An international conference held on September 23rd through to September 25th, 2015, at the University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) and at the Invalides War Museum. The conference is organised by Paris-Sorbonne in association with the Musée de l’Armée and the Charles de Gaulle Foundation, which hosted a major exhibition at the Musée de l’Armée on ‘Churchill - de Gaulle’ (April 10th to July 26th, 2015)
Convenors: Antoine Capet (University of Rouen) and Claire Charlot (Paris-Sorbonne University). WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER (Salle des Actes, Sorbonne, 1 rue Victor Cousin, 75005 Paris) Welcome by the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Head of Research, Paris-Sorbonne), Professor Pascal AQUIEN Welcome by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to France, Sir Peter RICKETTS, GCMG, GVVO Chair: Antoine CAPET (Emeritus Professor of British Studies, University of Rouen) 4.00-6.00 p.m. – Keynote speech: François KERSAUDY (Emeritus Professor of History, Panthéon-Sorbonne University) Churchill and France Questions and discussion. THURSDAY 24 SEPTEMBER (Lecture Hall D035, Maison de la Recherche, Paris-Sorbonne, 28 rue Serpente, 75006 Paris) Welcome by the President of the Franco-British Association, Monsieur Patrick HENAULT Chair: Richard DAVIS (Professor of British Studies, University Charles de Gaulle - Lille 3) 9.30-10.00 a.m. – John H MAURER (Mahan Professor of Strategy, Strategy and Policy Department, Naval War College, Newport, RI) Churchill and the Challenge from Imperial Germany 10.00-10.30 a.m. – John YOUNG (Professor of International History, University of Nottingham) Churchill and the July Crisis of 1914 10.30-10.45 a.m. – Coffee break 10.45-11.15 a.m. – Christopher BELL (Professor of History, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia) Churchill and the Dardanelles 11.15-11.45 a.m. – Questions and discussion 12.00 a.m.-2.00 p.m. – Lunch break Chair: Gérard HOCMARD (Member of the Board of Directors of the Association France/Grande-Bretagne) 2.00-2.30 p.m. – James W. MULLER (Professor of Political Science, University of Alaska, Anchorage) Churchill at War on the Nile 2.30-3.00 p.m. – Richard TOYE (Professor of Modern History, University of Exeter, UK) Winston Churchill and the Golden Age of Journalism 3.00-3.30 p.m. – Questions and discussion 3.30-3.45 p.m. – Coffee break Chair: John CHARMLEY (Professor of Modern History, Head of the Interdisciplinary Institute, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of East Anglia) 3.45-5.00 p.m. – Round Table FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER (Auditorium Austerlitz, Musée de l’Armée, Hôtel national des Invalides) 9.00 a.m. – Welcome by Vincent GIRAUDIER (Historial Charles de Gaulle, Musée de l’Armée, Hôtel national des Invalides) Chair: Vincent GIRAUDIER 9.15-9.45 a.m. – B.J.C. McKERCHER (Professor of International History, University of Victoria, B.C.) Winston Churchill, Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War: The Limitations of the Politician-Historian 9.45-10.15 a.m. – Will MORRISEY (Professor of Politics, Hillsdale College, Michigan) What Churchill and de Gaulle Learned from the Great War 10.15-10.45 a.m. – Questions and discussion 10.45-11.00 a.m. – Coffee break Chair: Martine PIQUET (Professor of Commonwealth Studies – Paris-Dauphine University) 11.00-11.30 a.m. – Philip MURPHY (Professor of British and Commonwealth History – Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London) Winston Churchill and the End of Empire, 1945-65 11.30-12.00 a.m. – Warren DOCKTER (Junior Research Fellow, Clare College, Cambridge) Winston Churchill and the Islamic World 12.00-12.30 a.m. – Questions and discussion 12.30 a.m.-2.00 p.m. – Lunch break Chair: Claire CHARLOT (Professor of British Studies, Paris-Sorbonne University) 2.00-2.30 p.m. – Alexis BUTIN (Lycée Stanislas, Paris) Winston Churchill as the Archetype of the Inspired Leader: Winston Churchill seen by Isaiah Berlin 2.30-3.00 p.m. – John CHARMLEY (Professor of Modern History, Head of the Interdisciplinary Institute, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of East Anglia) Churchill: the Making of a Secular Saint 3.00-3.30 p.m. – Questions and discussion 3.30-3.45 – Coffee break 4.00-5.00 – Visit of the Charles de Gaulle historial with Vincent Giraudier. An entry fee of 20 euros 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.char...@paris-sorbonne.fr). Make sure you arrive for 8.45 at the Invalides to allow time to go through security checks. Thank you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
