Introduction
From both an editorial perspective and in terms of the relationship between the discipline of history and public discourse, the first edition of the World History of France in 2017 undoubtedly marked a significant moment in historiography. Regardless of one’s assessment of the sometimes heated debates that this book sparked, it is necessary to take a critical look back at this experiment. For now, the significance of this project is measured less by the book’s own proposals than by the way in which they have been understood, taken up, and reinterpreted. This international conference therefore aims to open a broad debate with those who have embraced, if not this model, then at least this inspiration, to rethink the relationship between national narrative and world history. There are currently twelve publishing initiatives in Europe that, in a comparable manner, offer a global history of nations (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Hungary, as well as Catalonia, Sicily, Flanders, and Lorraine), and the conference also aims to foster dialogue among them. For European history can also be written as the sum of the global histories of the nations that comprise it.
Scientific coordination: Nicolas Delalande (Sciences Po Paris), Florian Mazel (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Yann Potin (National Archives), Pierre Singaravélou (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne).