Churchill

Datum: 
Mittwoch, 23. September 2015 bis Freitag, 25. September 2015
Ort: 
Paris

The conference is organised by Paris-Sorbonne in association with the Musée de l’Armée and the Charles de Gaulle Foundation.

Conference Convenors: Antoine Capet (University of Rouen) and Claire Charlot (Paris-Sorbonne University).

An entry fee of € 20 will be asked of participants.

Registration is a pre-requirement as there is limited room in the lecture halls. Please register with Claire Charlot (claire.charlot@paris-sorbonne.fr).

Conference Venues:  University of Paris-Sorbonne (Salle des Actes), 1 rue Victor Cousin, 75005 Paris (Wed. 23. Sept.) | Maison de la Recherche (Lecture Hall D035), Paris-Sorbonne, 28 rue Serpente, 75006 Paris (Thu. 24 Sept.) | Musée de l’Armée (Auditorium Austerlitz), Hôtel national des Invalides,129 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris (Fri. 25 Sept.)

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Program:

Wednesday 23 September

Chair:  Antoine CAPET (University of Rouen)

04.00  Welcome Adresses  -  Pascal AQUIEN  (Pro-Vice Chancellor / Head of Research, Paris-Sorbonne)  |  Sir Peter RICKETTS, GCMG, GVVO (Her Majesty’s Ambassador to France)

04.30  Keynote speech  -  François KERSAUDY (Panthéon-Sorbonne University):  Churchill and France

05.30  Questions and discussion

06.00  End of Day 1

Thursday 24 September

09.00  Welcome Adress  -  Patrick HENAULT (President of the Franco-British Association)

Panel 1

Chair:  Richard DAVIS (University Charles de Gaulle - Lille 3)

09.30  John H MAURER (Naval War College, Newport, RI):  Churchill and the Challenge from Imperial Germany

10.00  John YOUNG (University of Nottingham):  Churchill and the July Crisis of 1914

10.30  Coffee break

10.45  Christopher BELL (Dalhousie University, Halifax):  Churchill and the Dardanelles

11.15  Questions and discussion

12.00  Lunch break

Panel 2

Chair:  Gérard HOCMARD (Member of the Board of Directors of the Association France/Grande-Bretagne)

02.00  James W. MULLER (University of Alaska, Anchorage):  Churchill at War on the Nile

02.30  Richard TOYE (University of Exeter):  Winston Churchill and the Golden Age of Journalism

03.00  Questions and discussion

03.30  Coffee break

Panel 3

Chair:  John CHARMLEY (University of East Anglia)

03.45  Round Table

05.00  End of Day 2

Friday 25 September

09.00  Welcome Adress  -  Vincent GIRAUDIER (Historial Charles de Gaulle, Musée de l’Armée)

Panel 4

Chair:  Vincent GIRAUDIER

09.15  B.J.C. McKERCHER (University of Victoria, B.C.):  Winston Churchill, Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War - The Limitations of the Politician-Historian

09.45  Will MORRISEY (Hillsdale College, Michigan):  What Churchill and de Gaulle Learned from the Great War

10.15  Questions and discussion

10.45  Coffee break

Panel 5

Chair:  Martine PIQUET (Paris-Dauphine University)

11.00  Philip MURPHY (University of London):  Winston Churchill and the End of Empire, 1945-1965

11.30  Warren DOCKTER (Clare College, Cambridge):  Winston Churchill and the Islamic World

12.00  Questions and discussion

12.30  Lunch break

Panel 6

Chair:  Claire CHARLOT (Paris-Sorbonne University)

02.00  Alexis BUTIN (Lycée Stanislas, Paris):  Winston Churchill as the Archetype of the Inspired Leader - Winston Churchill seen by Isaiah Berlin

02.30  John CHARMLEY (University of East Anglia):  Churchill - the Making of a Secular Saint

03.00  Questions and discussion

03.30  Coffee break

04.00  Visit of the Charles de Gaulle historial with Vincent Giraudier

05.00  End of Conference

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Contact:

Claire Charlot

Professeur de la Civilisation Britannique

Université Paris-Sorbonne

claire.charlot@paris-sorbonne.fr