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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · 2d

New issue of FHS is out now! Policing and State Power in France and the French Empire: read.dukeupress.edu/french-histo...

Volume 48 Issue 3 | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · 18d

Philly 2026 of course!

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · 18d

Philly 2025 - Deadline extended! The Society for French Historical Studies program committee has extended the proposal deadline to September 30. The original call for papers with the submission portal link can be found here =>

https://www.sfhsconference.org/ — SFHS

https://www.sfhsconference.org/

www.societyforfrenchhistoricalstudies.net

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Jul 28

Throwback to the wonderful "Resist" conference that took place in Paris earlier this month. Thank you to everyone who participated!

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Jun 23

Registration for the 2025 conference "Resistance/Résister" organized by The Global Consortium for French Historical Studies is now open. Have a look at our stunning program. We can't wait to see you in Paris in a few weeks! www.sfhsconference.org

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · May 27

Charles Bégué Fawell was just awarded the Koren Prize, which goes to the most outstanding article on any period of French history published the previous year by a scholar appointed at a college or university in the US or Canada. Congratulations Charles! read.dukeupress.edu/french-histo...

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · May 9

French Presse this Sunday at 3 pm! Sophie Heywood and Julie Fette discuss their two new books on publishing, children's access to reading, conceptions of childhood, and more
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Frenchpresse May 11: Heywood and Fette on Publishing Children's Literature

Sophie Heywood and Julie Fette discuss their two new books on publishing, children's access to reading, conceptions of childhood, and more.

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · May 7

A new curated collection is available from French Historical Studies, on Muslims, Gender, and the “French” Mediterranean, and edited by Naomi Davidson. Check it out!
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Muslims, Gender, and the “French” Mediterranean | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press

With this curated issue, I invite us to consider how questions of gender have shaped the rich and growing historiography on Muslims, France, citizenship, e

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · May 1

French Presse this Sunday, May 4! Laura Mason and Charles Walton will discuss Laura's latest book The Last Revolutionaries: The Conspiracy Trial of Gracchus Babeuf and the Equals (Yale UP, 2022) - 3 pm EDT. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/frenchpres...

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Apr 18

Charles Bégué Fawell's article, ‘Effervescent Seas: Racialized Labor and Mobile Militancy on the Steamship Highways of the French Indo-Pacific’, was just awarded the 2025 article prize from the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes. Warmest congratulations! read.dukeupress.edu/french-histo...

Effervescent Seas | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Mar 25

We are pleased to announce that the Gilbert Chinard Book Prize has been awarded to Elisa Camiscioli for Selling French Sex: Prostitution, Trafficking and Global Migrations . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Congratulations! www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Mar 16

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 David H. Pinkney Prize has been awarded to Jennifer N. Heuer for her book The Soldier’s Reward: Love and War in the Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2024! Congratulations! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Feb 21

FRENCH HISTORICAL STUDIES - CALL FOR PAPERS
“Children and Childhood in the French-Speaking World”
Please submit article manuscripts by August 15!
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Submission Guidelines | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press

Submission Guidelines | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press Submission Guidelines CALL FOR PAPERS “Children and Childhood in the French-Speaking World” What other histor...

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Feb 5

Register using this Eventbrite link: www.eventbrite.com/e/french-pre...

French Presse: Tamara Chaplin Becoming Lesbian: A Queer History

Andrew Ross and Tamara Chaplin discuss Chaplin's new book, Becoming Lesbian: A Queer History of Modern France

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Feb 5

The next French Presse event will take place on Sunday, February 16 at 3 pm EST. Tamara Chaplin will be discussing her new book, Becoming Lesbian: A Queer History of Modern France (Tamara's interlocutor will be Andrew Ross) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Jan 17

Update on Paris 2025: We’re sending out personalized responses to your proposals at a rate of about 40 per day.
But do get in touch via the conference email if your funding depends on an immediate response.

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Nov 22

Check out this new curated issue - "Atlantic Antecedents: Before the "Haitian Turn""- in FHS. Congratulations @drsepinwall.bsky.social! read.dukeupress.edu/french-histo...

Atlantic Antecedents: Before the “Haitian Turn” | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press

Historians of France sometimes refer to recent writings on colonial Saint-Domingue and on slavery as part of a new “colonial turn” in the field. However, U

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Journal of the Western Society for French History (JWSFH) @jwsfh.bsky.social · Dec 10

2024's SPECIAL FEATURE is the JWSFH MIXTAPE, a look back on the journal's/society's 50 yrs, with article picks & reflections from @sfhs.bsky.social Executive Director Tabetha Ewing & WSFH members @skmiles.bsky.social & Robin Walz. Don't miss the AMAZING artwork by @tgpeterson.bsky.social in the PDF!

Text: Special Feature: JWSFH Mixtape 50th Anniversary Edition (black type on white image of cassette tape)

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Dec 7

New issue of FHS! Forum: Framing Muslims in the Making of France, 1300–1800
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Volume 47 Issue 4 | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Nov 22

Check out this new curated issue - "Atlantic Antecedents: Before the "Haitian Turn""- in FHS. Congratulations @drsepinwall.bsky.social! read.dukeupress.edu/french-histo...

Atlantic Antecedents: Before the “Haitian Turn” | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press

Historians of France sometimes refer to recent writings on colonial Saint-Domingue and on slavery as part of a new “colonial turn” in the field. However, U

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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · Nov 20

My new virtual special issue of FRENCH HISTORICAL STUDIES @sfhs.bsky.social featuring CLASSIC ARTICLES ON 🇭🇹 & SLAVERY articles just dropped. #HaitianSky #FrenchHistory

ATLANTIC ANTECEDENTS: BEFORE THE ‘HAITIAN TURN’

All open access, 🙏 @dukepress.bsky.social.

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Atlantic Antecedents: Before the “Haitian Turn” | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press

Historians of France sometimes refer to recent writings on colonial Saint-Domingue and on slavery as part of a new “colonial turn” in the field. However, U

read.dukeupress.edu

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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · Nov 18

My new piece (pt I of what will drop next week)! Some scholars suggest that French historians' interest in Haiti & slavery is recent.

I went into the archives of @sfhs.bsky.social journal to find studies of empire + 🇭🇹 from the society's origin - & also highlight early 20thC work by AfAm scholars. ⬇️

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Nov 15

The deadline is TODAY!

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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · Nov 8

Bonsoir à tous! I created a French/Francophone history Starter Pack (with some lit/culture France, Haiti && folks too) to help find people in the @sfhs.bsky.social @frenchcolonial.bsky.social @jwsfh.bsky.social communities & nos collègues en France. If I forgot you, please 👋
go.bsky.app/Uf5.5iT

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Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Nov 4

THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 15! Apply to present in Paris this summer. It's not too late!

Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Oct 23

Deadline is approaching! Apply to present in Paris this summer! Theme of the conference is RESISTANCE

Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social · Sep 9

Join us in Paris! The submission platform is now LIVE. Apply by November 1, 2024 => www.societyforfrenchhistoricalstudies.net

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