‘Total war’ focus of Tuesday talk

4:31 p.m., Oct. 18, 2004--David A. Bell, professor of history at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss “The Cultural Origins of Total War, 1750-1815,” from 12:30-1:45 p.m., in 203 Munroe Hall, as part of the History Workshop in Technology, Society and Culture lecture series.

The workshop is free and open to the public.

Bell has written extensively on the history of 18th-Century France, most notably in his influential and award-winning 2001 book, The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680-1800.

Historical articles by Bell have appeared in major journals, including the American Historical Review, Annales, Past and Present, and The Jourrnal of Modern History. He also is a contributing editor of The New Republic and has appeared on The History Channel and as a commentator on American politics for French television news.

A professor of history at Johns Hopkins University since 1996, Bell previously taught at Yale, and received his doctorate from Princeton. Bell has won fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson International Center.

For more information, call (302) 831-3371.

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