As we get underway here at #FCHS26, we want to take a moment to recognize and give thanks to the people have made this conference possible! First to members of the local arrangements committee, who ensured a warm welcome and smooth runnings—Marion Lyons, Sandrine Tromeur, and Patrick Crowley.

J’arrive à l’université de Maynooth pour le congrès de @frenchcolonial.bsky.social et j’ai hâte de présenter à demain sur mes recherches dans l’histoire des Kalinagos (personnes autochtones des Caraïbes) pendant le six-septième siècle. #FCHS2026

I just read through the FCHS Program and, wow, it looks fantastic. So many great panels and papers. Well done @donalh.bsky.social et al. Sorry to miss it. Have fun all. Sláinte!

We can’t wait to see you all on Thursday for the start of our Annual Conference! Make sure to use #FCHS26 for all your posts so we can cultivate our digital community— especially for those who can’t be with us in Maynooth for the in-person festivities!

Arrived in Dublin this morning in time to enjoy a thrilling @frenchcolonial.bsky.social supplementary Programme Committee meeting at Croke Park chaired by @donalh.bsky.social. Dublin 2-26 Donegal 2-22 🙌🏽✌🏽🥳🎉👏🏽🍾🎊 #FCHS26

Incredibly thoughtful CFP for a conference about slavery in the French Caribbean by @domdegav.bsky.social and @louisesalaun.bsky.social -- a historiographic essay in and of itself! Required reading 🗃️ networks.h-net.org/system/files...

This may be a long shot, but do I know anyone in Aix-en-Provence/ANOM right now? 🗃️

We're excited to see you in Ireland next week! The final version of the program for the annual conference in Maynooth has been shared via email. Please check your Junk folders if you did not receive it. It is also available to be viewed on the FCHS website: frenchcolonial.org/annual-meeti...

A huge congrats to our new leadership, and a thanks to those of you who participated in the elections! We look forward to continuing the important mission of FCHS! 🗃️

🚨 🗃️ Election results! 🗃️ 🚨

Un immense "bravo" à Drs. Duke Bryant et Aso, et un grand merci à celles et ceux d'entre vous qui ont participé aux élections! Nous avons hâte de poursuivre l'importante mission du SHCF !

🚨 🗃️ Résultats des élections ! 🗃️ 🚨

FCHS/SHCF Elections: Date limite--ce lundi ! Deadline this Monday! Connectez-vous à votre compte membre FCHS pour accéder au bulletin de vote ! Log in to your FCHS member account to access the ballot! frenchcolonial.org/membership-l...

France's Code Noir (the Black Code) - a legal instrument that invented categories of people to whom different laws applied - has yet to be formally abolished! Cross-party bill to annul it comes before the Assemblée nationale: 28 May. Essay by French lit prof Andrew S Curran. Gift link. 🗃

Reminder: You can vote in FCHS elections until June 1st. Log in to your FCHS member account to access the ballot! frenchcolonial.org/membership-l...

Rappel : vous pouvez voter aux élections de la FCHS jusqu'au 1er juin. Connectez-vous à votre compte membre FCHS pour accéder au bulletin de vote ! frenchcolonial.org/membership-l...

This coming Monday! Very excited to have teamed up with the French History seminar for a discussion of Mélanie Lamotte's By Flesh & Toil: How Sex, Race, & Labor Shaped the Early French Empire (@harvardpress.bsky.social) MON, 18 May, 17:30, zoom & in person @ihr.bsky.social #EarlyModern #Skystorians

🗃️ Call for Participants: Online Roundtable Series on the Colonial Histories of Energy (Summer 2026) 🗃️ networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Tomorrow! Demain!

Aujourd’hui! Vous nous envoyez vos nouvelles!!

