21 September 2023
by Frédérique Leichter-Flack Not only is Literary fiction a valuable source for history, a repertoire of examples for philosophical reasoning, but it is also a […]
16 April 2023
By Sabine Dullin The war in Ukraine has revealed the breadth and depth of Russian imperialism and colonialism. However, many analyses of the war still […]
14 December 2022
The writing and rewriting of history, and its use for political purposes are in the spotlight again. But the disproportionate attention given to violence in […]
13 June 2022
On the eve of the 1848 revolution, the founders of contemporary socialism—primarily Karl Marx and Pierre-Joseph Proudh——saw the working class as a unified entity: a […]
13 June 2022
On December 27, 1974, an explosion occurred in one of the tunnels of the Liévin coal mine in northern France. Forty-two miners were killed on […]
16 February 2022
by Nicolas Barreyre, EHESS and Claire Lemercier, Center for the Sociology of Organisations (Sciences Po) Contrasting political life in France to that in the United […]
12 February 2022
The Birth of the Census in Spain and its Empire in the 19th Century How did the Spanish state set up a census of its […]
12 February 2022
Some presidential candidates are calling for a massive reduction in the number of civil servants: they are not cost-effective enough. There is nothing new about […]
12 December 2021
By Catherine Cavalin, IRISSO & LIEPP, and Paul-André Rosental, Centre for History Scope and Discussion of the Epidemiological Transition For half a century, the so-called […]