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The Balzan Project at Birkbeck College (directed by David Feldman and Mark Mazower) concludes with a final conference on Post-War Reconstruction in Europe. Panels examine different facets of reconstruction after 1944/5, ranging from the timing and chronology of reconstruction, to the impact of Cold War and decolonization on reconstruction agendas. Overall, the conference brings into focus the recent growth of interest in 'the lost decade' after the end of the Second World War.
The conference will be held at Birkbeck College, University of London, on 5th & 6th June 2008. Contact Jessica Reinisch (j.reinisch@bbk.ac.uk) to reserve a place.
PROGRAMME:
THURSDAY, 5 JUNE
10.30 Registration
11.00 – 13.00
Panel 1: Periodization
Mark Mazower (Columbia)
Adam Tooze (Cambridge)
3rd speaker to be confirmed
14.00 – 16.00
Panel 2: Cold War
Mark Harrison (Warwick)
Silvio Pons (University of Rome, Tor Vergata)
Anders Stephanson (Columbia)
16.30 – 18.30
Panel 3: Post-war on Film
Films will be introduced by:
Toby Haggith (Imperial War Museum)
Suzanne Langlois (York University, Toronto)
Ben Shephard (Bristol/Oxford)
FRIDAY, 6 JUNE
10.00 – 12.00
Panel 4: Regaining the Monopoly of Force
Richard Bessell (York)
Jan Gross (Princeton)
Pieter Lagrou (Universite libre de Bruxelles)
13.00 – 15.00
Panel 5: Empire
Fred Cooper (New York University)
Nick White (John Moores University, Liverpool)
Peter Romijn (Amsterdam) & Remco Raben (Netherlands Institute for War Documentation)
15.30 – 17.30
Panel 6: Internationalization
Harold James (Princeton)
Jessica Reinisch (Birkbeck)
Emma Rothschild (Harvard)
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