Deadline is today! Send us your updates

🗃️ Please send anything you wish to have included to [email protected] no later than April 15. 🗃️

On 24 April 26 at 10am (GMT-4), FCHS will host a panel that brings together three journal editors and university press director to discuss what makes a good peer review. Register Here: rowan.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

On vous invite à une table ronde virtuelle. À cette séance de la SHCF, il s’agit de trois rédactrices en chef de revues ainsi que la directrice d’une presse universitaire qui vont s’exprimer sur ce qui constitue une évaluation de qualité. Inscrivez-vous ici: rowan.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

For the 80th anniversary of the law of 19-Mar-46, the Societe d'histoire de la Guadeloupe warmly invites you to the conference it is organizing in Guadeloupe on April 29 and 30, 2026. To attend remotely, register by emailing [email protected] or [email protected] and you will receive the link.

À l'occasion des 80 ans de la loi du 19-Mar-46, la Société d'histoire de la Guadeloupe vous invite au colloque qu'elle organise en Guadeloupe les 29 et 30 avril 2026. Pour le suivre en distanciel, inscrivez-vous auprès de [email protected] ou [email protected] et vous recevrez le lien.

One week remaining to send in your updates for publication in the next newsletter!

N'oubliez pas nous envoyez vos nouvelles et announces pour publications au plus tard le 15 avril!! 🗃️

Dernier jour pour candidater!

Final Call: Nominations for the Society's next President and Vice-President are due TODAY! 🗃️

La date limite est ce vendredi!!

The deadline for nominations is this Friday!!

On vous invite à une table ronde virtuelle. À cette séance de la SHCF, il s’agit de trois rédactrices en chef de revues ainsi que la directrice d’une presse universitaire qui vont s’exprimer sur ce qui constitue une évaluation de qualité. Inscrivez-vous ici: rowan.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

On 24 April 26 at 10am (GMT-4), FCHS will host a panel that brings together three journal editors and university press director to discuss what makes a good peer review. Register Here: rowan.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🗃️ Please send anything you wish to have included to [email protected] no later than April 15. 🗃️

🗃️ Merci d’envoyer un courriel à [email protected] au plus tard le 15 avril 2026. 🗃️

FCHS invites you to submit any updates or notices of interest for inclusion in the Spring 2026 newsletter. These submissions could include your recent or forthcoming publications, upcoming conferences, book prizes, or calls for fellowships and grants.

On vous invite à nous faire parvenir des nouvelles et annonces pour publication dans le prochain bulletin de la SHCF. Ces annonces peuvent inclure des publications récentes ou à paraître prochainement, des appels à contributions et/ou communications, des prix et des appels de bourses et subventions.

🗃️ Les candidatures aux poste de président.e et vice-président.e sont acceptées jusqu'au 3 avril! 🗃️

Join the leadership team at FCHS--a few weeks left to nominate!!

On recherche plus d’infos sur le lieu de la sépulture/tombe de Matthias Alexis Roche de Fermoy (vers 1737 – vers 1780). Il occupa le poste de brigadier général dans l’armée continentale, qu’il quitta vers 1778, probablement pour se rendre à Guadalupe ou à Martinique où il était né.

We’re seeking information on the final resting place (grave) of Matthias Alexis Roche de Fermoy (ca. 1737-ca.1780), a brigadier general in the Continental Army who left that army around 1778, perhaps going to Guadeloupe or to Martinique, where he was born.

Have you wondered how France tried to craft its representation in the #18thc Mediterranean? Been curious about the role French dragomans played in constructing the boundaries of identity and nationality? Well good news! I wrote an article about it! 🗃️ doi.org/10.14321/fre...

Appel aux panélistes : panel parrainé par la SHCF lors de la réunion annuelle de l’African Studies Association, La Nouvelle‑Orléans (Louisiane), du 3 au 6 décembre 2026. Soumettez votre résumé via ce formulaire Google avant le 8 Mar 26. nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Call for Panelists: FHCS/SHCF-sponsored panel at African Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December 3-6, 2026. Submit your abstract to this Google Form by March 8, 2026 nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Aujourd’hui!!! Inscrivez-vous ici!! uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🗃️ Nominations for President and Vice-President will be accepted until April 3rd! 🗃️

🗃️ Les candidatures aux poste de président.e et vice-président.e sont acceptées jusqu'au 3 avril! 🗃️

Reminder: You can still submit to the annual book prize competitions until March 20th!