Fellowships on French Studies
2021-2022
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Talita Ilacqua
2019-2020
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Eve Gianocelli
2018-2019
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Barry Colfer
Notable Events
2017-2018
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Andrea Brazzoduro
Notable Events
28-29 May 2018
Workshop by Andrea Brazzoduro on Algeria, France: How memory works. Historical imagination as a category of practice
7 May 2018
Seminar by Andrea Brazzoduro on Towards a postmodern national narrative? The Algerian war memorial and contemporary French landscapes of memory
2016-2017
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Aurelie Daher
Notable Events
The Warden’s Seminar: Sylvie-Agnès Bermann spoke on “France and the World in 2017”
Visiting Academics Seminar Series, Seminar by Aurelie Daher on “An Islamisation of French Radicals? A multi-dimension debate over a new social phenomenon”
2015-2016
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Anna Konieczna
2014-2015
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Tom Stammers. He worked on “Collection, Recollection, Revolution: Heritage in the Long Nineteenth Century”
Notable Events
Visiting Fellow Series, Seminar by Tom Stammers on “French, European or Global?: Writing Revolutionary History in the Twentieth Century”
2013-2014
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Ed Naylor
Notable Events
Visiting Fellow Series, Seminar by Ed Naylor on “We often forget that foreign families are normal”: French social housing and (post)colonial migration (c1950–1975)”
Workshop by Ed Naylor on “Decolonisation and welfare during ‘les Trente glorieuses’ (1945-1975)” as part of the Deakin Fellowship Workshop”
2012-2013
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Carolina Kobelinsky
Notable Events
Annual Lecture by Jean-Claude Trichet on “The Global Crisis of Advanced Economies. Challenges for the Central Banks and for European Governance”
Visiting Fellows Lunch-Time Series, Seminar by Carolina Kobelinksy on “Everyday practices of adjudication in the French Court of Asylum”
Deakin Visiting Fellowship Workshop on “Migration and Asylum Policies in Europe” with the participation of Zachary Whyte (University of Copenhagen), Melanie Griffiths (University of Exeter), Anthony Good (University of Edinburgh), Barbara Sorgoni (University of Bologna), Robert Gibb (University of Glasgow)
2011-2012
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Claire Dupuy
Notable Events
Visiting Fellows Workshop, Workshop by Claire Dupuy on “Education and territorial restructuring in Western Europe”
2010-2011
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Michael Drolet. During his stay at the centre Dr. Drolet made excellent progress on his intellectual biography of the 19th century French political economist and statesman, negotiator of the 1860 Anglo–French Commercial Treaty and champion of a railway tunnel under the English Channel and a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through Nicaragua, Michel Chevalier (1806–1879). In February 2011 Dr Drolet delivered a paper on Chevalier’s Strange Liberalism to the Political Ideologies Seminar, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford. In May, he discussed the importance of the historian Ernest Lavisse’s pedagogical and historical writings at the Intellectual History Seminar, King’s College, Cambridge. He participated in workshops and seminars of Oxford’s ‘Re-imagining democracy 1750–1850’ research group. In February he organised two workshops, with Professor Luc Borot of the Maison Française d’Oxford, on Radical, Utopian and Liberal Moments in the History of Citizenship in French and British Political Ideas from the 17th to the 20th centuries. During the academic year he completed a number of articles on 19th century French liberal thought, including a long study of the philosophical foundations to François Guizot’s historical and political thought to appear in History of Political Thought and a study of the place of psychology, manners and method in Alexis de Tocqueville’s reflections on democracy to be published in European Journal of Political Theory.
2008-2009
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Justine Lacroix. During her stay in Oxford, she coordinated, (with Professor Kalypso Nicolaïs) a broad comparative study on how intellectuals have debated European integration in their distinct national contexts. She co-convened a workshop at the European Studies Centre under the title: “European Stories. How Intellectuals Debate Europe in their National Contexts”. She is presently co-editing a book on this topic with Professor Kalypso Nicoläidis. Justine Lacroix also participated in several seminars and workshops in Oxford, London, Oslo, Paris and Grenoble. Her publications in 2009 include : “Does Europe Need Common Values? Habermas vs. Habermas”, European Journal of Political Theory, age, vol. 8, no 2, 2009, p. 140-156. ; “Droits de l’homme ou droits de l’individu? » in A. Caillé et R. Sue (ed.) De Gauche, Paris, Éditions Fayard, 2009 ; (with Paul Magnette)” French Republicanism and European law” in S. Besson et J. Marti (eds.), Legal Republicanism : National and International, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 406-430 and “Une citoyenneté européenne est-elle possible?”, La vie des idées, laviedesidees.fr, 2009. She spoke on “European Stories: How National Intellectuals debate Europe’ at the Visiting Fellows” Workshop.
