History of Modern France

The Third French Republic 1870-1940. Part 5

9 June 2021

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France, Europe and the Causes of the Great War

with Mariam Habibi

 


16 June 2021

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“Negro Art”: Primitivism & the Paris Avant-garde, 1905-1930

with Anne Catherine Abecassis


23 June 2021

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Robert Mallet-Stevens, the most Elegant French Modernist, 1920-1940

with Chris Boicos


30 June  2021

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The Paris Avant-gardes Before and During the “Années folles,” 1909-1925

with Sylvie Koneski


All 4 June 2021 lectures

- The Causes of the Great War

- Primitivism & Avant-garde

- Robert Mallet-Stevens

- Paris Avant-garde & "Années folles"



The Third French Republic 1870-1940. Part 4

May 2021

12 May 2021

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France Encounters the Muslim World

with Mariam Habibi


19 May 2021

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Monet's Water Lily series of the Musée de l'Orangerie  1918-1927 

with Anne Catherine Abecassis


26 May 2021

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Les Précieuses Ridicules: The Three Aristocrats of the Third Republic, Countess Greffulhe, Count Montesquiou & Anna de Noailles

with Chris Boicos


2 June  2021

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Colonial Exhibitions and Human Zoos in France: 1889-1931

with Sylvie Koneski


All 4 May lectures

- The Muslim World

- Monet's Water Lily series

- Les Préciseuses Ridicules

- Colonial Exhibitions




The Third French Republic 1870-1940. Part 3

April 2021

7 & 8 April 2021

Zoom lecture

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“L’affaire!”: The Dreyfus Affair and the Division of France

1894-1906

with Mariam Habibi


14 & 15 April 2021

Zoom lecture

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Impressionists and Money: The Birth of the modern art market, 1874-1886 

with Anne Catherine Abecassis


21 & 22 April 2021

Zoom lecture

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 The Three Great Figures of French Art Nouveau: Siegfried Bing, Hector Guimard & Louis Majorelle

with Chris Boicos


28 & 29 April 2021

Zoom lecture

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The Birth of French Cinema: From the Lumière Brothers to Luis Buñuel

1895-1930

with Sylvie Koneski


All 4 April lectures

Zoom lectures

- The Dreyfus Affair

- Impressionism & Art Market

- 3 Great figures of Art Nouveau

- French Cinema



History of Modern France

The Third French Republic 1870-1940. Part 2

March 2021

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France in Algeria: From Conquest to Colony, 1830-1900

with Mariam Habibi


10 & 11 March 2021

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Japonisme! The Impact of Japan on French Art, 1860-1890

with Anne Catherine Abecassis


17 & 18 March  2021

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Escaping Paris: The Seaside Holiday in Impressionist art, 1860-1900.                               with Chris Boicos


24 & 25 March 2021

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A Thousand and One Fantasies: Orientalism in 19th Century French Art and Literature 

with Sylvie Koneski 

 

 


All 4 March 2021 lectures

 

  • France in Algeria
  • Japonisme!
  • Escaping Paris
  • Orientalism


History of Modern France

The Third French Republic 1870-1940. Part 1

February 2021

27 January 2021

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From War to Revolution: A History of the Paris Commune of 1871

with Mariam Habibi


3 & 4 February 2021

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Art in a Time of War: French Artists during the Franco-Prussian War & the Paris Commune" 

with Anne Catherine Abecassis


10 & 11 February 2021

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The Politics of Art - Painting, Sculpture, Architecture & the Third French Republic, 1871-1895 

with Chris Boicos


17 & 18 February 2021

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Absinthe: The “Green Fairy” of 19th Century Paris

with Sylvie Koneski


All 4 February lectures

 

 

  • Paris Commune 1871
  • Art in a Time of War
  • The Politic of Art
  • Absinthe