January 17, French Revolution Focus of Lecture Hosted by UAB, Alliance Francaise

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the Alliance Française of Birmingham will present a free public lecture in English by author, historian and UAB Associate Professor Stephen Miller, Ph.D., “The Terror in Southern France During the French Revolution 1793-1794.”

January 7, 2009

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the Alliance Française of Birmingham will present a free public lecture in English by author, historian and UAB Associate Professor Stephen Miller, Ph.D., "The Terror in Southern France During the French Revolution 1793-1794."

The event will be held 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at the UAB Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. S. The lecture is free and open to the public. Call 205-934-8902 for more details.

Miller, who teaches in the UAB Department of History, is author of a new book, "State and Society in Eighteenth Century France: A Study of Political Power and Social Revolution in Languedoc" (2008). The book analyzes state and social relations in 18th century France and examines how social forces played a critical role in the origins and unfolding of the French Revolution.