Karine Rance

Karine Rance is a Lecturer in Contemporary History at the University of Clermont Auvergne and a CNRS delegate at the Triangle research unit (UMR 5206) for the 2024/2025 academic year. Her research focuses on digital humanities, epistolary networks, transnational political ideas, and the French Revolution's impact on gender and race dynamics. She has directed multiple scientific works, including Race and the French Revolution (2024) and Revolutionary Emotions (2024).

Her recent publications analyze exile, political exile networks, and correspondence's role in 18th- and 19th-century Europe. She has organized international conferences such as Displaced, Exiled (2024) and contributed to media discussions on historical memory and migration. Rance also coordinates research projects like Transacor (transatlantic connections in crisis periods) and collaborates with institutions like the Gergovie Museum to adapt historical exhibitions. Her work bridges historical analysis with digital methodologies, emphasizing the interplay between political thought and social practices.

• Grants/Projects: Coordinated Saying the Intimate in Exile (2019-2022), Transacor (2022-2024), and CoPro (2023).
• Labs/Teams: Member of Triangle UMR 5206’s Politics: History, Speeches, Issues pole and collaborates with the International Egodocumental Network and Historical Network Research.