Doctoral workshop: 'Elites in the first French colonial empire (16th-19th centuries)'

Gravure représentant le château de M. de Poincy

The Centre Roland Mousnier (Sorbonne University, CNRS) and the Maison française d'Oxford (CNRS, MEAE, Oxford University) are organising a series of three doctoral workshops over the second half of 2022-2023 on the topic 'Elites in the first French colonial empire (16th-19th centuries)'.

The first workshop will be held online on Monday 6 March 2023. It will consist of three 75-minute sessions including a presentation, a discussion and a Q&A. 
To receive the link, please sign up at francois-joseph.ruggiu@sorbonne-universite.fr
 

Please see the detailed schedule below:
 

Adelaïde Marine-Gougeon (Sorbonne University and Ciresc, CNRS) : Élite coloniale, élite impériale ? Les Blancs créoles de la Martinique du XIXe siècle au prisme de leurs mobilités
Discussant: Benoît Grenier, University of Sherbrooke
Oxford: 13:15-14:30; Paris: 14:15-15:30; Quebec: 08:15-09:30; Martinique and Guadeloupe: 09:15-10:30; Reunion: 17:15-18:30

Raphaël Bergeron-Gauthier (Université de Sherbrooke, Université de Lorraine), The Conquest of Canada and the Rising of New Colonial Elites. The Case of the Rise of the Drapeau Family (18th and 19th Century)
Discussant: Perry Gauci, Oxford University, Lincoln College
Oxford: 14:30-15:45; Paris: 15:30-16:45; Quebec: 9:30-10:45; Martinique and Guadeloupe: 10:30-11:45; La Réunion: 18:30-19:45

Anna Forestier (Sorbonne University), Le prestige des officiers de milice : pouvoirs, privilèges et élites coloniales françaises, XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles
Discussant: Helen Dewar, University of Montreal
Oxford: 4-5.15pm; Paris: 5-6.15pm; Quebec: 11am-12.15pm; Martinique and Guadeloupe: 12-1.15pm; Reunion: 8-9.15pm

Please note that the workshop will mainly be held in French, but one paper will be given in English.
Discussion in English too.