The military occupation of maritime and coastal spaces in Europe from the early modern period to the present

16-18 March 2011
Ecole militaire (Paris CESM) et Château de Vincennes (SHD)

The French Agence Nationale de la Recherche has been funding since 2007, in the context of its thematic programme on Conflict(s), War and Violence, a research project on Military occupations in Europe since the early modern period, run by the Maison Européenne des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société – Lille-Nord-de-France (MESHS) and the Institut de Recherches Historiques du Septentrion (IRHiS), both based at the University Charles-de-Gaulle-Lille 3. This two and a half day conference, organized in partnership with the Service Historique de la Défense and the Center for European Security at the University of Salford (Manchester) with the support of the Centre d’enseignement supérieur de la Marine (CESM) and the sponsorship of the Groupement d’intérêt scientifique-Histoire maritime, aims at furthering reflection on military occupation by also considering the maritime and coastal areas of the European peninsula and measuring the impact of this environment on processes of military occupations.