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About Beth Mauldin
NBN Episodes hosted by Beth:
General History
December 31, 2019
Public City/Public Sex
Homosexuality, Prostitution, and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris
Andrew Israel Ross
Hosted by
Beth Mauldin
In his provocative new book, Public City/Public Sex: Homosexuality, Prostitution, and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris (Temple University Press, 2019), Dr. Andrew Israel Ross maps out the intersection between histories …
General History
August 22, 2019
The Caesar of Paris
Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession That Shaped An Empire
Susan Jaques
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Beth Mauldin
In her book, The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession That Shaped An Empire (Pegasus Books, 2018), Susan Jaques offers up a richly detailed and researched …
General History
August 15, 2019
Daughters of 1968
Redefining French Feminism and the Women’s Liberation Movement
Lisa Greenwald
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Beth Mauldin
May ’68 marked a watershed moment in French society, culture, and political life. The feminist movement was no exception. Women took to the streets and meeting halls around the country …
General History
August 7, 2019
Making Space for the Dead
Catacombs, Cemeteries, and the Reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830
Erin-Marie Legacey
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Beth Mauldin
In Making Space for the Dead: Catacombs, Cemeteries, and the Reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830 (Cornell University Press, 2019), Dr. Erin-Marie Legacey, Assistant Professor of History at Texas Tech University, explores …
General History
March 25, 2019
A Bite-Sized History of France
Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment
Stéphane Henaut and Jeni Mitchell
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Beth Mauldin
From the cassoulet that won a war to the crêpe that doomed Napoleon, from the rebellions sparked by bread and salt to the new cuisines forged by empire, the history …
General History
March 14, 2019
Generation Stalin
French Writers, the Fatherland, and the Cult of Personality
Andrew Sobanet
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Beth Mauldin
In his 1924 biography of Mahatma Gandhi, writer Romain Rolland embraced the Gandhian philosophy of non-violence and decried the “dictators of Moscow” and the “idolatrous ideology of the Revolution.” Seven …
General History
September 5, 2018
Robespierre and the Festival of the Supreme Being
The Search for a Republican Morality
Jonathan Smyth
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Beth Mauldin
In his speech delivered to the National Convention on 18 Floréal (May 7, 1794), Maximilien Robespierre shocked his listeners as he attacked the proponents of atheism and dechristianization in the …
General History
August 22, 2018
Planning the Greenspaces of Nineteenth-Century Paris
Richard S. Hopkins
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Beth Mauldin
Beginning in the mid-1800s, Paris experienced an unprecedented growth in the development of parks, squares, and gardens. This greenspace was part of Napoleon III’s plan for a new, modern Paris …