395
Niklas Frykman, "The Bloody Flag: Mutiny in the...
The 1790s were a decade of turmoil and strife across the West. With the French Revolution, a new era of wars began that invoked the language of equal rights...
47 min
396
Betty Rojtman, "The Fascination with Death in C...
Rojtman analyses a cultural phenomenon that goes to the very roots of Western civilization: the centrality of death in our sense of human existence...
39 min
397
Dónal Hassett, "Mobilizing Memory: The Great Wa...
Hassett explores the experiences and political aims of key constituencies throughout Algerian society, including: socialists and trade unionists; European and Algerian veterans; and even the Algerian widows and orphans...
59 min
398
Judith G. Coffin, "Sex, Love, and Letters: Writ...
When Judith G. Coffin discovered a virtually unexplored treasure trove of letters to Simone de Beauvoir from Beauvoir's international readers, it inspired Coffin to explore the intimate bond between the famed author and her reading public...
37 min
399
Julie Hardwick, "Sex in an Old Regime City: You...
How did young workers spend time together? When would they initiate sexual relationships outside of marriage?
57 min
400
Patrick Ffrench, "Roland Barthes and Film: Myth...
French offers a comprehensively researched and finely argued book that traces Barthes engagement with questions of cinema from early research pre-dating the publication of Mythologies to his last work, Camera Lucida,,,
71 min