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Postcards of the Past: Gilets Jaunes on Trial
Leave a commentMarch 23, 2021 by Andrew W M Smith
The opening of the trial against people accused of damaging the Arc de Triomphe during Gilets Jaunes protests represents an …
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“A Greater and Better Humanity”: Memory and trails of De Gaulle
Leave a commentMarch 12, 2021 by Andrew W M Smith
Like most cities, New York is awash with memorials which speak of civic, national and international memories of past conflicts. …
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Qonspiracy
1February 22, 2021 by Andrew W M Smith
Qonspiracy These might be the interesting times that people warned us about… I was approached by a journalist to talk …
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COVID-19 and Macron’s “Society of Free Individuals”
Leave a commentOctober 16, 2020 by Andrew W M Smith
One of the things I enjoy about teaching Contemporary History and Politics is the sense of a subject in motion. …
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Thinking through change, thinking through empire
1June 15, 2020 by Andrew W M Smith
Whatever else happens, the sense of change swirling around the world at the moment is palpable. We do, as they …
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Message in a Bottle
Leave a commentApril 2, 2020 by Andrew W M Smith
I wrote a blog about my experience of trying to ‘do history’ under lockdown (with a little help from a …
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Apples and Sestertii: Shifting Symbols of Chirac
Leave a commentSeptember 27, 2019 by Andrew W M Smith
The slick Caius Preposterous knew how to turn a deal. He also knew the way to political power. How to …
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‘Uprooting Identity’: Recording of IHR Paper
Leave a commentAugust 19, 2019 by Andrew W M Smith
A summary of my paper at the IHR is now available over at the French History Network Blog. Head on …
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Paper Trails Conference, 4th July 2019, University College London
1April 5, 2019 by Andrew W M Smith
Often there is more than research inside the books we read. Bookmarks, train tickets, receipts, and menus tucked into pages …
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The Gilets Jaunes Protest: A Grand Refusal in an Age of Commuter Democracy
1December 13, 2018 by Andrew W M Smith
I wrote up some thoughts on the recent Gilets Jaunes protests taking place in France. You can read the article …
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