European perspectives on American history workshop

December 3 & 4
Lombard room, 96 boulevard Raspail

organized by Nicolas Barreyre, Cécile Vidal, and François Weil (EHESS)
and Stephen Tuck (Oxford University)

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program

DAY 1: STRUCTURES
Thursday December 3, 2009

• 9:00-9:30: Introduction

• 9:30-11:00: Session 1
  European Scholarship on the United States: An Historical Perspective
• Michael Heale (U. of Lancaster) > paper
• Paul Schor (U. Paris-Diderot) > paper
• Maurizio Vaudagna (U. del Piemonte Orientale) > paper
• Starting comments : Manfred Berg
  
  
• 11:00-11:30: Break
  
  
• 11:30-1:00: Session 2
  Reflections on the Internationalization of American History
• Trevor Burnard (U. of Warwick) > paper
• Martin Klimke (U. Heidelberg) (cancelled)
• François Weil (EHESS)
• Starting comments : Michael Heale
  
  
• 1:00-3:00: Lunch break
  
  
• 3:00-4:30: Session 3
  European National Histories as Gateways to American History
• Simon Newman (U. of Glasgow) > paper
• Hans Krabbendam (Roosevelt Study Center, Middelburg) > paper
• Štěpánka Korytová-Magstadt (Universitas Carolinae Pragensis) in absentia > paper
• Starting comments : Cécile Vidal
  
  
• 4:30-5:00: Break
  
  
• 5:00-6:30: Session 4
  Double Outsiders : Carving a Space between Domestic Historians and American Historians
• Marcus Gräser (U. Frankfurt) > paper
• Isabel Soto (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid) > paper
• Simon Middleton (U. of Sheffield) > paper
• Starting comments : Stephen Tuck

DAY 2: PRACTICES
Friday December 4, 2009

• 9:00-10:15: Session 5
  How Do We Write History? Conflicting National Styles
• Manfred Berg (U. Heidelberg) > paper
• Nicolas Barreyre (U. Paris-Ouest Nanterre) > paper
• Starting comments : Isabel Soto
  
  
• 10:15-10:45: Break
  
  
• 10:45-12:00: Session 6
  Who Do We Write American History For?
• Max Edling (Uppsala U.) > paper
• Vincent Michelot (IEP Lyon) > paper
• Starting comments : Simon Newman
  
  
• 12:00-1:00: Session 7
  The Politics of American History from Europe: Contexts, Uses, Controversies
• Stephen Tuck & Nicholas Cole (U. of Oxford) > paper
• Starting comments : Jörg Nagler
  
  
• 1:00-2:30: Lunch break
  
  
• 2:30-3:30: Session 8
  Case Study 1: Atlantic History
• Jean-Frédéric Schaub (EHESS) in absentia > paper
• Cécile Vidal (EHESS) > paper
• Starting comments : Trevor Burnard
  
  
• 3:30-4:00: Break
  
  
• 4:00-5:00: Session 9
  Case Study 2: The American Civil War
• Jörg Nagler (U. Jena) > paper
• Starting comments : Nicolas Barreyre
  
  
• 5:00-6:00: Conclusion