Jeremy D. Popkin, historian: 'Debates on slavery began decades before the French Revolution'

OP-ED. The American scholar traces the legal and intellectual history of abolitionism in France, showing how the question of ...
The Beaumont Enterprise

You say you want a revolution, take this Lamar history class

Lamar University history professor Rebecca Boone’s class on the French Revolution is more than just a textbook case of class revolt. It’s history that comes alive, as students become part of the ...
Brandeis University

French Revolution Pamphlets, 1761-1807

The French Revolution Pamphlets collection at Brandeis University's Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department consists of 94 documents (three linear feet) published ...
The Daily Campus

This Week in History: Don’t lose your head, the life and times of Olympe de Gouges

Olympe de Gouges is a name you might remember from your history classes as another casualty of the French Revolution’s bloody Reign of Terror. It’s names like ...
The New Criterion

A wild & dangerous effervescence

In 1891, the Sorbonne established a chair in the History of the French Revolution, first occupied by Alphonse Aulard. This, suggests Quétel, marked the beginnings of Revolution history’s socialist and ...
The New York Times

The Fashion Influencers of the French Revolution

“Liberty Equality Fashion” explores radical shifts in fashion that embodied the ideas of the French Revolution and the women who led the charge. By Dina Gachman Most days, Anne Higonnet is able to ...