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Francois J. Le Roy <leroy@nku.edu> Northern Kentucky University History of French Foreign Policy History of Aviation Teaching and Pedagogy |
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Address: | Department of History and Geography Landrum 415 Heighland Heights, Kentucky 41099 United States |
Primary Phone: | 859-572-5654 |
Fax Number: | 859-572-6088 |
List Affiliations: | Former Advisory Board Member for H-Kentucky |
Interests: | Diplomacy and International Relations Educational Technology European History / Studies History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Military History |
Bio: FRANÇOIS LE ROY Assistant Professor of History Department of History Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY 41099 (859) 572-5654 leroy@nku.edu EDUCATION 1997 Ph.D., History, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Dissertation: “The Elusive Pursuit of Grandeur and Independence: Mirage Diplomacy, French Foreign Policy and International Affairs, 1958-1970.” Dr. George C. Herring, Director 1989 M.A., History, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Thesis: “The Vietnam War in Franco-American Relations, 1963-1967.” Dr. George C. Herring, Director 1987 Maîtrise, History, Université de Haute-Bretagne, Rennes, France Thesis: “Les relations franco-américaines dans la presse hebdomadaire des Etats-Unis, 1981-1986.” (Franco-American Relations in the U.S. Weekly Press, 1981-1986) Dr. Jacques Thobie, Director 1986 Licence, History, Université de Haute-Bretagne, Rennes, France 1985 D.E.U.G., History, Université de Haute-Bretagne, Rennes, France ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Book review of Roger D. Launius and Janet R. Daly Bednarek, eds., Reconsidering a Century of Flight , published in The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 101 (Autumn 2004), 531-534. Book review of Robin Higham, 100 Years of Air Power and Aviation, published in The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 101 (Autumn 2004), 531-534. “Mirages Over the Andes: Peru, France, the United States and Military Jet Procurement in the 1960s,” Article published in Pacific Historical Review, 71 (May 2002), 269-300. “Viols de guerre: Le cas de la libération de la France, 1944-1945,” (Wartime Rapes: The Case of the Liberation of France, 1944-1945) Article co-written with Sociology Professor J. Robert Lilly published in a special issue on gender history in the French scholarly journal Vingtième Siécle, 75 (Juillet-Septembre 2002), 109-121. SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY “The War of the Two Jacquelines: French and American Women in Jet Aviation,” Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Historical Association, Philadelphia, January 2006. “A Nasty Gaullist Twist from de Gaulle’s Successor: French Mediterranean Policy and Arms Sales to Libya,” Paper presented at the annual conference of the Western Society for French History, Colorado Springs, October 2005. “Le Défi français: France’s Aeronautical Challenge to the United States,” Paper presented at the International Colloquium: Cold War France and America: New Perspectives, Florida State University, Tallahassee, February 2005. “Les Chevaliers du Ciel: Promoting the Military through Pop Culture,” Paper presented at the International Colloquium on History and Politics in French-Language Comics, Miami University, Oxford, OH, November 2004. Chair and Commentator on a panel titled “Gender and Empire in France and Great Britain (1890-1939)” at the Bluegrass Symposium, University of Kentucky, April 2004. “’O’ for Australia: French Mirage Sales Down Under,” Paper presented at the annual conference of the Western Society for French History, Newport Beach, California, October 2003. Chair and Commentator on a panel titled “Being French” at the annual Ohio History Valley Conference, Eastern Kentucky University, October 2003. “The Five-Year Aeronautical Plan: Reconstructing France’s Air Power and Grandeur, 1951-1955,” Paper presented at the annual conference of The Historical Society, Atlanta, GA. May 2002. “Images of Mirages: Jet Aviation and French Identity in the 1960s,” Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for French Historical Studies, Toronto, Canada. April 2002. “U.S. Soldiers as Rapists in World War II: The Liberation of France, A Case Study,” Paper co-presented with Sociology Professor J. Robert Lilly at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual conference, Washington, D.C., April 2001. “Mirage Diplomacy: French Foreign Policy and Mirage Sales in the 1960s,” Paper presented at the Society for French Historical Studies annual conference, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, March 2001. “France and the Mirage of Grandeur and Independence.” Talk given as part of the Military History Lecture Series, Northern Kentucky University, February 2000. “Mirages of Sovereignty: French Jet Sales to Peru and U.S. Reactions, 1967-1969.” Paper presented at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Morehead State University, March 1997. “Femmes de Pêcheurs d'Islande.” Participated in the creation and display of an itinerant exhibit on the subject of wives, mothers and daughters of Breton fishermen in the 19th century. Université de Haute-Bretagne, Rennes, France, 1986. WORK IN PROGRESS Mirages of Grandeur: Jet Aviation in France’s National Identity and Foreign Policy, 1956-1969, Book manuscript under revision. |