Julian Bourg

Julian Bourg is an associate professor of history at Boston College. His book, From Revolution to Ethics: May 1968 and Contemporary French Thought (2007, 2017) won the 2008 Morris D. Forkosch Prize from the Journal of the History of Ideas. He is currently writing a conceptual history of terrorism since the 18th century.


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May 1968 @50

On April 27, 2018, a hundred people showed up at Columbia University to talk about the French student and worker revolts of May–June 1968. Many such conferences are taking place around the world to celebrate the 50th anniversary of that eventful and turbulent year. What made this meeting distinctive was that throughout the afternoon heady […]