Philippine is a first-year master’s student in history at Concordia University, where she also completed a bachelor’s degree in history and political science. She is now the Project Curator for the Capstone 2027-2028 exhibition in September 2025, as well as the Research Support Officer for DePOT. In this role, she will be responsible for data collection and exhibition setup.
Her research focuses on deindustrialization and domestic violence in the Pas-de-Calais department (France). She has been awarded the DéPOT grant for the years 2025-2027, which supports her research objectives. Philippine is delighted to be contributing to this project once again and to play a concrete role in its conclusion.
The Hidden Tool of Deindustrialization: Domestic Violence
My research explores the link between deindustrialization and the rise in domestic violence in the Pas-de-Calais department in France. The central hypothesis is that the deindustrialization of the 1980s contributed to an increase in domestic violence through unemployment, economic stress, and alcohol consumption, reconfiguring the dynamics of working-class families.
My study will be based on an interdisciplinary approach combining mainly history and sociology, using oral history as the primary research tool and emphasizing the importance of memory and the preservation of lived experiences. By placing Pas-de-Calais in a comparative framework with other regions of Europe also affected by deindustrialization (such as northern England), this study aims to enrich the still largely unexplored field of links between economic transformation and domestic violence.
Email: philippine.dhalleine@concordia.ca
