Churchill
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