Dr. Rod Phillips

Biography

Rod Phillips is a historian specializing in early modern Europe, with a particular focus on eighteenth-century France and the French Revolution. His thematic interests include the history of wine, food, and family, which he explores in various publications. Phillips is the editor of the Journal of Family History and is currently preparing a new edition of his survey on the history of divorce, originally published in 1988. In the late 1990s, he became interested in the history of wine and has authored several books and articles on the subject, supported by an SSHRC Insight Grant. He has also contributed to wine media and has a long history of judging wine competitions. Phillips has conducted research on human-cat relationships, with a forthcoming book that discusses the interactions between humans and cats over 12,000 years. He teaches undergraduate courses on the history of alcohol, food, and the French Revolution, and supervises master's and doctoral theses focusing on topics in these fields.

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