2007-2008
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Sonia Tebbakh.
Notable Events
Visiting Fellows Workshop, Workshop by Sonia Tebbakh on “Struggle for Recognition: British Muslims in the Shadow of the EU”.
2006-2007
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Leila Vignal. After the successful viva of her doctoral thesis in Geography, on the 10th of October 2006, Dr. Vignal engaged in post-doctoral research aimed, on the one hand, on the analysis of the Eurospace and, on the other hand, on the impacts and perceptions of the Euromed partnership and policies on EU southern partners, with a special focus on Egypt. In the context of this research, she has been part of a collective research team at the ESC, aimed at the production of a report commissioned by the European Parliament on the European Neighborhood Policy. She has also been part of the reflection regarding a new research project of the Centre (the RENEW project), and is a member of the RAMSES network. As for collective activities, she launched in October 2006 a seminar on the role of the EU in WTO reform. Four sessions have taken place at the ESC during the academic year. A fifth one is scheduled for the end of September 2007, and a public session should take place in November 2007. She has also organized the visits of two French geographers working on Europe, in cooperation with the Maison Française d’Oxford and the Department of Geography. Professor Jacques Lévy delivered two lectures in October 2006. Dr Serge Weber, as a Visiting Fellow, came for two weeks in February 2007, attended a conference organised by SEESOX and COMPASS, and gave a lunch seminar at the ESC.
2005-2006
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Janie Pélabay. Her research interests include challenges of pluralism and theories of citizenship such as political liberalism, multiculturalism and (neo)republicanism. She studied political philosophy at the University of Paris-Sorbonne and received her Ph.D in October 2004. She also engaged in research at the University of Montreal and the University of Luxembourg. Based on her doctoral thesis, two books are in preparation for publication (Laval University Press): on the contemporary transformations of political liberalism, and on a comparison between Jürgen Habermas and Charles Taylor. During her stay at Oxford, she investigated the “Education for Democratic Citizenship” programme developed by the Council of Europe and focused on the normative questions raised by the implementation of civic education within the European context. She presented her research results at the Maison Française (26 June 2006). As the Deakin Fellow, she participated in the Roundtable on the Future of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (5 May, 2006) and in the Conference ‘Mésentente cordiale? Franco-British views on Europe’s global role’ (12-13 May 2006). She delivered a presentation at the International Symposium ‘The Constitutional Treaty: ratification process and European public space’ in Luxembourg (8-9 May 2006). She also taught a course on ‘Diversity and Universality’ at the University of Evry-Val-d’Essone, France. During the academic year, she was an associate member of the Maison Française where she gave a talk in November 2005. In collaboration with Christophe Miqueu, she organised the session ‘Comment sortir d’une tradition théorique et disciplinaire’, in the doctoral seminar of the French research centres abroad (30 June and 1 July, 2006).
Notable Events
Chancellor’s Seminar by George Steiner
Joint Lecture with Maison Français by Daniel Cohn-Bendit on “Europe’s crisis: What is to be done?”
2004-2005
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Julian Mischi. Dr Mischi is a Research Fellow in sociology at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA). His research focuses on working class politics in France and in the United Kingdom since the 1970s both in rural and urban environments. Alongside his specialisation on the history and the sociology of the French Communist Party, he has conducted comparative research on anti-European feelings in the French and British working-class and written several papers about the protest of the French hunters against European policy. As a Deakin Fellow at the European Studies Centre, he organised, with Dr Sophie Duchesne, a workshop in May 2004 on ‘National Identity and Euroscepticism: A Comparison Between France and the United Kingdom’. He also delivered a presentation on ‘Contemporary changes in working-class politics: the pro-countryside ‘ hunters and fishers’ party’ in the seminar Theoretical debates on political parties applied to the French case, Politics Department, Oxford University (10 May). During his fellowship, he also co-ordinated a special issue of the French journal Communisme about the Communist Party of Great Britain and started an empirical survey on working-class attitudes towards the European Union based on in-depth interviews. The first results of his research about British Euroscepticism will soon be published in the French journal Critique Internationale.
