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Rituals, History, and the Paris 2024 Olympics

Posted on September 16, 2024 by briansandberg

The Opening Ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympics were certainly impressive and have attracted sustained interest from cultural historians, political historians, sports historians, and literary scholars in French and Francophone studies. Trisha Urmi Banerjee and Nathaniel Zetter (University of Cambridge) … Continue reading →

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French History at the Paris 2024 Olympics

Posted on September 13, 2024 by briansandberg

The dramatic opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics featured French history and culture in a series of tableaux vivants and performances that referenced early modern French theater and court culture. Several of my colleagues in early modern French history … Continue reading →

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