French Colonial Historical Society

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2026 Peabody Prize Winner Siba Barkataki, English and Foreign Languages University (Hyderabad, India), to present “Coolie History and Auto-theory: A Study of La mémoire délavée by Nathacha Appanah.”
2026 William Shorrock Travel Award Winners Emily Hardick, The Ohio State University, ‘Ana Kamatwa/L’Attirance: Congolese Negotiations of Empire and Constructions of Mobility in Interwar Europe’ Clement Qiang Huang, York University, ‘David’s Black-and-White Bear: Global Networks of Sciences and Religions via the MNHN’s First Giant Pandas, 1869’ Marie Robin, Columbia University, ‘After the Brothels: The Disappearances and Afterlives of the French Military’s “Unremembered” Women’ Emma Bock, McGill University, ‘"His wife welcomed me most graciously": French Creole Women and Community-Building in the Spanish Illinois Country’ William Lesaicherre, Scuola Superiore Meridionale/Aix-Marseille Université, ‘Mettre en scène la transformation. La rhétorique de conversion dans le dispositif de stages d’information en Algérie pendant la guerre d’indépendance (1957-1961)’
Prix pour services distingués: Ken Orosz, Buffalo State University
Suzanne K. Kaufman, Loyola University, for “Incident at Sousse: West African Soldiers, Legionnaires, and the Racial Politics of Colonial Policing in 1930s French Tunisia.” French Historical Studies (August 2025)
Benjamin Claude Brower, The Colonization of Names: Symbolic Violence and France's Occupation of Algeria. Columbia University Press.
Boucher Prize: Mélanie Lamotte, By Flesh & Toil: How Sex, Race, and Labor Shaped the Early French Empire. Harvard University Press.
Photo of a portion of St Joseph’s Square on Maynooth University’s campus
The program for the conference for the 80th anniversary of the law of 19-Mar-46. To attend remotely, register by emailing mtouchelay@gmail.com or shg@wanadoo.fr and you will receive the link.
La programme du Seminar pour l'anniversaire du 80 ans de la départementalisation de Guadeloupe. Pour le suivre en distanciel, inscrivez-vous auprès de mtouchelay@gmail.com ou shg@wanadoo.fr et vous recevrez le lien.
Cette photo présente des informations sur la table ronde organisée par la Société historique coloniale française le 24 avril 2026 à 10h (GMT-4), consacrée aux meilleures pratiques pour les évaluateurs externes de manuscrits universitaires. Les modalités d'inscription se trouvent dans le texte.
Photo displays information on the French Colonial Historical Society's upcoming panel discussion on best practices for external reviewers of academic manuscripts. April 24, 2026 at 10am (GMT-4). Registration information is in text of post.
flyer for FCHS's Haïti au XIXe siècle: approches pour comprendre une société en mutation, partie I, un Panel et discussion en ligne (Haiti in the 19th Century: Approaches for Studying a Society in Transition, Part I, an Online Panel and Discussion)
Flyer for Kelly Duke Bryant's "Negotiating Childhood: French Colonialism and African Senegal, 1848-1940" to be published by UMass Press 24 Feb 2026!
promotional flyer for new book: "By Flesh and Toil: How Sex, Race and Labor shaped the Early French Empire" by Mélanie Lamotte" published by Harvard University Press
New Book Alert: "Conquest and Resistance in West Africa" by Ruth Ginio (Manchester University Press, 2025) Use code "EVENT30" at checkout for 30% off
Group photo of the award winners