Marc Calvini-Lefebvre

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An MPhil/PhD student of the Politics Department at Goldsmiths College, University of London, I joined the Department in September 2004 after successfully applying for its unique three-year Research Scholarship.

This website provides an overview of my:

A full CV can be downloaded here.

 Marc Calvini-Lefebvre at Westminster
 If you would like to get in touch, please click on this photo or email me at: m.lefebvre@gold.ac.uk

Academic Training

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Research Interests

  • The history of political thought in Britain since 1789
  • The historical study of political languages, particularly feminism(s)
  • Methodological issues in the historical study of ideas
  • Feminist political theory, past and present
  • The Great War, particularly its impact on political language
  • The use of Information Technology in learning and teaching in Higher Education

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Current Project

The Great War witnessed the fragmentation of the main organisations of the British women’s movement primarily as a result of deep disagreements over the question of what women’s attitude should be both to this war in particular and to warfare/violence in general. What, I ask in this thesis, were the ideological stakes of that ‘women-and-war’ debate?

A longer synopsis is available here.

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Post-graduate Seminars Created

  • History of Feminism Network (since 2006): I am the founder and main organiser of the History of Feminism Network. This is a website (to view it, go to http://community.gold.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=39 and click on ‘Login as guest’) designed primarily to allow postgraduate historians of feminism to meet fellow researchers in their field; exchange information on useful archival or other research resources, conference calls for papers, job opportunities and so on; and debate issues in or for their discipline. It was launched in September 2006 and currently has close to 50 members, located all over the world. The site also serves as the principal co-ordinating tool for the network’s ‘London Group’ which brings together a dozen post-graduate students once a month at the Women’s Library where we discuss the work (often a chapter) that one of our members has posted on the site for our consideration or papers published by scholars working in the history of feminism.

  • Politics Postgraduate Research Seminar (since 2005): I am the founder and main organiser of the postgraduate research seminar of the Politics Department at Goldsmiths. The MPhil/PhD students of the department meet every two weeks to discuss each other's work. The paper to be discussed any given week is posted on the seminar's website the preceding week, giving each of the attendees time to read it and prepare questions.

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Teaching

I run seminars for two different courses, for which I have created Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) using Moodle with the support of Goldsmiths's Centre for Excellence in Learning Technology:
  • To visit the VLE for the first year Introduction to Political Theory course, click on the "Login as a guest" button of this page  
  • To visit the VLE for the second year Modern Political Theory course, click on the "Login as a guest" button of this page

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Conference Papers Presented

Paper Title: "The place of the Great War in the history of British feminism" Conference: Thinking Gender: The NEXT Generation, organised by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies at Leeds University
Date: June 2006
To read or listen to the 20 minute presentation, read the abstract or view the Powerpoint show, click here.

Paper Title: "Gendering the war and peace debate in Britain: a capitulation to separate-sphere ideology?"
Conference: "The Gentler Sex? Responses of the women's movement to the First World War 1914-1919", at the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies in London
Date: September 2005
To read the abstract, click here.

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Awards and Fellowships

Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching - April 2006
  • Purpose of the Award: To recognise established excellence in learning and teaching practice based on criteria adapted from the externally awarded National Teaching Fellowships Scheme: ability to influence and inspire learners, ability to influence and inspire colleagues, ability to influence one's community of practice, adopting a reflective approach to teaching and the support of learning.
  • Awarding Body: Learning and Teaching Office, Goldsmiths College
  • Category: Rising Stars (2 prizes awarded in this category)

CELT Fellowship - July 2005
  • Purpose of the Award: To support the development over the 2005-2006 academic year of learning technology tools for the first year Introduction to Political Theory seminars. You can find a brief summary of the project here.
  • Awarding Body: Centre for Excellence in Learning Technology, Goldsmiths College
  • Number of awards given: 19 

Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching - April 2005
  • Purpose of the Award: To recognise established excellence in learning and teaching practice based on criteria adapted from the externally awarded National Teaching Fellowships Scheme: ability to influence and inspire learners, ability to influence and inspire colleagues, ability to influence one's community of practice, adopting a reflective approach to teaching and the support of learning.
  • Awarding Body: Learning and Teaching Office, Goldsmiths College

Departmental research studentship - September 2004
  • Purpose of the Award: Fund a three-year PhD project full-time in the Politics Department at Goldsmiths College.
  • Awarding Body: Politics Department, Goldsmiths College

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