The Society for French Historical Studies (SFHS) is, along with the
Western Society for French History
The Western Society for French History ( WSFH) is, along with the Society for French Historical Studies, one of the two primary historical societies devoted to the study of French history
The first written records for the history of France ap ...
(WSFH), one of the two primary historical societies devoted to the study of
French history
The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul. The first writings on indigenous populations mainly start in the first century BC. Greek ...
headquartered in the United States.
The SFHS edits the journal ''
French Historical Studies
''French Historical Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering French history. It publishes articles in English and French. The journal is published by Duke University Press on behalf of the Society for French Historical Stu ...
'' and holds an annual conference. SFHS is affiliated with the academic discussion forum H-France.
The SFHS was informally formed under the leadership of
Evelyn Acomb in 1954, holding its first conference in April, 1955 in
Ithaca, New York
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. The first issue of ''French Historical Studies'' was published in 1958 with
Marvin L. Brown of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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serving as its first editor.
External links
SFHS Homepage
1955 establishments in the United States
Historical societies of the United States
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