MONIER FREDERIC
Subjects taught
Contemporary history.Structure(s)
Component and department
History Department
UFR Humanities and Social Sciences
Research topics
My research focuses on the political and cultural history of France from the 19th to the end of the 20th century. My research focuses on: the left and power, the practices and cultures of secrecy in politics (conspiracies, clientelism and patronage, corruption), and more recently the links between nuclear energy and society (consent and rejection).
Biography
Biography :
- 1988: Agrégation of History
- 1988-1990: teacher in secondary school
- 1990-1992: Reader at the University of Oviedo (Spain)
- 1992-1996: ATER at the University of Paris-X Nanterre
- 1995: Doctoral thesis. L'apparition du complot communiste en France (1917-1932): le pouvoir d'Etat et l'opinion publique face à la section française de la Troisième Internationale dans les années vingt, under the direction of J.-J. Becker, Université Paris-X Nanterre, 2 vols.
- 1996-2001: Lecturer in contemporary history at the University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambrésis
- 2001- 2007: lecturer in contemporary history at the University of Avignon
- 2006: Dissertation for the habilitation to direct research. La politique en clair-obscur: espace public, secret, demandes privées en France (années 1880- années 1930), under the direction of Ch. Prochasson, EHESS, 3 vols. Volume 1: Synthèse des travaux et perspectives de recherche; volume 2: La politique des plaintes. Edouard Daladier and the crisis of radical clientelism (1912-1940); volume 3: Published works.
- Since 2008: Professor at the University of Avignon
- Since 2010: full researcher at the Norbert Elias Centre (UMR 8562, CNRS, University of Avignon, EHESS, AMU).
- 2018-2019 and 2019-2020: CNRS delegation (50%) at the Mediterranean Sociology Laboratory, LAMES (UMR 7305, CNRS AMU)
- Since 2021: Associate researcher at MESOPOLHIS (UMR CNRS 7064)
- Since 2022: Associate researcher with the GREEPIC research group (power, institutions and corruption in contemporary times) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Publications
Personal works
- Conspiracy in the Republic. Strategies of secrecy from Boulanger to the CagouleParis, La Découverte, "L'Espace de l'Histoire", 1998, 339p.
- The twentiesParis, Livre de Poche, "La France contemporaine", 1999, 217p.
- The Popular FrontParis, La Découverte, "Repères", 2002, 123p.
- The politics of complaints. Clientelism and social demands in Edouard Daladier's Vaucluse (1890- 1940)Paris, La Boutique de l'Histoire éditions, 2007, 405 p.
- Corruption and politics: nothing new? Paris, A. Colin, coll. "éléments de réponse/libertés de l'historien", 2011, 185 p.
-Léon Blum, morality and powerParis, A. Colin, "nouvelles biographies historiques", 2016, 283 p.
Editing of books and journal issues
-Politics and war. To understand the XXe European century. Tribute to Jean-Jacques BeckerFrédéric Monier, with S. Audoin-Rouzeau, A. Becker, S. Coeuré, V. Duclert, Paris, Agnès Viénot/Noésis, 2002, 655p.
-Plots and conspiracies in France from the 18th centurye in the XXe century", Lez Valenciennesn°32, Presses universitaires de Valenciennes, 2003, 150p.
- New Perspectives on the Spanish War", Jean-Richard Bloch studies, Bulletin n°13, 2007, 271p.
- Politics from below. Private practices and public debates, 19th-20th centurieswith Jens Ivo Engels and Natalie Petiteau (eds.), Paris, A. Colin, 2012, 255p.
-A counter-history of the IIIe RepublicMarion Fontaine, Frédéric Monier and Christophe Prochasson (dir.), Paris, La Découverte, 2013, 400p.
-Corruption and its critics. Debates in Europe around 1900", Cahiers Jaurès, n° 209, 2013.
- Political patronage and corruption in contemporary Europewith Olivier Dard and Jens Ivo Engels (eds.), Paris, A. Colin, 2014, 288p.
- Scandals and corruption in contemporary timesine, with Olivier Dard, Jens Ivo Engels and Andreas Fahrmeir (eds.), Paris, A. Colin, 2014, 296 p.
- Krumme Touren in der Wirtschaft. Zur Geschichte ethischen Fehlverhaltens und seiner Bekämpfung, with J. I. Engels, A. Fahrmeir and O. Dard (eds.), München, Böhlau, 2015, 215p.
