Professor of History Christine Adams published an article in Oxford Academics’ French History on Feb. 19. The article, “’Notre-Dame de Bon Secours’: celebrity, ambition and memory in the fashioning of Thérésia Cabarrus Tallien” details how this woman emerged as an important networker helping individuals at risk during the French Revolution to flee France during the Terror. Read the article abstract on the French History website at this link:
In 2020, Adams published with co-author and sister Tracy Adams “The Creation of the French Royal Mistress: From Agnès Sorrel to Madame DuBarry” (Pennsylvania State University Press). Adams was a 2020–21 fellow with the American Council of Learned Societies and a 2021 Andrew W. Mellon fellow at the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois. Her current book project is titled “The Merveilleuses and their Impact on the French Historical Imaginary, 1794-1799 and Beyond."
