Louis Pasteur: the bicentennial of a French national hero
Coming soon a new Lecture series: CONFLICTS IN 2022: A LESSON IN GEOPOLITICS As France prepares to commemorate the bicentennial of his...
Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union was no more…
Thirty years ago, on 25 December 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev made public his resignation as Soviet President, marking the dissolution of the...
Charles Frederick Worth, the Empress Eugénie and the invention of Haute-Couture
On a cold, snowy night in December 1859, Charles Frederick Worth and his wife, Marie, chanced to stroll near the imperial Tuileries...
Josephine Baker : Fighting for Freedom
On November 30th, Franco-American entertainer, Josephine Baker, was inducted into France’s Pantheon, making her the first Black woman to...
The coronation of Napoleon: a useless exercise?
Napoleon always understood the importance of public opinion and the means by which it might be shaped and manipulated. The “Coronation of...
PEARL HARBOR: JAPAN ON THE DEFENSIVE
On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese surprise attack against Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii, marked the onset of a gigantic military clash...
One hundred years ago: the discovery of insulin
To celebrate World Diabetes Day, a brief reminder of the tremendous medical breakthrough achieved by four researchers in Toronto...
Napoleon’s last victory: the battle for posterity
Following Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo and the second return of Louis XVIII to power, all attempts at remembering the man who had...
21 January 1793: the execution of King Louis XVI
On 21 January 1793, following a short trial, King Louis XVI was executed in Paris. In the summer of 1792, the French National Assembly...
The birth of "red America"
In the U.S. political sphere, the colour red is associated with the Grand Old Party (GOP). Today, the Deep South remains a Republican...
