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Ludivine Broch

@lmebroch.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer History @ UoW. Historian of 20C Europe - France, 2WW, transatlantic relations, cultural history, gratitude, objects

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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Such a useful list! To be used with our first years on Making of the Modern World @wminhumanities.bsky.social
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
A map to visualise the transnational networks in @smidbob.bsky.social ‘s latest book on the Larzac (Rainbow colours from phone filter for effect only) @ihr.bsky.social
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QMCBS @qmcbs.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Book launch 2. Andrew Smith's @smidbob.bsky.social ky.social Make Cheese not War. Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in modern France, 9pm, 5.30pm at @ihr.bsky.social in conversation with @alisoncarrol.bsky.social, @vbivar.bsky.social & Sarah Farmer : www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Book Launch for Make Cheese not War. Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in modern France
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Join us on 9 March! @ihr.bsky.social
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French History (Journal) @frenchhistory.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Last but not least, **free to read for the next few weeks** a forum from @lmebroch.bsky.social @alisoncarrol.bsky.social feat. @lrbobrien.bsky.social Daniel Gordon and @willpooley.bsky.social ‘Blogging French History’ celebrating 10years of the French History Network doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... 🗃️ (7/7)
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Blogging (French) history: conversations and reflections amongst historians
Abstract. In 2014, the French History Network Blog was launched with the aim of ‘connecting people and ideas’. Ten years later, it has shared hundreds of b
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The SSFH conference bursary is now covering requests up to 500£ for PGs to attend the SSFH annual conference! frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/grants/confe... so submit your proposals and join us in Groningen this summer! frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/conference2/
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Conference Bursaries – SSFH
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Andrew WM Smith @smidbob.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Just uploaded a recording of the SSFH Douglas Johnson lecture to the society's youtube channel. You can explore some past lectures there as well: www.youtube.com/@societyfort... 🗃️#skystorians
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Society for the Study of French History
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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This roundtable from @lmebroch.bsky.social @alisoncarrol.bsky.social Daniel Gordon and Laura O’Brien on blogging French History is free to read until the end of February doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... Come for ‘blogs build academic communities’, stay for the COVID diaries. 🗃️
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Blogging (French) history: conversations and reflections amongst historians
Abstract. In 2014, the French History Network Blog was launched with the aim of ‘connecting people and ideas’. Ten years later, it has shared hundreds of b
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Things I liked in 2025: holding my second book! Nitti’s 1944 account of his escape from a train to Dachau is beautifully translated by Martin Sorrell and I wrote a (very) long introduction on Vichy France, Nitti, and the sensory history of deportation. www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Phantom-...
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Join us next Monday at @institutfrancaisdk.bsky.social Prof Renaud Morieux (Cambridge) speaking on Dislocated Families in Âge of Revolutions! Book here frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/douglas-john... drinks & canapés @asmcf.bsky.social @smidbob.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @hfrancewebsite.bsky.social
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Douglas Johnson – SSFH
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Morning sunlight over Caen - mixing in business with a short run around the chateau
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
At @orleansparkschool.bsky.social giving a talk about Careers in the Humanities - can’t wait to meet the students and hear what they think! @wminhumanities.bsky.social #welovethehumanities
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Colonial Networks @colnet.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
"Slaves in Paris: A Digital Mapping Project" - a partnership between Miranda Spieler and Colonial Networks slavesinparis.org. Created with the support of our Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant. Officially launched today in Paris at #GCFHSResist
Screenshot of the website header for slavesinparis.org comprising a drawing of the Place des Victoires in 18th-century Paris
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
When Nicolas Moll and Sarah Farmer give fabulous talks about French resistance, transnational trajectories and communists and you get to chair and it’s a packed house #GCFHSResist
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Excellent panel on Allies and French Resistance where we talk about material culture, biographies, and helpers in 2WW. #GCFHSResist feat Guillaume Piketty, Claire Andrieu & Raphaële Bali
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Gearing up for the first day of #GCFHSResist
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Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
When people ask us what the material in Mass Observation is like, we're just going to start showing them this now
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Two weeks ago I was in New Orleans reading the Merci Train papers in New Orleans at the Museum of Jazz - sometimes you travel far to see only a slim folder but it’s so worth it
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
D-Day in D.C. continues to amaze! Randomly caught a bit of the great documentary DDay: The Unheard Tapes showing on History Chanel www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... very strange seeing myself play rock paper scissors on national tv @wminhumanities.bsky.social
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Daniel Gordon and I have released a new podcast episode which revisits LA HAINE - which is 30 years old! rss.com/podcasts/fre... Very useful for French A-Level students/teachers - special thanks to @ilotem.bsky.social, Florence and Louisa for their insights @wminhumanities.bsky.social
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La Haine, 30 Years Later | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
It's been 30 years since Matthieu Kassovitz's film La Haine was first played at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1995. In this episode, Daniel and Ludivine talk with Dr Itay Lotem (University of Westmi...
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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Explore a reading list on the #SecondWorldWar featuring books by @nickhewitt4.bsky.social, @alanallport.bsky.social, @drkatevigurs.bsky.social, @hdiamond.bsky.social & more Shop the selection with 30% off (some restrictions) yalebooks.co.uk/second-world... #worldwarii #worldwar2 #wwii #WW2 #history
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Second World War Reading List - Yale University Press London
Explore a curated list of books on World War II offering critical perspectives on one of the most significant periods in modern history. You can shop this
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Am running the Out of Storage session today at Smithsonian National Museum of American History! 2-4pm come stop by to discover their objects related to Franco-American relations - includes precious Jacquard textiles from Merci Train americanhistory.si.edu/events/calen... @wminhumanities.bsky.social
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Objects Out of Storage: Friendship and Gratitude between France and the United States
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Another day, Another archive. Took AmTrak down to Richmond, Virginia to see their Merci Train file and private papers of David FE Bruce (who made some excellent wine recommendations in his correspondence…) also: Founding Fathers magnet. My heart is full.
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
My first time at the Library of Congress & I already can’t wait to come back. Met friendliest archivists, had delicious lunch, and finding incredible photographs of Merci Train. Even used the magnifying glass and found some real hidden treasures in them. @librarycobg also: love a fancy corridor…
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
My office for the day! At the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to give a talk on the Merci Train to the curators & specialists here in prep of the exhibition A Story of Gratitude I’m co-curating w/ Amanda Moniz in 2027 - EXCITED @wminhumanities.bsky.social @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Come do a PhD with us at @wminhumanities.bsky.social on Black Caribbean men and women in 2WW UK - a project which combines archives, photographs and community engagement. @saradominici.bsky.social, Pippa Catterall and myself as supervisors. Click on link below deadline late May!
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Can’t remember why I gave this chapter such a long-winded title but THRILLED to announce MINIATURES-Reader in history of everyday life is OUT www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/min... ed. by Kate Ferris & Huw Halstead and where I have a chapter on an obscure seashell box @wminhumanities.bsky.social
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Miniatures
This book is the first of its kind to present readers with the rich and innovative source base deployed by scholars studying everyday life in the modern era. Twenty-eight researchers from diverse inte...
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Another of our history first years @wminhumanities.bsky.social is studying cholera in 19C Britain for their research project - thanks for this list which they will find so useful! And delighted our students are picking up Cutting edge topics!
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
One of our first year students @wminhumanities.bsky.social wants to study women in SOE for her research project - the perfect introduction into the topic!
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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🚨 BOOK LAUNCH SPECIAL🚨 Join us for a riveting discussion on the unsung heroes of WWII in our latest episode! Kate Vigurs sheds light on the incredible contributions of women in the Special Operations Executive. Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/2d4532 #WWII #History #Podcast @yalebooks.bsky.social
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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Histories of Epidemics: A Reading List 8 books exploring the history of major disease outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics across the globe. Get 30% off until 31st May, some restrictions apply: yalebooks.co.uk/histories-of...
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Histories of Epidemics: A Reading List - Yale University Press London
Eight books exploring the history of major disease outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics across the globe.
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Interested in how men formed their identities through objects and belongings in 18th Century England? 🎩 Listen to @benltjackson.bsky.social on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast today: newbooksnetwork.com/material-mas... #18thCentury #EarlyModern #MaterialMasculinities
'Material Masculinities' book cover on the left with 18th-Century men lounging together. 

Text reads: Material Masculinities by Ben Jackson

"This is an excellent book. Material Masculinities is the most wide-ranging account to date of men's material experience in the eighteenth century" - Matthew McCormack, University of Northampton 

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Dr Sara Dominici @saradominici.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Ten more days to apply! Come work with me, @lmebroch.bsky.social, Pippa Catterall (Westminster) and James Taylor (IWM) on this excellent project 📷🎞️📽️ #PhDfunding #findaphd #phdstudentship
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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Exciting news! 🎉 The Women's History Network is now accepting submissions for the WHN Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2024-2025. 🏆 Learn more about the submission guidelines and apply here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-undergra... #WomensHistory #UndergraduateResearch #History #ResearchPrize
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Ludivine Broch @lmebroch.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
A wonderful evening discussing cultures of violence in the French Revolution - thanks to Laura Mason for her fascinating investigation into the Nantes drownings and histories of slavery @frenchhistory.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
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