An international conference organized by Prof. Eric Bussière (Sorbonne University), Prof. Alain Beltran (CNRS, UMR Sirice 8138), Dr. Guillemette Crouzet (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, University of Geneva), Dr. Victor McFarland (University of Missouri) and Marta Musso (European University Institute). This conference has been funded by the University Paris-Sorbonne, the Labex EHNE “Ecrire une histoire nouvelle de l’Europe”, the UMR CNRS 8138 CNRS Sirice and the University of Missouri.
Programme
Day One: Friday, 4th of November
Amphitheatre, Sorbonne University, Maison de la Recherche – Rue Serpente
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9:30
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Welcome, Prof. Barthélémy Jobert, President of the Sorbonne University
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9:30-9:40
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Opening, Prof. Eric Bussière (Sorbonne University, Director of the Labex EHNE)
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9:40-10:00
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Introduction to the Theme “Oil Imperialism”, Prof. Alain Beltran
(CNRS, UMR Sirice 8138)
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10:00-10:20
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Coffee/tea break
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10:20-12:20
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Panel 1: Oil, Empire, and International Relations
Chair: Prof. Youssef Cassis, European University Institute
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Guillemette Crouzet, Graduate Institute, Geneva
British Oil Imperialism in Bakhtiaristan at the Beginning of the 20th Century
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Benjamin Bengobeyi, University Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne
Le Pétrole une arme? L’Irak et la libération de la Nation arabe: l’exemple de la guerre du Kippour
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Victor McFarland, University of Missouri
Oil, Empire, and the U.S. Role in the Gulf
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Emily Meierding, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Oil vs. Islands: Disentangling the Causes of Conflict in the East China Sea
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12:20-14:20
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Lunch, Club des Enseignants, Site: Sorbonne
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14:20-16:20
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Panel 2: State and Corporate Power: National and Multinational Oil Companies
Chair: Prof. Jean-Pierre Dormois, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux
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Marta Musso, European University Institute
Hunting grounds for their monopoly: France, Italy and the State oilmen
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Touraj Atabaki, Leiden University
Labour and the Birth of Oil Capitalism : The Emergence of Oil Imperialism in the First World War
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Kevin Wunsthorn, University Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne
Entre rivalité et coopération : la Compagnie française des pétroles face à l’impérialisme pétrolier anglo-saxon dans le golfe Arabo-Persique
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16:20-16:40
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Coffee/tea break
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16:40-17:40
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Keynote Address: Prof. Myrna Santiago, Saint Mary’s College
Oil Imperialism and Its Discontents
Chair: Barbara Curli, University of Turin
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19:30
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Conference dinner for participants
Restaurant Gastro/Brasserie: La Ferrandaise
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Day Two: Saturday, 5th of November
Amphitheatre, Sorbonne University, Maison de la Recherche – Rue Serpente
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09:30-11:00
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Panel 3: Oil, Anti-Imperialism, and Decolonization
Chair: Prof. Phillipe Chassaigne, University Bordeaux Montaigne
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Giuliano Garavini, New York University Abu Dhabi
OPEC: The Making of an Anti-Imperial Organisation
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Elisabetta Bini, University of Trieste
Decolonizing Labor: American Politics and the Rise of Oil Nationalism in Libya, 1960s-1980s
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Philippe Tristani, Agrégé d’histoire, Sorbonne University
L’Iraq National Oil Company contre l’Iraq Petroleum Company de 1961 à 1972. Le rôle de la compagnie nationale irakienne des pétroles dans la lutte contre l’impérialisme
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Katayoun Shafie, UCL London, Centre for Advanced Studies
Long-Distance Machineries of Oil: Managing Nationalism, Combating Nationalization in Iran
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11:30-13:30
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Lunch, Club des Enseignants, Site: Sorbonne
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13:30-15:30
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Panel 4: Oil Companies, the State, and the Future of Oil Imperialism in a Postcolonial World
Chair: Prof. Alain Beltran (CNRS, UMR Sirice 8138)
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Duccio Basosi, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice
Oil, Dollars, and Power: Petrodollar Recycling Revisited
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Francesco Petrini, University of Padua
“Jumped on the Boat of a Territorialist Organization”: Oil Multinationals and State Power in the XXth Century
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Simone Selva, University “L’Orientale”, Naples
Transnational Capital Markets and Development Policies in the 1970s: Oil Shocks, the Rise of Energy Finance, and the Reshaping of U.S. Foreign Economic Relations
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15:30-15:50
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Concluding Remarks: Victor McFarland, University of Missouri
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