Joshua H. Cole

Name: Joshua H. Cole

Title(s):

• Associate Professor

Contact Information: 734.763.4159 , joshcole@umich.edu

Website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/facstaff/facultydetail.asp?ID=208

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• CES-EUC
• WCED
• CMENAS

Department Affiliation(s):

• History

Education Background: Ph.D., History, University of California, Berkeley, 1991; M.A., History, University of California, Berkeley, 1986; B.A., History, Brown University, 1983

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

• European Studies

Related Countries:

• France

Research/Teaching Specialization: Modern France, Europe, social and cultural, gender, memory, and violence, colonial, postcolonial

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: 19th Century France; 20th Century France; Nationalism in Modern Europe; Science and Social Pathology in 19th C. Europe; 19th-Century Cities; Western Civilization since 1500; France’s Revolutionary Century, 1789-1900; Empire, War and Modernity: France and the World in the 20th Century; Citizenship, Revolution and National Identity in Modern France, 1789-present

Publications:

• "Understanding the French Riots of 2005: What historical context for the 'crise des banlieues'?". 2007. (Refereed Journal Article)
• Perspectives from the Past: Primary Sources in Western Civilization. 2005. (Edited Book)
• The Power of Large Numbers: Population, Politics and Gender in Nineteenth-Century France. 2000. (Authored Book)
• Intimate Acts and Unspeakable Relations: Remembering Torture and the War for Algerian Independence. 2005. (Book Chapter)
• Entering History: The Memory of Police Violence in Paris, October 1961. forthcoming. (Refereed Journal Article)
• Remembering the Battle of Paris: 17 October 1961 in French and Algerian Memory. 2003. (Refereed Journal Article)