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L’Institut d’études canadiennes de McGill organise un symposium intitulé «L’ordre libéral en histoire canadienne». Poursuivant le travail amorcé par Ian McKay («The Liberal Order Framework: A Prospectus for a Reconnaissance of Canadian History», Canadian Historical Review, 81: 4, 2000), ce symposium réunira des chercheurs reconnus qui discuteront du concept de «l’ordre libéral» et de son évolution dans l’histoire et la pratique historienne.

Renseignements : Jean-François Constant
(jean-francois.constant@mcgill.ca) ou Michel Ducharme
(michel.ducharme@elf.mcgill.ca) au (514) 398-2974.

Programme :
9:00 Mot de bienvenue : Antonia Maioni, directrice, Institut d’études canadiennes de McGill

9:15 Le libéralisme et les origines de l’ordre libéral
Président : Desmond Morton (Université McGill)
Conférenciers :
Jerry Bannister (Dalhousie University): «Canada as Counter-Revolution: The Loyalist Order Framework in Canadian History, 1750-1840»
Jeffrey McNairn (Queen’s University): «In Hope and Fear: Intellectual History, Liberalism, and the Liberal Order Framework»
Elsbeth Heaman (McGill University): «Revisiting the Origins of the Liberal Order Framework».

11:00 La mise en place de l’État libéral
Présidente : Fernande Roy (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Conférenciers :
Bruce Curtis (Carleton University) : «After “Canada”: Liberalisms, Social Theory and Historical Analysis»
Michèle Dagenais (Université de Montréal) : «Le territoire municipal : un produit de l’ordre libéral?»
Stéphane Castonguay (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) : «La nature de l’ordre libéral : formation de l’État et gouvernement du corps animal au Canada»

Déjeuner

13:30 Les limites de l’ordre libéral
Présidente : Denyse Baillargeon (Université de Montréal)
Conférenciers :
Ruth Sandwell (OISE/University of Toronto) : «Families, Land and Rural Culture: Reclaiming the A-Liberal Past»
Robin Jarvis Brownlie (University of Manitoba) : «A Permanent Antagonism: First Nations and the Liberal Order»
Adele Perry (University of Manitoba) : «Women, Racialized People, and the Making of the ‘Liberal Order’ in Northen North America»

15:15 L’évolution de l’ordre libéral
Président : Damien-Claude Bélanger (Université McGill)
Conférenciers :
Jarrett Rudy (Université McGill) : «Everyday Constructions of the Liberal Individual in Urban Quebec: A Case Study in Smoking 1880-1939»
Robert McDonald (University of British Columbia): “Variants of Liberalism' and the Liberal Order Framework in British Columbia”
Ian McKay (Queen’s University): “The Logic of the Canadian Passive Revolution: A Reconnaissance of the Transformation of Liberal Order, 1900-1950.”
16:45 Discours de clôture par Ian McKay

------ The McGill Institute for the Study of Canada is organizing a symposium entitled “The Liberal Order in Canadian History.” Following Ian McKay’s groundbreaking article (“The Liberal Order Framework: A Prospectus for a Reconnaissance of Canadian History”, Canadian Historical Review, 81: 4, 2000), this symposium will bring together prominent scholars who will discuss the concept of a “liberal order”, its evolution in Canadian history, and its implications for historical practice.

Information: Jean-François Constant
(jean-francois.constant@mcgill.ca) or Michel Ducharme (michel.ducharme@elf.mcgill.ca) at (514) 398-2974.

Programme:
9:00 Welcoming Remarks: Antonia Maioni, Director, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada

9:15 Liberalism and the Origins of the Liberal Order
Chair: Desmond Morton (McGill University)
Speakers:

Jerry Bannister (Dalhousie University): “Canada as Counter-Revolution: The Loyalist Order Framework in Canadian History, 1750-1840”
Jeffrey McNairn (Queen’s University): “In Hope and Fear: Intellectual History, Liberalism, and the Liberal Order Framework”
Elsbeth Heaman (McGill University): “Revisiting the Origins of the Liberal Order Framework.”

11:00 Engineering the Liberal State
Chair: Fernande Roy (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Speakers:
Bruce Curtis (Carleton University): “After ‘Canada’: Liberalisms, Social Theory and Historical Analysis”
Michèle Dagenais (Université de Montréal): “Le territoire municipal : un produit de l’ordre libéral?”
Stéphane Castonguay (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières): “La nature de l’ordre libéral : formation de l’État et gouvernement du corps animal au Canada”

Lunch

1:30 The Limits of the Liberal Order
Chair: Denyse Baillargeon (Université de Montréal)
Speakers:
Ruth Sandwell (OISE/University of Toronto): “Families, Land and Rural Culture: Reclaiming the A-Liberal Past”
Robin Jarvis Brownlie (University of Manitoba): “A Permanent Antagonism: First Nations and the Liberal Order”
Adele Perry (University of Manitoba): “Women, Racialized People, and the Making of the ‘Liberal Order’ in Northen North America”

3:15 The Evolution of the Liberal Order
Chair: Damien-Claude Bélanger (McGill University)
Speakers:
Jarrett Rudy (McGill University) : “Everyday Constructions of the Liberal Individual in Urban Quebec: A Case Study in Smoking 1880-1939”
Robert McDonald (University of British Columbia): “Variants of Liberalism' and the Liberal Order Framework in British Columbia”
Ian McKay (Queen’s University): “The Logic of the Canadian Passive Revolution: A Reconnaissance of the Transformation of Liberal Order, 1900-1950.”

4:45 Closing Remarks by Ian McKay