- Stadt, Macht, Korruptionwith Jens Ivo Engels, Andreas Fahrmeir, Cesare Mattina (eds.), Frankfurt, Frantz Steiner, 2017, 190p.
- Morality of power and corruption in France and Romania, XVIIIe-XXe centurieswith Silvia Marton and Olivier Dard (eds.), Paris, Presses de l'université Paris-Sorbonne, 2017, 232p.
- Denouncing corruption. White knights, pamphleteers and promoters of transparency in contemporary timeswith Cesare Mattina, Olivier Dard and Jens Ivo Engels (eds.), Paris, Demopolis, 2018, 382p.
- With Gemma Rubi, "Corruption and political modernization in contemporary Europe", Ayer. Revista de historia contemporáneaNo. 115, 2019 (3), pp.11-157.
- Money for politicians: remuneration of elected representatives and party financing in Europe around 1900, Cahiers JaurèsNo. 235-236, 2020, pp.3-104.
- History of transparency in politics and societywith Jens Ivo Engels (ed.), Göttingen, Vandenhoek § Ruprecht Unipress, 2020, 188p.
- Immoral money and war profiteers in contemporary timeswith Olivier Dard and Jens Ivo Engels (eds.), Brussels, P. Lang, 2020, 365p.
- Corruption, Empire and colonialism in the modern era: a global perspectiveBasingstoke, Palgrave Mc Millan, 'Palgrave series in comparative global history', 2021.
- Las sombras de la transparencia. Secrecy, Corruption and the 'Deep State' in Contemporary Europewith Lluis Ferran Toledano, Joan Pubill and Gemma Rubi (eds.), Granada, Comares editorial, 2022, 270 p.
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
- The obsessions of Henri Béraud, Twentieth centuryNo. 40, 1993, p.62-74.
- A counter-revolutionary party in Asturias at the end of the 18th centurye century", Journal of Modern and Contemporary HistorySpain-Spain, XVe-XXe siècles", n°41-2, 1994, p.237-252.
- The Crime of the Communist Worker: Political Uses of an Imaginary Conspiracy", History of Justice, n°7, 1994, p.163-186.
- Public archives and state security, 1890-1940, Jean Jaurès quarterly notebooksNo. 135, 1995, pp. 20-27.
- With Sophie Coeuré and Gérard Naud, "The return of French archives from Russia: the case of the Sûreté collection", Twentieth centuryNo. 45, 1995, p.133-139.
- From Anarchist to Communist Leaders: Magistrates and Social Order", Jean Jaurès trimestri notebooksels, n°141, 1996, p.49-58.
- Republican state and political repression, 1880-1940", Jean Jaurès quarterly notebooksNo. 150, 1998, p.105-118.
- "The intangible regime. Republic and conspiracies", PolitixChanger de régime", n°47, 1999, p.105- 118.
- With Sophie Coeuré, "Paul Gorgulov, assassin de Paul Doumer (1932)", Twentieth centuryNo. 65, 2000, p.35-46.
- Secrecy in politics: a history to be written", Materials for the history of our timeNo. 58, 2000, p.3-8.
- Party Secrets and State Suspicion in 1930s France", Politix, n°54, 2001, p.119-138.
- The Secret Share: A State of Play", Lez ValenciennesNo. 32, 2003, p.7-14.
- Back to 6 February 1934", Cahiers Léon Blum, n°34, 2003, p.77-98.
- Two views on a story: support for Republican Spain in France (1936-1939)", Studies Jean-Richard Bloch2007, n°13, p.15-42.
- The Marseille bombing (9 October 1934): regicide and terrorism in 1930s Europe", The French Revolution. Cahiers de l'institut d'histoire de la Révolution française, 2012.
- "Defending 'terrorists' in 1935 France. The lawyer of the Croatian Ustasha", The Social Movement2012, No. 240, p.105-120.
- Political Corruption: A European History, Cahiers JaurèsNo. 209, 2013, pp.3-13.
- Investigating corruption: Jaurès and the Rochette Commission, Ibidpp.71-91.
- Between model and anti-model. Essay on the French historiography of the Third World.e Republic", Neue Politische LiteraturJg. 59 (2014), 1, pp.43-62.
- With Anne-José Fulgéras and Fabrice Lhomme, (round table), "How to fight corruption? ", Spirit, n°402, February 2014, p.63-74.
