Suzannah E Rockett
Thesis Title: Algeria in France: War and Defeat in Republican Culture
Start Year: 2008
Email: s.rockett@sheffield.ac.uk
| Supervisor |
Professor Mary Vincent
| Research Topic |
My research investigates how Republican France asserted itself following the defeats of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1) and the Algerian War (1954-62) using cultural sources such as novels, paintings, theatre and cinema produced in the years following the two conflicts.
| Academic Background |
MA (Distinction), Historical Research, University of Sheffield
BA (Hons), International History and International Politics, University of Sheffield
| Book Reviews |
- 'Paris and the Commune, 1871-1878: The Politics of Forgetting', French History, (2009: 23) pp. 280-1.
- 'It's So French! Hollywood, Paris, and the Making of Cosmopolitan Film Culture by VR Schwartz', French History, (2008: 22) pp. 369-71.
| Other Work |
I organised a very successful one-day colloquium in June 2009 within the Department of History at Sheffield which showcased the range of research taking place by both staff and post-graduates.
Alongside Laura King and Wilfred Rhoden, I have founded the Modern European History Group which began its interdisciplinary programme of papers and discussions in October 2009. We welcome papers and ideas from internal and external post-graduates and academics alike.