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Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat aboard his Jeantaud electric car, 1899.
The Historical Dominance of the Electric Car
FLN soldiers next to an Algerian Flag, by Zdravki Pecar, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Evian Accords: An Uncertain Peace
Count Gaston aboard his Jeantaud electric, 1899.
The Jeantaud Electric Car Land Speed Record
2009 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador
The Tour de France and The Yellow Jersey
Soldiers marching at the Champs Elysee
Recovering the History of the French Far-Right
French people waving flags and holding "Liberation" sign
The Liberation of Paris
Napoleon, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, and King Frederick William III and Queen Louise of Prussia in Tilsit.
The Global Reach of the Napoleonic Wars
Auguste Chouteau—Founder of St. Louis and Head of the Chouteau family
Blood Rules the Water: Kinship Diplomacy in Early America
Troops of the French 2nd Armored Division parade down the Champs-Élysées on 26 August 1944
The Liberation of Paris
2009 Tour de France winner, Alberto Contador, wearing the yellow jersey on June 26, 2009.
The Tour de France and the Yellow Jersey
Bastille Prison
Storming the Bastille (July 14, 1789)
protests by the Yellow Vest movement
France at the Barricades, 1934
Louis XVI
What Happened to Louis XVI? A Swift Public Execution
Portrait of Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre, c. 1779
The Execution of Louis XVI
“Aux amateurs de physique.” Likewise portraying the Tuileries flight, this cartoon mocks the unwashed masses who wished to see the spectacle without a ticket, but the scaling of the garden walls also illustrates how the balloon as a “people-machine” ignited the determination of the poorer, disempowered social strata to overcome restraints imposed on them by the authoritarian regime.
Public Perceptions: Ballooning and Political Culture
Six founders of the Algerian FLN: Rabah Bitat, Mostefa Ben Boulaïd, Didouche Mourad, Mohammed Boudiaf, Krim Belkacem and Larbi Ben M'Hidi, 1954
The Evian Accords: An Uncertain Peace
The Battle of Waterloo, 1815
Winning and Losing at the Battle of Waterloo
France and Its Empire Since 1870 Second Edition Alice L. Conklin, Sarah Fishman, and Robert Zaretsky
Hot off the Presses: France and Its Empire Since 1870
Cartoon by Ali Delim in honor of 20th anniversary of Said Mekbel’s killing. The cartoon reads: “Said Mekbel in Heaven for journalists. Here it is not the quills that are missing.” (Cartoon used with permission)
1/30/2015: The Dangers of Being a Humorist: Charlie Hebdo Is Not Alone
Bande dessinée par Ali Delim pour marquer la vingtième anniversaire de la mort de Saïd Mekbel
1/30/2015: Les dangers d'être humoriste: Charlie Hebdo n’est pas le seul
Book Cover of In the Museum of Man: Race, Anthropology, and Empire in France, 1850-1950 By: Professor Conklin
OSU Historian Interviewed on NPR's Counterpoint
Storming the Bastille
Storming the Bastille (July 14, 1789)
Reinforcing Omaha Beach with men and equipment
Remembering D-Day: 10 Important Facts to Know
Communards with flags
The Socialist Legacy in France