- Corruption, daughter of political modernity? International and Strategic Reviewe, 101, 2016, pp.65- 74.
-With Gilles Candar, "Un faux Jaurès espagnol - presentation", Cahiers Jaurès, 2016, n° 221, p.153-156
- With Jens Ivo Engels and Silvia Marton, "Snow white politicians", 9 May 2017, The Life of IdeasEssays and debates", [online], http://www.laviedesidees.fr/Des-politiques-blancs-comme-neige.html
- With Gemma Rubi, 'Los favores y los sermones', Ayer. Revista de historia contemporánea2019 (3), no. 115, p.13-21.
- ¿Un "régimen honesto"? Soberanía y virtud en la República francesa (1870-1940)", Ayer. Revista de historia contemporánea, 2019 (3), 115, p.51-75.
- Presentation, Cahiers JaurèsL'argent des politiques: rémunération des élus et financement des partis en Europe vers 1900', No. 235-236, 2020, pp. 3-13.
- With Christophe Portalez, "A disputed norm: the parliamentary allowance in France", Cahiers JaurèsNo. 235-236, 2020, p.15-36.
- "Jaurès: the parliamentary indemnity (speech of November 1906) - Presentation", Cahiers JaurèsNo. 235-236, 2020, p.93-97.
Contributions to international symposium proceedings and collective works
- The State in the face of communist protest", in Servants of the State. A political history of the French administration, 1875-1945, M.-O. Baruch and V. Duclert [eds], Paris, La Découverte, 2000, p.427-438.
- The imagery of a conspiracy: the invention of the Cagoule, 1936-1939", in Politics and war. To understand the European 20th centuryS. Audoin-Rouzeau et alii [ed.], Paris, Agnès Viénot/Noésis, 2002, p.328-341.
- The Republic of the Communists", in Critical Dictionary of the Republic, V. Duclert and Ch. Prochasson [eds], Paris, Flammarion, 2002, p.320-326.
-With Bertrand Joly and Vincent Duclert, "La défense républicaine", in Ibid, p.145-154.
-The 'end of the white French race': notes on some silences", in Something happened... on 21 April 2002Vincent Duclert, Christophe Prochasson, Perrine Simon Nahum (dir.), Paris, Denoël, 2003, p.128-134.
- With Sophie Coeuré, "De l'ombre à la lumière: les archives françaises de retour de Moscou, 1940-2002", in Secret' archives, archival secrets? S. Laurent [ed.], Paris, CNRS éditions, 2003, p.133-148.
- Cartel of the Lefts and Radical Governments (1924-1926 and 1932-1934)", in History of the Left in FranceJ.-J. Becker and G. Candar [eds], vol. 2 : 20th century, tested by historyParis, La Découverte, 2004, p.227-237.
-The Popular Front", in History of the Lefts, ibidemvol. 2, p.238-254.
-Mr Daladier, I am tired of writing", in Bread, peace, freedom. Experiences and territories of the Popular FrontXavier Vigna, Jean Vigreux and Serge Wolikow [eds], Paris, éditions sociales, "Histoire/Essais", 2006, p.53-68.
-Quantième de l'espérance. Foreword", in France Bloch and Frédo Sérazin. A couple in the ResistanceDVD-CD Rom, film by Marie Cristiani, files coordinated by Alain Quella-Villéger, Scérén, CRDP Poitou- Charentes, 2009.
-The French Communist Party and its activists during the Second World War", in Ibid
-A 'democratic patronage': social integration and Republican legitimacy in France (circa 1880 - circa 1940)", in Integration, Legitimation, Korruption. Politische Patronage in früher Neuzeit und ModerneRonald G. Asch, Birgit Emich, Jens I. Engels (eds.),Bern, Peter Lang, 2011, p.97-112.
- With Jens Ivo Engels, 'For a comparative history of favours and corruption: France and Germany, 19th-20th centuries', in Politics from below. Private practices and public debates, 19th-20th centuriesJens Ivo Engels, Frédéric Monier and Natalie Petiteau (eds.), Paris, A. Colin, 2012, p.127-148.
- The Republic of 'favours'", in A counter-history of the IIIe Republicwith M. Fontaine and C. Prochasson (dir.), Paris, La Découverte, 2013, p.339-352.
