Dr Michael Rowe

• Modern Europe in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras

 
Key words: France | Germany | Europe | Modern | Politics and the state | Nationalism and National identity |

Michael Rowe’s research interests are focused on Continental Europe in the era spanning the French Revolution and Napoleonic period (c.1780-1830). He is currently working on a history of Europe in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic age, analyzing in particular how political culture changed under the impact of new ideas and events, and how the relationship between subject and state was transformed. Many of his publications to date have focused on German-speaking Europe, an area that in many respects represented the Continent in microcosm. Thematically, he has ranged widely, covering topics as diverse as modernisation and state/ nation building; administrative structures; propaganda; the formation of identities and concepts of citizenship; centre-periphery conflicts; and the role of military conscription in integrating new populations.

Dr. Rowe would particularly welcome applications from research students interested in working on:

• The French Revolution and Napoleon
• State formation and nationalism in the ‘long’ nineteenth century (1789-1914)
• The history of modern France and Germany
   

 
 

Dr Rowe teaches a Group II module on Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1780-1815 and on the undergraduate paper Europe from 1793-1991. He also teaches on the MA in Modern History, offering a module on Revolutions and Constitutions in Europe, 1790-1870.

Michael Rowe is Lecturer in Modern European History. Prior to joining the department in 2004, Dr Rowe lectured at Queen’s University, Belfast, following a Prize Research Fellowship at Nuffield College, Oxford. He completed his PhD thesis in Cambridge after graduating with a BA History degree from King’s College London in 1992.