Events & Artifacts
July 2, 2021
Gayle and Annette presented at the Society for the Study of French History in a panel entitled: “Political Violence and Terrorism from the Belle Epoque to Vichy.”
We gave papers along with Professor Chris Millington (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Professor Caroline Campbell (University of North Dakota). The conference was organized by the University of Westminster in collaboration with the Society for the Study of French History, and hosted by H-France.
Our paper was entitled:
“Terrorism on the extreme right: The Cagoule and state terror in France, 1936-1944.”
Find the conference program here:
Find the link to our presentation here:
March 26, 2021
Assassination in Vichy:
January 21, 2021
December 6, 2020
Gayle K. Brunelle and Annette Finley-Croswhite are pleased to announce the publication of their new book, Assassination in Vichy: Marx Dormoy and the Struggle for the Soul of France published by the University of Toronto Press and available now in November, 2020.
The authors will hold a virtual book launch via ZOOM on Sunday, December 6 at 10 am PST, 1pm EST, 6PM GMT and 7 pm CET. Dr. Chris Millington from Manchester Metropolitan University will moderate the event. Dr. Finley-Croswhite will speak from the United States, Dr. Brunelle from France, and Dr. Millington from the United Kingdom.
Use this link to register: https://forms.gle/4nTCjbUSQEGHBkjp7
November 21-23, 2019
Gayle and Annette were invited to speak at the conference: “Towards a Transnational History of Right-Wing Terrorism: New Perspectives on Political Violence and Assassinations by the Far Right in Eastern and Western Europe since 1900.” Hosted by Professors Moritz Florin and Johannes Dafinger at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Annette was part of the opening panel and both scholars contributed to the paper that Gayle presented entitled: “Trading in Arms, Trading in Terror: The Cagoule and Transnational Terrorism in France, 1936-1941.”
November 3, 2019
Interview with Gayle K. Brunelle on Stéphanie Duncan’s popular radio show on “France Inter” entitled “Autant en Emporte l’Histoire” – “Carried away with history—or Gone with History.” She is also featured here in the picture with writer Vincent Hazard.
“1941 Marx Dormoy, minister du Front Popularie est assassin par la Cagoule.”
July 31, 2013.
Gayle K. Brunelle and Annette Finley-Croswhite interviewed for “New Books in Biography.” Listen to them discuss, Murder in the Métro: Laetitia Toureaux and the Cagoule in 1930s France (Baton Rouge, LSU Press, 2010). The interview occurred on July 31, 2013.
Take a journey with us into the past.