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Programme
14th French Military Symposium
History Department, Royal Military College of Canada
(Kingston, Ontario)
March 4-5, 2010
Currie Hall
War: Catalyst of Social Changes
| Thursday, March 4 | |
|---|---|
| 13:15 |
Keynote Speaker: Jacques Portes (professor, University Paris-VIII, French North America and Vietnam War specialist): War: Catalyst of Social Changes. Author: Barack Obama, Paris, Payot, 2008. Lyndon Johnson: un paradoxe américain, Paris, Payot, 2007. Fascination and Misgivings. The United States in French Opinion, 1870-1914. Translated by Elborg Forster, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2000. Une fascination réticente. Les États-Unis dans l'opinion française, 1870-1914, Nancy, PUN, 1990. Les Américains et la guerre du Vietnam, Bruxelles, Complexe, 1993. |
| 15:00-15:15 | Coffee Break |
| 15:15-16:45 |
Wars and Cultural Changes
|
| 18:00 | Cocktail |
| 18:30 | Officer Mess Diner |
| Friday, March 5 | |
| 9:00-10:30 |
Wars and Social Changes
|
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-12:15 |
Wars and International Changes
|
| 12:15 | Closing Remarks : Professor Jean Lamarre (History, RMC) |
Information
Registration Required:
- 50$ for all (included: coffee breaks and Thursday SSM dinner). Payable by check (in order to SSM) before Monday, March 1st 2010.
- 20$ (without SSM dinner) for students only (or 50$ with SSM dinner for students)
Hotel rooms pre-reserved:
- Confederation Place Hotel, 237 Ontario Street, Kingston (888-825-4656)
- 96 $ Standard Room (double occupancy), indicated RMC History Symposium
- Please reserve the room yourself
Shuttles
- Shuttles by RMC students will be provided (Via train station – bus terminal, hotel and RMC) if desired. Please make your requests to Mrs Moffatt : denise.moffatt@rmc.ca or 613-541-6000 #6607
Sponsors
Consulat général de France, Toronto.
GIHRIC (Groupe interuniversitaire
pour l’histoire des relations internationales contemporaines)
Coordinator:
Jean Lamarre, professor, History Department, RMC
(lamarre-j@rmc.ca), 613-541-6000
# 6085
Organizing Committee:
Magali Deleuze, associate professor, Department of History, RMC
(deleuze-m@rmc.ca )
Roch Legault, Head of History department, associate professor, RMC
(legault-r@rmc.ca )
Jessica F-Bélanger, Officer cadet (4th year), RMC (s24559@rmc.ca )
Address: (information and mailing):
History department, French Military Symposium,
Royal Military College of Canada
PO Box 17000, Station Forces
Kingston, Ontario CANADA
K7K 7B4
Telephone. Administrative assistant (Mme Denise Moffatt):
613-541-6000 #6607,
Fax: 613-536-4801
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