Véronique Duché

Soldier or Student? The Recruitment of Australian University Students in the First World War

Geographically separated from the war front by vast expanses of land and sea, Australias participation in the First World War was driven primarily by a European connection rather than immediate necessity. However, there was much uncertainty about what Australias role should be, especially at Australian universities, where students were forced to choose a path that would shape the rest of their lives: student or soldier? Built on an examination of the University of Melbourne Archives, this study explores the experience of students at a time when the number of military personnel being requested of Australia was increasing rapidly.

From book to e-book: A digital revolution in French cultural studies?

The rise of the digital revolution does not only relate to science and business, but also to literature and the arts. Therefore it is a topic worth considering for French cultural studies. This article aims to show how profoundly e-technology has changed the way French readers interact with books and all forms of textual production – reading, consuming, learning, selecting, sharing, etc. – despite the institutional resistance of a so-called ‘French conservative’ approach towards books and culture. As a matter of fact, more and more artists and writers are using e-technology. We will demonstrate, via two case studies of livres d’artiste by Serge Bouchardon and Nicolas Frespech, how these e-books can be seen as perfect cultural studies ‘objects’, since they combine different media and exemplify some of the striking shifts in the French cultural field.