Jarrige François

François Jarrige is a lecturer in history at the University of Burgundy and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France. A 19th century historian, he is interested in industrialization and its social and ecological impacts. In particular, he studies the evolution of the worlds of work, technology, socialism and energy debates.

He has notably published (with Alexis Vrignon), Face à la puissance. Une histoire des énergies alternatives à l’âge industriel, Paris, La Découverte, 2020; (with T. Le Roux), La contamination du monde. Une histoire des pollutions à l’âge industriel, Paris, Seuil (coll. “L’univers historique”), 2017; (with E. Fureix), La modernité désenchantée. Relire l’histoire du xixe siècle français, Paris, La Découverte, 2015; and Technocritiques. Du refus des machines à la contestation des technosciences, Paris, La Découverte, 2014.

He has also edited several books and journal issues, including (with Q. Deluermoz), “La part animale du xixe siècle,” Revue d’histoire du xixe siècle, no. 54, 2017; and Dompter Prométhée. Technologies et socialismes à l’âge romantique, Besançon, PUFC, 2016