September 23, 2015

September 23rd to September 25th, 2015

Location: University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) and at the Invalides War Museum.

An international conference, Winston Churchill (1874-1965) In Peace and War, will be 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).

Event Schedule: 

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)

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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 will be asked of participants. Registration is a pre-requirement as there is limited room in the lecture halls. Please register with Claire Charlot ([email protected]).

Please follow this link for the full programme. 

Make sure you arrive for 8.45 at the Invalides to allow time to go through security checks. Thank you.