Becoming a Terrorist with Dr. Jeff Horn
Dr. Jeff Horn talks about how a young idealist spread The Terror in Revolutionary France.
Today’s special episode is an interview with Dr. Jeff Horn. Horn is currently the Dean of Social Science at Bellevue College after 31 years teaching European and world history at Manhattan College, George Mason University, and Stetson University. A two-time Co-President of the Society for French Historical Studies, Horn also served as President of the Western Society for French History and as Co-Moderator of the New York French History Group.
Horn has published nine books, and dozens of articles, many of which are essential reading for modern French historians. Today we are discussing his book: The Making of a Terrorist: Alexandre Rousselin and the French Revolution. This remarkable book is about a little-known but important figure. Only 16 when the Revolution began, Rousselin climbed the political ladder, reaching the height of his career during the Terror, which he took an active role in spreading.
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Jeff Horn is Dean of Social Science at Bellevue College after 31 years teaching European and world history at Manhattan College, George Mason University, and Stetson University. He received his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania where he worked with Lynn Hunt. A two-time Co-President of the Society for French Historical Studies with Sally Charnow, Horn also served as President of the Western Society for French History and as Co-Moderator of the New York French History Group with David Troyansky.
Horn has published nine books, 45 articles and book chapters, and 69 scholarly book reviews while delivering more than 70 plenaries, invited talks, and conference papers. His three most recent books were published by Oxford University Press: A People’s History of the World, 1400 to the present (2022) https://global.oup.com/a-peoples-history-of-the-world-horn; The Making of a Terrorist: Alexandre Rousselin and the French Revolution (2021 [Paperback edition: 2023]) https://global.oup.com/the-making-of-a-terrorist-horn; and ed., Voices of a People’s History of the World, 1400 to the present (2022) https://global.oup.com/voices-of-a-peoples-history-of-the-world-horn. For more information, see: https://www.bellevuecollege.edu/socsci/staff/jeff-horn-ph-d/.