Episode 6: Interview with Dr Constance Bantman: Jean Grave and the Networks of French Anarchism

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This episode is our first with a guest, the brilliant scholar of French & transnational anarchism Dr Constance Bantman (University of Surrey, @ConnieLorene). Constance joined us to speak about her forthcoming book, 'Jean Grave and the Networks of French Anarchism,' which examines the life, work and connections of one of the most influential anarchists of the late 19th/early 20th century. Our discussion takes us through many aspects of Grave's activism: including his personal relationships, his internationalism & role in solidarity campaigns, his controversial position on the First World War & his educational work.

Constance was written widely on turn-of-the-century anarchism and beyond. You can see her full bibliography here: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/constance-bantman

An open-access version of her article 'Jean Grave and French Anarchism: A Relational Approach (1870s-1914)' which informed this discussion can be found here: https://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/841830/

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The podcast music is Stealing Orchestra & Rafael Dionísio, 'Gente da minha terra (que me mete um nojo do caralho).' Reproduced from the Free Music Archive under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

The podcast logo is an adapted version of the Left Book Club logo (1936-48), reproduced, edited and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International licence. Original available here

The image in this episode is a police mugshot of Jean Grave taken by Alphonse Bertillon in 1894, which is in the public domain and can be found here: https://bit.ly/2NLcScQ