Notable Events
International, Interdisciplinary Conference in collaboration with the Rothermere American Institute by Karoline Postel-Vinay and George Bermann on “’Europeanisation & Americanisation: Rival projects or Synonyms?”
2003-2004
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Anne-Marie Motard. Dr. Motard is a senior lecturer at Bordeaux Institute of Political Studies. Her research focuses on the movement since the 1940s, more particularly the links between the Labour Party and the trade union movement. In recent years, she has started comparative research on European trade unions’ attitudes towards European integration. As a Deakin Fellow at the European Studies Centre, she organised a comparative workshop in June 2004 on ‘Trade unions’ attitudes towards European integration’ with colleagues from British, French, Spanish and Portuguese institutions. She also organised the visit of John Monks, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Congress, who gave a lecture on the European Social Model entitled: ‘Is Europe still the workers’ best friend?’ (text available on ESC website). She is the author of a number of papers: ‘The Trade Union Congress and European construction’ (British Council, 2000), ‘Les syndicats et le gouvernement Blair : de la soumission stratégique au bras de fer’ (Presses de l’Université, Aix-enProvence, October 2001), ‘British trade unions and the reform of public services: Old Unionism versus New Labour’ (Toulon University, September 2003), ‘Les syndicats britanniques, de Margaret Thatcher à Tony Blair’ (publication in progress, Editions Ellipses, Paris).
2002-2003
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Gilles Bertrand. He is a research associate of the South East European Studies Programme (SEESP) and works on Cyprus and on Greek-Turkish relations, topic of his Ph.D. During the academic year, he edited ‘La partition: Bosnie Herzégovine, Caucase, Chypre’, Cahiers d’Etudes sur la Méditerranée orientale et le Monde turco-iranien (34, December 2002), and wrote the introduction: ‘La solution au conflit identitaire? La partition en question’. He also published ‘Chypre : vers une solution européenne ?’, Questions internationales (1, 2003); ‘Le rapprochement helléno-turc et l’adhésion de la Turquie à l’Union européenne’, Mesogeios (17-18, 2002). ‘Cypriots in Britain: Diaspora(s) Committed to Peace?’ was published in Turkish Studies (5:1, 2004). For the SEESP website, he wrote ‘Could UN “Basis for Agreement” have solved the partition of Cyprus?’ and actively participates to the discussions of the Greek-Turkish Network. He wrote papers for the websites of the Observatory of European Foreign Policy, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and of the Forschungsinstitut der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik on Cyprus and Greek-Turkish relations. He gave the following lectures: ‘Cyprus: is UN “basis for agreement” the last chance to solve the problem?’ for OU Balkan Society, at the European Studies Centre, 4 December 2002; ‘Le rapprochement gréco-turc: dirigeants charismatiques, opinion publique et intégration régionale’, Conference on Balkan Studies, Paris, 20 December 2002; ‘Le plan Annan est-il une solution pour la question chypriote ?’ Conference on Greek-Turkish relations, INALCO, Paris, 28 January 2003 and ‘Chypre : et maintenant ?’, Conference ‘The Future of GreekTurkish Relations and the European Union: Problems and Perspectives’, IHEI, Geneva, 20 May 2003. He presented a paper ‘The European Dimension of the Greek-Turkish Rapprochement’ at the workshop “Conceptualizing the EU’s foreign and security policy: new questions and new approaches”, European Consortium for Political Research workshops, Edinburgh, 2 April 2003. ‘Dire oui au nom de l’Europe’, written with Dr Kalypso Nicolaidis, was published in Turkish in the daily Radikal, 13 May 2003. The Deakin Fellow was interviewed by Radio France Culture on the Turkish elections (4 November 2002), by Radio Notre-Dame on the Cyprus issue after the Copenhagen Summit (12 December), by Radio France International on the presidential election in Cyprus (17 February) and by the Turkish daily Dünya (20 June 2003).
2001-2002
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Antonin Cohen. He specializes in the history of European integration. His D.Phil. thesis dealt with the political legacy of “third way” networks and ideas, in France, towards a Federal Europe, from the Vichy regime to the creation of the first European Community (1940-1950). It will be published shortly under the title, Pour une Europe fédérale et communautaire. Une survivance de la troisième voie dans la guerre froide. He is currently working on a broader sociological history of federalists’ movements in the past century and will be going on with this research during the academic year 2002/3 as a Marie Curie Fellow of the European Institute at the London School of Economics. In Trinity, he presented a paper at the European Studies Centre entitled The Future of Europe : Past and Present. From the Hague Congress to the Convention on the Future of the European Union.
