Peter Farrugia

My research interests lie in 19th and 20th century Britain and France, particularly the study of war and peace, as well as the history of Brantford. I am especially interested in history and memory as it relates to the First World War. My current research explores the impact of two of the world’s preeminent museums – the Imperial War Museum London and l’Historial de la Grande Guerre in Péronne, France – on perceptions of the Great War in Britain and France. 

I am willing to supervise graduate students in the areas First World War studies, European pacifism and social justice, especially as it relates to food security and food production. 

• 2013 “Failure of Imagination? Rationalism, Pacifism, Memory and the Writing of Jean de Bloch and Norman Angell, 1898-1914.” Francia, Forschungen zur westeuropäischen Geschichte 40 (2013), 343-354.
• “A Small Truce in a Big War: The Historial de la Grande Guerre and the Interplay of History and Memory.” Canadian Military History, vol. 22 no. 2 (Spring 2013), 63-76.
• 2012 “Convenient Truths: History, Memory, and Identity in Brantford, Ontario.” Journal of Canadian Studies, 46.2: 122-152.
• “L’Historial de la Grande Guerre fête ses vingt ans: l’Histoire d’une réalisation unique en son genre,” trans. Elisabetta Bertinotti, in La Lettre de l’Historial no.27 (juin 2012).