Wherein I make the case that Mon Mothma is the Chuck Schumer of the Star Wars Universe
Seriously, though, this was the most fun I've had in a while. Big thanks to @jwsfh.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social and @rpanchasi.bsky.social !
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A fabulous selection of recent work in French and Francophone history/studies 🗃️
It was very fun to grapple with a source that I've found challenging to interpret (Thanks for all your help with this, @rpanchasi.bsky.social)!
was going to try to pull just one or two of these to highlight but this is clearly a full run of bangers! check it out!
what is esp nice abt this is that I got a chance to shout-out some amazing work, incl a SI in @pomeps.bsky.social on Race Politics and Colonial Legacies: France, Africa, and the Middle East; Respectable Muslims by Margot Dazey, and 2 amazing films: Dahomey and The Ballad of Suzanne Cesaire
Reposting to make sure all the fab authors in this latest issue catch your attention!
Dear @thewsfh.bsky.social @hfrancewebsite.bsky.social @sfhs.bsky.social @frenchcolonial.bsky.social @frenchhistory.bsky.social @frculturalst.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social : We'd love it if you'd share the new issue through your networks. Merci!
10. Last but certainly not least, a letter from outgoing @thewsfh.bsky.social President Nick Underwood. Thank you, Nick, for all of your work & best wishes for great year ahead to incoming President @jonathynebriggs.bsky.social.
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9. The 2025 edition of the JWSFH MIXTAPE, featuring selections of rad work from 2024-25 by @jean23bean.bsky.social @vlvde.bsky.social & @thewsfh.bsky.social Past President Emily Marker (with amazing original art by @tgpeterson.bsky.social)
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8. NOTES ON SOURCES: "The Anxious Origins of a French Colonial Monument: The Duc d’Orléans in Algiers," by
@laprofmme.bsky.social
re: an 1842 fundraising appeal to erect a statue in Algiers in honor of Ferdinand Philippe, duc d’Orléans.
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7. NOTES ON SOURCES: "The Vice Squad and the Fortune Teller," by @hannahfrydman.bsky.social, on the perception of mediums & fortune-tellers as agents of vice in a 1931 French police report examining classified advertisements in the Parisian press.
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6. INTERVENTIONS: "Andor (Season 2), or the French Resistance in Space," a so-smart & also funny dialog between @tgpeterson.bsky.social & editor @meghankroberts.bsky.social about ANDOR!
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5. INTERVENTIONS: "Beyond the Tirailleur: Narrating and Mobilizing Colonial Experiences of the First World War in the French Empire," by @donalh.bsky.social that calls for a broader conception of the war in the colonies.
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4. "Gendering French History: The Significance of Karen Offen's Books on the Woman Question in France," a roundtable featuring Elinor Accampo, Linda Clark, Sara L. Kimble, Daniella Kostroun & Jean Pederson, with a reply from Offen herself.
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3. "Claudius La Roussarie: Un personnage hors-série," an article by Floriana Ceresato that examines the career of the theater actor Claudius La Roussarie.
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2. "On the Road: Jewish Authors in Vichy France," an article by Richard Sonn that considers the challenges faced by Jewish artists in France under the German Occupation after 1940.
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1. Letter from the Editors-@andrewmdaily.bsky.social @rpanchasi.bsky.social & @meghankroberts.bsky.social.
This is Meghan & Roxanne's final volume of three. Andy will stay on to work with new editors @ekphrastictactic.bsky.social & @plso.bsky.social.
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we love you terry!
and everyone else: you gotta read this...
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We're delighted to announce that vol. 51 (2025) of the Journal of the Western Society for French History is now live!
We're open access, so no paywalls or other impediments to your full reading enjoyment. Here's the link to the full table of contents:
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Hey Bluesky:
We're prepping vol. 51 for publication & it is looking fabulous w/articles on artists in Vichy & the actor/author Claudius Roussarie, a roundtable on Karen Offen's "The Woman Question," Interventions, Notes on Sources & the 2025 JWSFH Mixtape!
This is the final issue for editors @rpanchasi.bsky.social & @meghankroberts.bsky.social, but @andrewmdaily.bsky.social will be continuing on with a new pair of co-editors whose identities will be revealed soon-stay tuned!
We've also got fortunetellers, monuments & commemorations, c18-21 masculinity & race + a feature re: ANDOR!
Contributors to the vol. include: @jean23bean.bsky.social
@hannahfrydman.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @tgpeterson.bsky.social @laprofmme.bsky.social & @vlvde.bsky.social
Follow them all!
Blue and white images in squares above the name of the Journal of the Western Society for French History in white type against a black band at the bottom
Hey Bluesky:
We're prepping vol. 51 for publication & it is looking fabulous w/articles on artists in Vichy & the actor/author Claudius Roussarie, a roundtable on Karen Offen's "The Woman Question," Interventions, Notes on Sources & the 2025 JWSFH Mixtape!
With apologies to the authors-this post didn't go through with the original thread somehow, but this roundtable is FABULOUS!
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"Interventions" features a dialog w/Jaqueline Couti, @tgpeterson.bsky.social @corinnegressang.bsky.social gressang.bsky.social & @kringelberg.bsky.social re: The Politics of French History in Times of Crisis, a @thewsfh.bsky.social Engagé.e.s event hosted by @sarahehorowitz.bsky.social last fall.
First half of the table of contents for the Journal of the Western Society of History, vol. 50 (2024)-text with small image icons to the left listing four articles/essay
Second half of the table of contents for the Journal of the Western Society of History, vol. 50 (2024)-text with small image icons to the left listing four articles/essay
Vol. 50 (2024) of JWSFH, the official journal of @thewsfh.bsky.social is now online!
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We're delighted to share this issue with readers who can access it online &/or download PDFs of each article/essay.
Check out the table of contents:
Finally, we'd like to express our enormous gratitude to the wonderful people at University of Michigan Publishing & to our fantastic Editorial Assistant, @sfuhistory.bsky.social PhD Candidate @klgdonaldson.bsky.social. Merci mille fois!
WE LOVE YOU TERRY
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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!