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Dead Reckoning. Passchendaele 1917
An international conference
Publié le mardi 27 mars 2007
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Annonce
Dead Reckoning. Passchendaele 1917
Conference - Ypres - 15-16-17 November 2007
An international conference, organised by Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, Zonnebeke, and In Flanders Fields Museum Ypres.
Programme
Thursday 15 November 2007
Chair: Prod. Dr. Luc De Vos (Koninklijke Militaire School - KU Leuven, B)
09-09.30 Inscription - Registration
09.30- 12.45 Morning Session
PRELUDE: Preparations, Proposals and Plans
Prof. Robin Prior (University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy, AUS) The 3rd Battle of Ypres : overview
Prof. Hew Strachan (University of Oxford, UK)
The political and military Preparations for the 3rd Battle of Ypres
PD Dr. Christoph Jahr (Humboldt Universität, Berlin, D)
The German Army during the 3rd Battle of Ypres
Prof. Gary Sheffield (University of Birmingham, UK)
The British Army in 1917
12.45-14.00 Lunch
14.00-17.00 Afternoon session
Instruments: Development, Dispositions and Deployment
Franky Bostyn (Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, Zonnebeke, B)
The German Defence Positions in Flanders 1917
Rob Thompson (University of Birmingham, UK)
The God of War and the Vale of The Passion: British Artillery during the Third Ypres Campaign, 1917
David Fletcher (Bovington Tank Museum, UK)
The Tanks in Flanders – 1917
Simon Jones (University of Birmingham, UK)
Yperite: Gas Warfare in 1917
17.30-19.30 Evening Programme:
Visit to the exhibitions “The Road to Passchendaele” (Zonnebeke) and “A Descent into Hell: New Zealanders in Passchendaele” (Passendale), with drink in the Old Cheese Factory, Passendale
Friday 16 November 2007
Chair: Prof.dr. Koen Koch (Universiteit Leiden, NL)
9.30- 12.30 Morning session
ENSEMBLE: Nations at Arms
Prof. Glyn Harper (Massey University- Centre for Defense Studies, NZ)
From Masterpiece to Massacre: The Anzacs at Passchendaele October 1917
Bill Rawling (Directorate of History and Heritage, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, CAN)
The Canadians at Passchendaele
Capt. Michaël Bourlet (Ecoles militaires de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan, F)
The French 1st Army in the 3rd Battle of Ypres
Dominiek Dendooven (In Flanders Fields Museum, Ieper, B)
“Seldom was I more distressed by bad weather”: The Third Battle of Ypres as it was lived by a Region and its Inhabitants
12.30-14.00 lunch
14.00-17.00 Afternoon session
DIRECTION: Discourse and Debate – enduring Controversies associated with Command, Choices and Control during the Battle of Passchendaele
Prof. David Stevenson (London School of Economics, UK)
Prof. John Bourne (University of Birmingham, UK)
Prof. Robin Prior
Prof. Hew Strachan
a.o.
Evening Programme
20.00 Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate
20.30 Conference Dinner
Saturday 17 November 2007
Chair: Prof.dr. Annette Becker (Université de Paris X, Nanterre, F)
9.30-12.30 Morning session
RECESSIONAL: Remembrance, reflection and the Battle of Passchendaele
Prof. dr. Gerhard Hirschfeld (Universität Stuttgart, D)
German soldiers and their “Third Battle for Flanders”
Prof. Paul Gough (The University of the West of England, Bristol, UK)
'An epic of mud' - Passchendaele and the Arts
Dr. Stéphanie Claisse (Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, B)
What became of the Dead of 1917?
Prof. Jay Winter (Yale University, USA)
Passchendaele in History
12.30-14.00 lunch
14.00 - 17.00 Afternoon
A Tour of the Battlefields
Drink at the Cloth Hall, Ypres
Conference Language: English
Attendance Fee
€ 20 per day - €60 for 3 days
Friends of the In Flanders Fields Museum: € 15 per day - € 45 for 3 days
Conference dinner € 50
Information
For any additional information on the conference or requesting a subscription form please contact Mr. Dominiek Dendooven, In Flanders Fields Museum, Janseniusstraat 9, B-8900 Ieper, Phone +32 (0)57 239 450, fax +32 (0)57 239 459, stedelijke.musea@ieper.be
Hotel reservation & Tourist information
For hotel reservations and tourist information please contact Mrs. Petra Delvaux or Ypres Tourist Board, Grote Markt 34, B-8900 Ieper, Phone +32 (0)57 239 220, fax 0032 (0)57 239 275, toerisme@ieper.be, www.ieper.be
Catégories
- Époque contemporaine (Catégorie principale)
- Périodes > Époque contemporaine > XXe siècle > 1914-1918
- Espaces > Europe > Belgique
- Sociétés > Histoire > Histoire sociale
Lieux
- Théatre de la ville / Halle aux Draps
Ypres, Belgique
Dates
- jeudi 15 novembre 2007
- vendredi 16 novembre 2007
- samedi 17 novembre 2007
Fichiers attachés
Mots-clés
- histoire militaire et socio-culturelle, première guerre mondiale, Passchendaele
Contacts
- Dominiek Dendooven
courriel : Stedelijke [dot] Musea [at] ieper [dot] be
URLS de référence
Source de l'information
- Dominiek Dendooven
courriel : Stedelijke [dot] Musea [at] ieper [dot] be
Licence
Cette annonce est mise à disposition selon les termes de la Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universel.
Pour citer cette annonce
« Dead Reckoning. Passchendaele 1917 », Colloque, Calenda, Publié le mardi 27 mars 2007, https://doi.org/10.58079/bff