- Conspiracy and corruption: political morality in debate', in Citizenship, Republic, Democracy. France, 1789-1899Louis Hincker (ed.), Paris, Atlande, 2014, p.269-285.
- With Natalie Petiteau, "Personal power", Ibid, p. 287-305.
- "'But real corruption no longer exists'. Patronages in the age of criticism", in Political patronage and corruption in contemporary EuropeO. Dard, J.I. Engels and F. Monier (eds.), Paris, A. Colin, 2014, p.13-32.
- With Jens Ivo Engels, "Introduction", in Scandals and corruption in contemporary timesO. Dard, J.I. Engels, A. Fahrmeir and F. Monier (eds.), Paris, A. Colin, 2014, p.13-30.
-Repressing Corruption: Political Conflicts and Criminal Responses in Third World Francee Republic", in Understanding and fighting corruptionPhilippe Bonfils, Laurent Mucchielli and Adrien Roux (eds.), Presses universitaires d'Aix-Marseille, 2015, p.19-32.
-Virtue in the front row? French socialists and communists facing corruption (1892-1941)", in Virtue and politics. The practices of legislators (1789-2014)M. Biard, P. Bourdin, H. Leuwers and A. Tourret (dir.), Rennes, PUR, 2015, p.339-352.
- "Le désengagement des démocraties: l'invention française de la non-intervention", in J. Canal and V. Duclert [eds], The Spanish War, a conflict that shaped EuropeParis, A. Colin, 2016, p.106-116.
- With Jens Ivo Engels, "Moderne Stadtgeschichte und Korruption. Einführende Überlegungen" ("Contemporary city history and corruption. Preliminary remarks'), in Stadt, Macht, KorruptionJens Ivo Engels, Andreas Fahrmeir, Cesare Mattina, Frédéric Monier (hrsg.), Frankfurt, Frantz Steiner, "Beiträge zur Stadtgeschichte", Bd. 20, 2017, p.11-27.
- With Silvia Marton, "Bread and Salt: An Introduction", in Morality of power and corruption in France and Romania, XVIIIe-XXe centuriesSilvia Marton, F. Monier and Olivier Dard (eds.), Paris, Presses de l'université Paris-Sorbonne, 2017, p.7-21.
- The socialist factory of morality: interests, conflicts and norms in Léon Blum's party', in Ibid, p.177-189.
- with Cesare Mattina, "Introduction", in : Denouncing corruption. White knights, pamphleteers and promoters of transparency in contemporary timesC. Mattina, F. Monier, O. Dard and J.I. Engels (eds.), Paris, Demopolis, 2018, p.13-31.
- Entre 'principios regeneradores' y escandalos: el caso francès en el siglo XIX', in La corrupción política en la España contemporánea. An interdisciplinary approachBorja de Riquer, Joan Lluís Pérez-Francesch, Gemma Rubí, Ferran Toledano, Oriol Lujan (eds.), Madrid, Marcial Pons, 2018, p.437-457.
- "A territory of nuclear deterrence: the Albion plateau", E3S Web Conferences, Volume 88, 2019, i-DUST 2018- Inter-Disciplinary Underground Science & Technology, 04001, 8p., https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20198804001
- Media strategy, the imaginary of clandestinity, and conspiracy: foreword", in The Shadow Side. A History of the Political Underground in the 20th Centurye centuryVirgile Cirefice, Grégoire le Quang, Charles Riondet (dir.), Paris, Champvallon, "Époques", 2019, p.175-179.
- El dinero de los diputados: remuneración, profesionalización y corrupción en Francia (1789-1848)', in Political corruption and liberalism in the 19th centuryMaria Antonia Peña Guerrero and Diego José Feria Lorenzo (eds.), Madrid, Editorial Comares, 2020, p.3-20.
- With Christophe Portalez, "A democratic norm? L'indemnité des élus en débats, de la Révolution française à la Grande Guerre", in The remuneration of political workÉric Kerrouche and Rémy le Saout (dir.), Paris, éditions de la fondation J. Jaurès, "Rapports", 2020, p.5-7.
- With Jens Ivo Engels, 'Researching the history of transparency', in History of transparency in politics and societyJens Ivo Engels and Frédéric Monier (eds.), Göttingen, Vandenhoek § Ruprecht Unipress, 2020, pp.7-20.
