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Prof

Peter McPhee

Honorary
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
French Revolution
history
arts & humanities
social sciences
history: european; understanding the past of other societies
france
political science
government & law
life sciences & biomedicine
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Prof

Peter McPhee

 
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Melbourne Graduate School of Education
 
Primary Interest
History of modern France
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National identity, historical narrative and violence: a comparative study of contemporary catalonia and the basque country in France and Spain

This project will make an important contribution to our understanding of the contemporary roots of self-determination, autonomy and identity..

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Projects

Project Types

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Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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Natural Interests. The Contest over Environment in Modern France

Peter McPhee

Journal article  |  2019  |  FRENCH HISTORY

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‘Successful Leadership and Management to Achieve Major Strategic Change: Making the Melbourne Model’

Peter McPhee

Book Chapter  |  2019

The contributors to this book are all leaders in their field - senior executives who have successfully led pan-university initiati..

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‘Choosing Sides in Revolutionary Times: The Diarists of Orléans’

Peter McPhee

Journal article  |  2019  |  H-France Salon

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‘George Rudé’,

Peter McPhee

Journal article  |  2019  |  French History and Civilization: papers from the George Rude Seminar

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Analyser « la Terreur » dans l’historiographie anglophone [Analysing "the Terror" in English historiography]

Michel Biard, Herve Leuwers, Marisa Linton, Peter Mcphee, Timothy Tackett

Journal article  |  2018  |  ANNALES HISTORIQUES DE LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE

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Teaching about the Age of Revolutions, 1971-2016

Peter McPhee

Book Chapter  |  2017

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The French Revolution

P McPhee

Book  |  2017

The French Revolution is one of the great turning-points in history. It continues to fascinate us, to inspire us, at times to horr..

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Missionaries of the Republic. The people Representatives in mission (1793-1795)

Peter McPhee

Journal article  |  2016  |  FRENCH HISTORY

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Liberty or death: The French revolution

P McPhee

Book  |  2016

The French Revolution has fascinated, perplexed, and inspired for more than two centuries. It was a seismic event that radically t..

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The French Revolution seen from the Terres Australes

P McPhee

Book Chapter  |  2016

The history of the French Revolution was taught in the first Australian universities as part of courses on modern European history..

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Keyword Analysis

Historical Studies
Expanding Knowledge
Understanding Past Societies
Schools and Learning Environments
Education Systems
Government and Politics
Literary Studies
Political Science
Specialist Studies in Education
History and Philosophy of Specific Fields

News

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As protests roil France, Macron faces a wicked problem — and it could lead to his downfall

Peter McPhee

CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/EPATwo years ago, the streets of France were filled with the gilets jaunes (yellow vest..

December 15, 2020
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Art for trying times: reading Richard Ford on a world undone by calamity

Peter McPhee

A rollercoaster washed up on a Jersey beach after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Tom Mihalek/AAPIn this time of pandemic, our authors nominate a w..

July 21, 2020
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We live in a world of upheaval. So why aren't today's protests leading to revolutions?

Peter McPhee

Today's protests are driven more by anger over social and economic inequity than deep-seated grievances against a regime. Orlando Barria..

November 20, 2019
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A blow to the heart of the City of Light

Peter McPhee AM

People all over Australia were aghast Tuesday morning at the news that Notre Dame de Paris was ablaze. The cathedral has been at the heart o..

April 16, 2019
pursuit Article
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Hidden women of history: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, prodigiously talented painter

Peter McPhee

An 1808 painting by Marie-Gabrielle Capet titled Atelier of Madame Vincent, showing Labille-Guiard at work (centre) as Capet fills her palet..

February 7, 2019
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Théroigne de Méricourt, une révolutionnaire féministe méconnue

Peter McPhee

Théroigne en « amazone écarlate de l'Histoire, par Auguste Raffet. WikimediaAnne-Josèphe Théroigne ou Terwagne (1762-1817) est née à Mar..

January 3, 2019
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Hidden women of history: Théroigne de Méricourt, feminist revolutionary

Peter McPhee

Théroigne de Mericourt, engraving after a painting by Auguste Raffet in 1817. Wikimedia Commons In a new series, we look at under-acknowledg..

December 31, 2018
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Discoveries that blew our minds in 2018: Part Two

Jeannie Marie Paterson, Ian Harper, Megan Munsie, Yvette Maker, Peter McPhee AM

From new exoplanets and recent discoveries in the fight against cancer, to the #MeToo movement and our economic wellbeing - 2018 has been a ..

December 24, 2018
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Echoes of revolution

Peter McPhee AM

Emmanuel Macron hit the French political scene like a meteor. He launched his political party La République en Marche! (The Republic on the ..

December 11, 2018
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France clearly ‘On the Move’

Peter McPhee AM

Emmanuel Macron launched his political party En Marche! – now La République en Marche! (The Republic on the Move!) – not much more than a ye..

June 19, 2017
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2012

Member of the Order of Australia

2003

FASSA - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

1997

FAHA - Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary Supervisor

Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Chair, Victorian Curriculum And Assessment Authority Board

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Member, Societe D'Histoire De La Revolution De 1848 (Paris)

Societe d'histoire de la Revolution de 1848 (Paris)

Member, Societe D'Etudes Robespierristes (Paris)

Societe d'Etudes Robespierristes (Paris)

Education

Bachelor of Arts

University of Melbourne

Graduate Diploma in Education

Institution not known

Master of Arts

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Doctor of Philosophy

Institution not known

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