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VIOLENCE AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION  FRIDAY AND SATURDAY  OCTOBER 26-27, 2001 A conference exploring the phenomenon of violence in its broadest manifestations during the 1790s. Paper topics include war, various forms of government repression, violence by women, memories of violence, low level insurgency, and revolutionary tribunals.  Participants:  Philippe Bourdin, Universit&#233; de Blaise-Pascal (Clermont Ferrand) R&#233;volution et transgression: autour de la mort du roi  Howard G. Brown, SUNY Binghamton  Echoes of the Terror  Haim Burstin, University of Milan  Pour une ph&#233;nom&#233;nologie de la violence r&#233;volutionnaire: r&#233;fl&#233;xions autour du cas parisien  Dominique Godineau, Universit&#233; de Haute-Bretagne, Rennes II  Femmes et violence dans l'espace politique revolutionnaire  Patrice Gueniffey, Centre Raymond Aron  Un mythe moderne: l'av&#232;nement de la d&#233;mocratie et le d&#233;clin de la guerre Carla Hesse, University of California, Berkeley  Determining Counter-revolutionary Culpability: Theories and Practices of the Juridical Terror  Colin Lucas, Oxford University  Ted Margadant, University of California, Davis  Summary Justice and the Municipal Revolutions of 1789  Jean-Cl&#233;ment Martin, Paris I-Sorbonne  A la recherche de la sp&#233;cificit&#233; de la violence de la r&#233;volution  Timothy Tackett, University of California, Irvine  The Flight to Varennes and the Terror  Charles Tilly, Columbia University  Contentious Politics and Collective Violence in 18th Century France  Rapporteurs:  Colin Jones, University of Warwick  Michel Vovelle, Paris I-Sorbonne  The conference is free and open to the public. For further information contact Professor Donald M. G. Sutherland (ds79@umail.umd.edu) or The Center for Historical Studies, phone (301) 405-8739 or visit the conference web site for updates.