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
Karine Varley
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I am grateful to contributors Mark Bennett, Mario Draper, Giorgio Ennas, Uygar Aydemir, Corentin Marion, Guillaume Lancereau, Maciej Górny, Nina Kreibig, Tobias Arand, Carolin Hestler, Marion Glaumaud-Carbonnier, Kate Ashley and Cathérine Pfauth.
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.
The book sprang from a conference that I organised to mark the 150th anniversary of the Franco-Prussian War. The Covid lockdown meant that it had to pivot to being online. As a result, the range of speakers and attendees was much wider and more international than would otherwise have been the case.
Interesting graphic on the longevity of France's Prime Ministers under the Fifth Republic. Pompidou comes out top at 2279 days!
Batholdi's Lion de Belfort at place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris looks like it would benefit from being cleaned.
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...
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...
I’m delighted to learn that my edited volume on the Franco-Prussian War is now available in cheaper paperback edition.
www.routledge.com/The-Franco-P...
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...
Karine Varley
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71 has traditionally been seen as a limited conflict between French and German forces. This edited volume challenges this view and shows that it was a war of ideas, val...
