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Dr. Michael Rapport is a Reader in Modern European History at the University of Glasgow, specializing in the French Revolution and its wider geographical impacts, as well as the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. His current research projects include an exploration of the Paris Revolution and comparisons with New York and London during the same period. He is writing a book that examines the relationship between urban space and revolutionary politics in the late eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Dr. Rapport's work has garnered support from the Carnegie Trust for various research projects, focusing on the global implications of the French Revolutionary Wars. His investigations into the 'domino effect' of revolutions draw parallels between the revolutionary movements of 1848 Europe and those of the Middle East in recent years. Having grown up in New York, Dr. Rapport studied History at the University of Edinburgh and completed his PhD on the French Revolution at the University of Bristol. He has taught at the University of Stirling for seventeen years before joining the University of Glasgow's School of Humanities in 2013. Alongside his academic pursuits, he enjoys hillwalking and spending quality time with his family.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland
Teaching, researching, and supervising students in Modern European History.