An enjoyable few days in Cambridge, but one of the highlights was finally getting to see my book in the Cambridge University Press Bookshop !

'The Future of French en Écosse', 24 June 2024. Registration now open.
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Lovely to be back in Cambridge.

There's still time to register for our event on Five hundred years of English and British violence in Europe.

With the Centre's Brendan Simms, David Trim, Karine Varley and Sönke Neitzel.

Online tomorrow from 6pm
Register: bit.ly/4d4RF8b

Just arrived - my copy of this exciting new volume edited by Brendan Simms and David Trim on English/British violence in Europe Hurst Publishers. Great to be among such an amazing line-up of contributors.

Register for online book launch, 24 April: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ec7de198…

'How many Frenchmen did you kill?' The terse exchanges between Churchill and Sir Arthur Tedder, as the number of French civilians killed by Allied bombing approaches the 'acceptable' limits of 10,000 in May-July 1944.

New event: Five hundred years of English and British violence in Europe

Speakers:
Brendan Simms
David Trim Andrews University
Karine Varley University of Strathclyde
Chair: Sönke Neitzel, Universität Potsdam

Wed 24 Apr, 6-7.15pm, TEAMS
Reg: bit.ly/4d4RF8b

The day after the Entente Cordiale was signed, 🇫🇷 & 🇬🇧 papers printed “the Anglo-French agreement”, the term “Entente Cordiale” being absent from the text. Alongside the news of the day: the Russo-Japanese war and Britons’ reluctance to use phones.

👇 Times, l’Aurore & Guardian:

Celebrating the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale yesterday evening The National Archives, with a few words from French Ambassador Hélène Duchêne and some of the documents relating to key moments in Franco-British relations. #EntenteCordiale

My parents' Napoleon and Joséphine cups. Napoleon, unfortunately, is looking somewhat the worse for wear.

Corrections and index now completed and submitted - just in time for the Easter break.

French government and Corsican elected representative agree on draft text recognizing island's autonomy

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The proofs have arrived! Out in June.
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I am looking to connect with other researchers working on colonial populations who fought in resistance groups against fascism and occupying forces in their European colonial metropolis during the Second World War.

1/ 🇫🇷 Puisqu’il est de nouveau question - encore une fois de manière manichéenne sur ce réseau - du vote des pleins pouvoirs à #Pétain le #10juillet 1940 à #Vichy , un 🧶 ⬇️

On this day 51 years ago, far right activists stole the coffin of Philippe Pétain from his grave on the Île d’Yeu in an operation masterminded by the lawyer and former presidential candidate Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour. It was recovered 3 days later in a garage near Paris

With publication edging closer, time for me to start the dreaded task of indexing...

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From the Archives Diplomatiques (Paris) - Aug 1940, calls from the headmaster of Govan Secondary School to establish a 'De Gaulle' propaganda office in Glasgow to counter the influence of the Consul General, representing the Vichy government in Scotland.

Droit de vote des femmes, séparation des pouvoirs et même droit au bonheur : avec sa Constitution, Pascal Paoli a changé la politique.

#CulturePrime

Julian Jackson : au procès Pétain, 'les Français jugeaient un Français'

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