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Jane McLeod is a Professor in the History Department at Brock University, affiliated with the Faculty of Humanities. She holds a Ph.D. from York University. Before joining Brock, she conducted research at the Archives nationales du Canada in Bordeaux and taught at the Universities of Saskatchewan and Windsor. Her research focuses on eighteenth-century France, with specializations in the French Revolution, print culture, censorship, state-media relations, and maritime history. She has authored major works like Print, Politics, and Trade in the French Atlantic (2024) and co-authored Amirauté de Guyenne (1993). Her current project examines printers' roles during the French Revolution. McLeod teaches European history, M.A. seminars, and honours-level courses.
Her scholarly contributions span over three decades, with a focus on printer networks, royal licensing systems, and the socio-political dimensions of book trade. Notable works include Licensing Loyalty (2011), analyzing printer-state relations, and studies on provincial inspectors and religious publishing during the Revolution. McLeod has also explored gender dynamics in printer widowhood and applied argumentation theory to historical analysis. Her research bridges cultural, political, and economic history, emphasizing transatlantic and regional perspectives.
McLeod’s publications reflect a deep engagement with archival sources and interdisciplinary methods, blending social history with textual analysis. Her work has been published in French History, Mémoires du Livre, and Argumentation. She co-edited a thematic volume on book networks (2010) and remains active in both academic publishing and historical methodology debates.
