To mark its 15th anniversary, the Languages, Literatures, Societies, Transborder and International Studies Laboratory (LLSETI), and the History Department ofthe Faculty of Letters, Languages, and Humanities (LLSH) at the University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB) are organizing a roundtable discussion on Friday, March 22, 2019, at 6:00 p.m., at the USB administration building in Chambéry, featuring historian Jean Nicolas.
A roundtable discussion moderated by Frédéric Meyer, professor of modern history at the University of Savoie Mont Blanc, featuring his fellow faculty members: Émilie-Anne Pépy, assistant professor of modern history; Jean-Yves Champeley, associate professor of modern history; and Sylvain Milbach, assistant professor of contemporary history specializing in the French Revolution and the early 19th century.
Following a brief introduction, Jean Nicolas will discuss his career, after which there will be a discussion about his work (his contributions and sources of inspiration) with the faculty members participating in the roundtable. Also present in the room will be doctoral students working in modern history or on the First Empire, focusing on topics dear to Jean Nicolas: the intendants of Savoy-Piedmont in the 18th century, the notables of the First Empire in Savoy, those of the 19th century in Savoy, and the Sardinian land registry of 1728–1738.
About Jean Nicolas
Former professor of modern history at Paris VII Diderot University and author of a seminal dissertation on the evolution of the elites—the nobility and the bourgeoisie—in the 18th century, titled *La Savoie au XVIIIe siècle, Noblesse et Bourgeoisie*, first published in 1978 and reissued in 2003. This work references numerous well-researched articles on Savoy, some of which were republished in 2013 by the Société Savoisienne d’Histoire et d’Archéologie in Chambéry. His books on popular movements throughout France under the Ancien Régime, as well as his works on the Revolution in the Dauphiné and Savoy, establish Jean Nicolas (born in 1928) as a leading historian of his generation.
Learn more
- Free admission
- Contact: Frédéric Meyer, professor of modern history at the UFR LLSH and researcher at the LLSETI
