The Western Society for French History (WSFH) is, along with the Society for French Historical Studies

Society for French Historical Studies

The Society for French Historical Studies is, along with the Western Society for French History , one of the two primary historical societies devoted to the study of French history headquartered in the United States....

, one of the two primary historical societies devoted to the study of French history headquartered in the United States.

The WSFH was founded in 1974, and "seeks to promote the study of French and Francophone history."

The WSFH holds an annual meeting and publishes the Proceedings of the Western Society for French History. The 2010 meeting is scheduled for October in Lafayette

Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...

, Louisiana

Louisiana

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Past presidents of the WSFH include Brison D. Gooch

Brison D. Gooch

Brison Dowling Gooch is a professor emeritus of 19th-century European history at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He is an authority on the Revolutions of 1848, Napoleon III, Belgium, and the Crimean War....

, professor emeritus from Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

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, who is retired in Silverton

Silverton, Colorado

The town of Silverton is a Statutory Town that is the county seat of, and the only incorporated municipality in, San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Silverton is a former silver mining camp, most or all of which is now included in a federally designated National Historic Landmark District,...

, Colorado

Colorado

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