- With Gemma Rubi, "'Human-faced tigers': immoral, unpatriotic and illegitimate money in wartime", in Immoral money and war profiteers in contemporary timesOlivier Dard, Jens Ivo Engels and Frédéric Monier (eds.), Brussels, P. Lang, 2020, pp. 349-365.
- Conclusion", in Cursing the city. A Comparative Socio-History of the Denunciation of Urban CorruptionCesare Mattina and Nicolas Maïsetti (eds), Lille, Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2021, p.271-282.
- With Jean-Louis Briquet, "Élites et clientélisme en terres méditerranéennes", in Jean-Paul Pellegrinetti (ed.), For a political history of Mediterranean FranceRennes, PUR, 2021, p.449-457.
- With Pol Dalmau and Ronald Kroeze, 'Corruption, Empire and colonialism in the Modern era: towards a global perspective' in Corruption, Empire and colonialism in the modern era: a global perspectiveRonald Kroeze, Pol Dalmau Palet and Frédéric Monier (eds.), Basingstoke, Palgrave Mc Millan, 2021, pp.1-19.
- With Jens Ivo Engels, "Colonial and corruption history: future perspectives", in Corruption, Empire and colonialism in the modern era: a global perspectiveRonald Kroeze, Pol Dalmau Palet and Frédéric Monier (eds.), Basingstoke, Palgrave Mc Millan, 2021, pp.339-355.
- With Lluis Ferran Toledano, Joan Pubill and Gemma Rubi, 'Introduccion', in Las sombras de la transparencia. Secreto, corrupción y 'Estado profundo' en la Europa contemporáneawith Lluis Ferran Toledano, Joan Pubill and Gemma Rubi (eds.), Granada, Comares editorial, 2022, p.IX-XX.
- La 'inmenza fuerza oculta del dinero': denunciar una oligarquia corrupta en Francia, CA. 1900', in Las sombras de la transparencia. Secreto, corrupción y 'Estado profundo' en la Europa contemporáneawith Lluis Ferran Toledano, Joan Pubill and Gemma Rubi (eds.), Granada, Comares editorial, 2022, p.3-19.
- Outsiders? "Democratic patronage and the subalterns in France, c.1875-c.1935", in Subaltern political subjectivities and practices in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Between loyalty and resistanceKaren Lauwers, Sami Suodenjoki and Marnix Beyen (eds.), New York, Routledge, 2023, p.112-129.Dissemination of scientific culture:
-A corrupt Republic? Le Nouvel ObservateurLe pouvoir et l'argent", C. Brun (ed.), hors- série n°81, 2012, p.50-53.
- Hate and fervour: Léon Blum attacked (13 February 1936)", Notes from the Jean Jaurès Foundation, n0 294, 11 February 2016. [online]
- "Léon Blum, French Socialists and Refugees in the 1930s", Jean Jaurès Foundation, 13 July 2016. [online]
- Léon Blum, la quête de moralité", presentation of an extract from Léon Blum, Pour être socialiste [1919], in "La droite, la gauche: les grands textes", Le PointReferences, March-April 2018, p.85-86.
Coordination of international research programmes:
- March 2011- August 2014: coordination of the Franco-German programme "Politics and corruption: practices of favour and public debates in France and Germany (19th-20th c.)- POC/K", with Jens Ivo Engels (Technical University of Darmstadt). Programme supported by the ANR and the DFG (ANR-10-FRAL-0004).
- -September 2014-August 2018: coordination of the Franco-German programme "Politics and corruption: immoral money and political influence in France and Germany (19th-20th c.) POC/K2", with Jens Ivo Engels (Technical University of Darmstadt). Programme supported by the ANR and the DFG (ANR-13-FRAL-0009-02).
- -January 2015-December 2016: coordination of the Franco-Romanian programme "Corruption and Politics in France and Romania in the Contemporary Period" (CorPo), with Silvia Marton (University of Bucharest). Programme supported by an H. Curien partnership, (Brancusi 2015 32635ZA).
- -September 2018-May 2022, coordination of the Franco-German programme "History of transparency: politics made visible (France-Germany, 1890s-1990s) [Histrans], with Jens Ivo Engels (Technical University of Darmstadt). Programme supported by the ANR and the DFG (ANR-17-FRAL-007-01).
- ANR web sheet : http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/Projet-ANR-17-FRAL-0013
Mis à jour le 27 September 2023