Contact : bastien.leroy@umontreal.ca

Presentation

Bastien Leroy is a PhD candidate in History at the Université de Montréal, under the supervision of Carl Bouchard, and is completing a cotutelle with the Université Toulouse–Jean-Jaurès, under the supervision of Françoise Coste. He holds a Master’s degree in Contemporary History and a Bachelor’s degree in History (Université Toulouse–Jean-Jaurès).

His research focuses on the surveillance of pacifist and social movements in Quebec during the Vietnam War by North American intelligence agencies. His thesis examines how these surveillance practices shaped the construction of the “internal enemy” within Quebec society. By drawing on both Canadian and American archival sources, his work highlights the transnational dimensions of intelligence networks and their role in the circulation of ideas, fears, and methods of control across North America. This research seeks to fill a historiographical gap regarding Quebec’s place within North American intelligence networks during the Vietnam War era.

Areas of expertise

• Intelligence agency : CIA, FBI, RCMP
• Vietnam War
• Pacifist movement
• Social movements : feminist, student, civil rights, draft-dodger
• Quebec
• Surveillance