Tuesday, 19 August 2025

Politics and history at Puy du Fou

The Right-wing vision of French history represented by the Puy du Fou theme park  is discussed by Hélène de Lauzun in an article published in The European Conservative on 18th August.

Monday, 18 August 2025

Revolutionary music and song

The Library of Congress blog publishes a  guest blog post from Case Western University doctoral student Ellen Sauer Tanyeri on the musical background of the French Revolution with reference to material from the Library of Congress collections.

Monday, 11 August 2025

Historical Association French Revolution course

The Historical Association advertises a new short course, "The French Revoluton - not just a revolution in France" to begin in September-December 2025.

Sunday, 10 August 2025

Voltaire translated - the Lisbon earthquake

Clive Scott publishes a new critical translation of Voltaire's  "Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne" (1756),  reviewed by Nicholas Cronk on the Voltaire Foundation blog, (post of 01.08/2025)

Friday, 8 August 2025

"Aux armes citoyennes!"

"Aux armes citoyennes!",  a new documentary by Émilie Valentin and Mathieu Schwartz on the place of women in the French Revolution, was broadcast on Arte on 5th July. 

Monday, 4 August 2025

Greuze at the Petit Palais

The exhibition "Painting Childhood", dedicated to the work of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, will run at the Petit Palais this autumn, from 16th September to 25th January 2026.

Saturday, 2 August 2025

The French Revolution - by John Hardman

John Hardman's new book The French Revolution: a political history is published by Yale University Press on 12th August.