Tag: Dr. Lauren Janes

Vive la France: Paris Liberated 75 Years Ago

by Eva Dean Folkert on August 7, 2019

Paris was freed from Nazi occupation 75 years ago on August 25, 1944. The Germans took over Paris on June 14, 1940, leading to France’s signing an armistice with Germany and a puppet government’s establishment in France. Gen. Charles de Gaulle continued to lead the Free French in resistance to German rule. The French 2nd Armored Division, formed in London at the end of 1943, arrived in Normandy in August 1944, and on the 19th, the French Resistance began its uprising against the Germans. Gen. Jacques-Philippe Leclerc led the Armored Division into the city, reaching its center shortly before midnight on the 24th. By the morning of Aug. 25, 1944, Paris was free.

Two Hope history professors can expertly speak about this momentous day and its after-effects.

Dr. Lauren Janes, associate professor of history, researches and writes about the history of French imperialism and French food history. She can especially address the importance of the French colonies and French colonial subjects to the Free French forces. Janes leads a May Term to Paris every year and teaches about modern French imperialism and French history in the 20th century.

Dr. Fred Johnson III, associate professor of history, teaches about modern European history, U.S. military history, and the history of U.S. foreign policy. He can especially address America’s WWII strategic bombing campaign, the complexities and challenges of the Grand Alliance against the Axis powers, and the U.S.’s involvement in D-Day and the liberation of Europe.

Food History at Thanksgiving Time

by Eva Dean Folkert on November 7, 2018

Thanksgiving Day is a day for people to remember all that they’re thankful for and to celebrate that gratitude with friends and family. It’s also a day when food and feasting take center stage on tables (and in stomachs) across the country. But where did much of our food originate and what is its place in history beyond the United States? Global food history and food identity are unique topics which Dr. Lauren Janes can address at this food-centric time of year.

Dr. Lauren Janes

Janes, associate professor of history at Hope, is a food history scholar and the author of one book on the subject with another forthcoming in 2020. Her first book, Colonial Food in Interwar France: The Taste of Empire, was published in 2016 by Bloomsbury Academic. Her next text, Nourishing the World: A Global History in Three Foods and One Dish, is currently under contract for Hackett Press and in the writing stages by Janes. She often weaves lessons about how different foods affected world history into her classes at Hope and in her May Term course in Paris as well.