"At the Nation's Gates. A History of the French-German Border from Below (1871-1914)" with Dr.Benoit Vaillot

Research Factory B/ORDERS IN MOTION

Mi., 06. November 2024, 16:15-17:45 Uhr

Hybrid: Senatssaal (HG 109) & online

 

At the Nation's Gates. A History of the French-German Border from Below (1871-1914)

[in English]

Dr. Benoit Vaillot (Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, University of Luxembourg)

 

The French-German border between 1871 and 1914 was a laboratory for experimenting with social and political arrangements that were later extended to other borders in France and Germany, and then applied to all European borders after the First World War. In many respects, this singular border bore the seeds of the profound transformations that sovereignty and national identity were to undergo throughout the 20th century.

Benoit Vaillot’s book proposes a transnational history from below of the border drawn between France and the German Empire at the end of the War of 1870, which disappeared with the first combats of the First World War. Seldom has a border received so much attention from its contemporaries and illustrated so well its function as a point of balance between two antagonistic powers in the era of nation-states.

 

Book presentation of:

Benoit Vaillot: L’invention d’une frontière. Entre France et Allemagne, 1871-1914. CNRS Éditions, Paris, 2023.

 Moderation: Prof. Dr. Claudia Weber (EUV)

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