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Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of History
- Associate ProfessorFaculty of Arts and Science, Department of History
- University of Toronto, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St George St, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G3, Canada
BIO
Paul Cohen is Associate Professor and the M.A. Coordinator in the Department of History, he is cross-appointed to the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
After completing his Ph.D. at Princeton University, he first taught at the Université Paris-8 (Vincennes-St Denis), before joining the University of Toronto in 2005. A historian of early modern France, he pursues research interests in a range of distinct areas: the formation of nation-states; the social history of languages; and early modern empire. His first book, Kingdom of Babel: The Making of a National Language in France, 1400-1815, is forthcoming with Cornell University Press. He is currently working on two book projects: a history of the mediation of linguistic difference in French North America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and a history of the linguistic cultures of the early modern maritime world. He has also published on issues of contemporary concern in France, including higher education in modern France, postwar state economic planning, and the history of food and wine. Cohen is currently the Director of the Centre for the Study of France and the Francophone World at the University of Toronto.
Preferred method of contact: Email
Media availability: Radio, Print/Online
After completing his Ph.D. at Princeton University, he first taught at the Université Paris-8 (Vincennes-St Denis), before joining the University of Toronto in 2005. A historian of early modern France, he pursues research interests in a range of distinct areas: the formation of nation-states; the social history of languages; and early modern empire. His first book, Kingdom of Babel: The Making of a National Language in France, 1400-1815, is forthcoming with Cornell University Press. He is currently working on two book projects: a history of the mediation of linguistic difference in French North America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and a history of the linguistic cultures of the early modern maritime world. He has also published on issues of contemporary concern in France, including higher education in modern France, postwar state economic planning, and the history of food and wine. Cohen is currently the Director of the Centre for the Study of France and the Francophone World at the University of Toronto.
Preferred method of contact: Email
Media availability: Radio, Print/Online
DEGREES
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Princeton University, Princeton, United States
AVAILABILITY
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
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