Public Lecture “Re-examining French Success in the First Italian Campaign, 1796-97.”

Event Details

End: March 30, 2017
Contact: kpiehler@fsu.edu
More Info: http://ww2.fsu.edu/public-event-schedule

The Institute on World War II and the Human Experience, Department of History, Florida State University invites the general public to a free lecture “Re-examining French Success in the First Italian Campaign, 1796-97” presented by Professor Rafe Blaufarb on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, Jacksonville, Florida. Professor Blaufarb is the Ben Weider Eminent Scholar in Napoleonic Studies and Director of the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution. He has written several monographs on a range of subjects from the idea of meritocracy in the French army during the Old Regime and French Revolution to the history of noble tax exemption under the Old Regime. His latest book, The Great Demarcation: The French Revolution and the Invention of Modern Property (Oxford, 2016), deals with the invention of the modern idea of property during the French Revolution. 

 

This lecture by Professor Blaufarb is part of series of programs open to the general public as part of the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for Military History (March 30-April 2, 2017). To learn more about these events and the 84th Annual Meeting, please visit http://ww2.fsu.edu/smh-conference or contact the Institute Director, G. Kurt Piehler at kpiehler@fsu.edu or (850) 644-9541.