Miniatures Episode 6: Stealing 99 Bottles of Alcohol - Military Tribunals & Memory Activism with Dr Claire Eldridge

Archives may be dusty places, but as Dr Claire Eldridge (University of Leeds) shows us they are far from being dry and emotionless ones. Drawing on her research on Algerian history and French colonialism, Claire discusses first how two groups of postcolonial migrants from Algeria to France remember the colonial past, and second what we can learn about soldiers’ lives during the First World War from the records of military tribunals. This podcast was originally published on 28th October 2020 as part of the ERC research project ‘Dictatorship as experience: A comparative history of everyday life and the ‘lived experience’ of dictatorship in Mediterranean Europe (1922-1975)’ led by Prof. Kate Ferris at the University of St Andrews. To learn more about the wider project, visit: ⁠arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/everyday-dictatorship/⁠ Hosted by: Dr Huw Halstead Produced by: Dr Huw Halstead Music by: Oi Palaiológoi (Violin - Roddy Beaton, Outi - David Hughes)