Jean-Michel Turcotte
Adjunct Research Professor
- B.A. (UQAC), M.A. (Laval), Ph.D. (Laval)
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Jean-Michel Turcotte is a historian at the Directorate of History and Heritage (DHH), Department of National Defence. Before moving to Ottawa, he completed a PhD in history at Université Laval in 2018, and thereafter, undertook postdoctoral fellowships in Berlin, Potsdam and Mainz in Germany. As a specialist of war and armed conflict, his research interests encompass the history of wartime captivity, humanitarianism, international humanitarian law and Canadian international and military history. At DHH, he is currently co-authors of the Official History of Canadian Military Observers in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1954-1973 as well as working on an Official History of Canadian Peace Support Operations, 1945-1971.
He welcomes collaborations, including requests for co-supervision of graduate students, and is looking forward to working closely with Carleton historians, students, and others.
Other Affiliations
2024 The Northern Mariner
- Book Review Editor
2023 Bill Graham Center for Contemporary International History
- Senior Fellow
Previous Positions
2020 – 2023 Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz
- Postdoctoral Fellow
2019 – 2020 Chair of War Studies, University of Potsdam
- Postdoctoral Fellow
2018 – 2019 John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Free University, Berlin
- Postdoctoral Fellow
Recent Fellowships
2022 Post-doctoral Fellowship, German Historical Institute, Washington
- Research Fellowship
2022 German Historical Institute in Paris
- Karl-Ferdinand-Werner-Fellowship
2020 – 2023 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada)
- Postdoctoral Scholarship
2019 Transatlantic Studies Association/Halle Foundation
- Travel Grant
2018 – 2020 Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture
- Postdoctoral Scholarship
2018 Harry S. Truman Presidential Library
- Research Grant
2017 Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Research School, DAAD
- Doctoral Fellowship, PhD Exchange
2014 – 2017 Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture
- Doctoral research grant
2015 Doctoral Fellowship, German Historical Institute, Washington
- Doctoral Research Fellowship
2013 Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), interDaf e.V am Herder-Institut der Universität Leipzig, Germany
- German Class
2012 Association internationale d’études québécoises (AIEQ)
- Internship at University of Saarland, Germany
Selected Publications
[Book]
Comment traiter les « soldats d’Hitler » ? Les relations interalliées et la détention des prisonniers de guerre allemands (1939-1945) [What to do with Hitler’s Soldiers? Interallied Relations and the Captivity of German Prisoners of War, 1939-1945], Ottawa: University Press of Ottawa, 2022, 406 p.
Comment traiter les « soldats d’Hitler » ? – University of Ottawa Press
[Peer-Reviewed Articles]
Jean-Michel Turcotte and John MacFarlane, “Between Frustration and Success: The Canadian Military Experience on the International Commission of Control and Supervision in Vietnam, 1973,” Journal of Military History, Vol. 89, No. 1, January 2025, pp. 128–54.
“The Major Humanitarian Dilemma of Neutrality. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Prisoners of War in Korea, 1950–1953,” Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, vol. 13, Issue 3 (2022): 263–280.
“Le fonctionnalisme en pratique : la diplomatie canadienne face à l’affaire de Koje-Do durant la guerre de Corée,” Canadian Historical Review, vol. 103, Issue 2 (2022): 277–302.
“Une coopération complexe entre humanitaires et militaires : Le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge et le Commandement des Nations Unies durant la guerre de Corée,” Relations Internationales, vol. 186, Issue 2 (2021): 65–82.
“A Truly Ambivalent Collaboration: Canadian-British Wartime Relation and German Prisoners of War, 1940–1945,” International History Review, vol. 42, Issue 3 (2020): 526–542.
“‘An Important Contribution to the Allied War Effort.’ Canada and North Atlantic Intelligence Exchange on German POWs, 1940–1945,” Intelligence and National Security, vol. 34, Issue 2 (2019): 289–306.
“Collaborer avec le Commonwealth? Les relations canado-britanniques et la détention de guerre au Canada, 1940–1945,” Canadian Historical Review, vol. 99, Issue 3 (2018): 428–455.
“To have a friendly co-operation between Canadians and Americans. Les prisonniers de guerres allemands en Amérique du Nord, 1940-1945. Objet d’une cooperation américo-canadienne,” Bulletin d’histoire Politique, vol. 26, Issue 3 (2018): 105–127.
“La participation canadienne à la rééducation des prisonniers de guerre allemands : l’expérience du camp de Sorel au Québec, 1945–1946,” Revue Cap-Aux-Diamants, no 132 (2018) : 12–14.
“Bowmanville, October 1942: The ‘Shackling Crisis’ and the German Prisoners of War in Canada,” in Johannes Paulmann, Marc Palen, Andrew Tompson and Fabian Klose, Online Atlas on the History of Humanitarianism and Human Rights, 2018. http://hhr-atlas.ieg-mainz.de/articles/turcotte-bowmanville
“To have a friendly co-operation between Canadians and Americans: The Canada–U.S. Relationship Regarding German Prisoners of War, 1940–1945,” Diplomacy & Statecraft, vol. 28, Issue 3 (2017): 383–402.
“Entre appui et condamnation, la presse britannique et la campagne de bombardements stratégiques sur l’Allemagne (1939–1945),” Guerres mondiales et conflits contemporains, vol. 258, Issue 2 (2015): 105–124.
[Book Chapters]
“Civilian internees, common criminals or dangerous Communists? The International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Command and Internment in South Korean, 1950–1953,” in Gabriele Anderl, Linda Erker, Christoph Renprecht (ed.), Internment Refugee Camps: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Bielefeld, Transcript-verlag, 2023): 125–136.