{"id":28096,"date":"2026-10-01T08:48:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?p=28096"},"modified":"2026-10-01T08:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:48:58","slug":"rod-phillips-talks-to-radio-france-international-about-divorce-and-to-other-media-about-wine-and-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2026\/rod-phillips-talks-to-radio-france-international-about-divorce-and-to-other-media-about-wine-and-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Phillips talks to Radio France International about divorce and to other media about wine and alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Rod Phillips talks to Radio France International about divorce and to other media about wine and alcohol\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During September, Professor Rod Phillips spoke to a number of media about the histories of divorce, wine, and alcohol, all areas of his research.<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/roderick-phillips\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/roderick-phillips\/\">Rod Phillips <\/a>talks to Radio France International about divorce and to other media about wine and alcohol<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During September,<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/roderick-phillips\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/roderick-phillips\/\"> Professor Rod Phillips <\/a>spoke to a number of media about the histories of divorce, wine, and alcohol, all areas of his research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He gave an interview for Radio France International\u2019s history podcast on France\u2019s first divorce law, which was passed in 1792, during the French Revolution. It was not only far more liberal than any divorce law in Europe or North America at the time, but it made divorce more accessible than most current divorce laws. (The social and demographic aspects of divorces under this law were the subject of Rod\u2019s doctoral dissertation.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A write-up of the interview is here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/en\/france\/20260926-france-s-first-divorce-law-a-social-revolution-ahead-of-its-time\">https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/en\/france\/20260926-france-s-first-divorce-law-a-social-revolution-ahead-of-its-time<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The podcast is here (from about minute 14):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/en\/podcasts\/spotlight-on-france\/20260924-podcast-pope-in-secular-france-vultures-and-farmers-first-divorce-law\">https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/en\/podcasts\/spotlight-on-france\/20260924-podcast-pope-in-secular-france-vultures-and-farmers-first-divorce-law<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rod also gave a feature interview for Areni Global, a wine-focused think-tank based in Paris, where he talked about the history of the notion that wine can improve with age. This is a fairly recent concept that probably emerged in a coherent form from the mid-1800s. Rod linked it to wider trends, such as more significance being attached to human aging and to developments in statistics at this time. The interview will be aired in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rod also did interviews for radio stations in Toronto and Vancouver on the current decline of alcohol consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Phillips offers courses at Carleton on the French Revolution and the history of alcohol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rod Phillips talks to Radio France International about divorce and to other media about wine and alcohol During September, Professor Rod Phillips spoke to a number of media about the histories of divorce, wine, and alcohol, all areas of his research. 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