2000-2001
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Deakin Fellow, Veronique Dimier. She was formerly lecturer at the Institute of Political Science, Grenoble. Her thesis was on the institutionalisation of a science of colonial government in the training of colonial administrators in France and Britain, 1920-1950. This thesis was then published under the title Du gouvernement des colonies, controverses franco-britanniques (Paris: Economica). During 2000-01 she published several articles on that subject and on connected topics such as colonial citizenship, the second careers of French colonial administrators in the French prefectoral corps and in the European Commission. One such became a chapter entitled Direct or Indirect Rule: propaganda around a scientific controversy’ in T. Chafer, A. Sackur (eds), Promoting the Colonial Idea. Propaganda and Visions of Empire in France (Palgrave, 2001). Dr Dimier then worked on ‘The Institutionalisation and Bureaucratisation of the European Commission: the Case of the Directorate General Development DG8), 1958-2000, and she continued this research in the academic year 2001-02 at the Department of Politics in Oxford thanks to a Marie Curie Fellowship from the European Commission.
1999-2000
Notable Events
Antonians’ Weekend – Centre Conference. Talk by Pauline Schnapper on “British Eurosceptism since the 1960s: Causes and Consequences”. Event chaired by Jean-Claude Vatin.
1997-1998
Notable Events
Special Lecture by Marcus C. Kerber on “The end of Franco-German Friendship?”
1996-1997
Notable Events
Special Lecture by Jean Leca on “Government in Europe or European Government” organized in conjuction with the Maison Française.
1995-1996
Notable Events
Special Lecture by Pierre Hunt on “L’Europe peut-elle avoir une politique mediterraneenne?”
1992-1993
Notable Events
Special Lecture by Catherine Lalumiere on “Le Conseil de L’Europe: Une Organisation Paneuropeenne pour la Securite Democratique” by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
1987-1988
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Maurice Vaisse.
Deakin Fellow, Daniel Bach.
1985-1986
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Eugene Zaleski. Director of Studies at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, and Editor of Revue d’etudes comparatives est-ouest (Paris), Dr. Zaleski worked on contemporary Soviet planning and management.
Deakin Fellow, Luciene Bianco. Director of Studies on Contemporary China at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, Dr. Bianco worked on 20th century Chinese demography.
1981-1982
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Lion Murard.
Deakin Fellow, M. Patrick Zylberman. From Unite pedagogique d’Architecture, Paris and the co-editor of the journal Urbi (Art, histoire, et ethnologie des villes), Dr. Zylberman studied the history of health.
Deakin Fellow, M. Fondolosa. He was an exchange student from the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris.
1979-1980
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, J. M. Le Breton. On secondment from the French Ministry of Foregin Affairs, Dr. Le Breton worked on international relations.
Deakin Fellow, Maurice Agulhon. From Paris University (Sorbonne), Dr. Agulhon worked on 19th century French social history.
1977-1978
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Paul Viallaneix. A Professor of French Literature and Director of the Department of French at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, he continued his research on Michelet as a historian.
1973-1977
Fellowships
Deakin Fellow, Janine Estebe. From Toulouse University, a historian of French Protestanism
Deakin Fellow, Jean-Marie Benoist. From the College de France’s Ethnological Laboratory and one of France’s newphilosophers.
Deakin Fellow, Nelly Viallaneix. She completed a major study of Kierkegaard.
Deakin Fellow, Patrick Fridenson. He wrote a history of Renault.
Deakin Fellow, Pierre Bauchet. Economist.
Deakin Fellow, Paul Viallaneix. The literary historian worked on a further volume of his definitive edition of the writings of Michelet.
Deakin Fellow, Pierre Sorlin. His lectures on the history of the cinema aroused considerable interest.
Deakin Fellow, Jean Estebe. From Toulouse University, a historian of the Third Republic.
Deakin Fellow, Michael Palmer. A two-year grant from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique made it possible to elect Dr Michael Palmer to a Research Fellowship, to pursue his investigations into the history of the press.
Deakin Fellow, M. L. Agostini. She conducted research on English modern history as a student at St. Antony’s between 1973-77.
