19 November, Amphitheatre III (FLUC)
The International Colloquium “From Versailles to Wall Street (1919-2008)” will analyse the dynamics and key moments of the two post-war periods, and the dynamics of neo-liberalism.
The meeting will take place on Tuesday 19 November in Amphitheatre III of the Faculty of Arts, University of Coimbra.
Programme:
09:30 | Opening Session
09:45 | Opening Conference
“Benito Mussolini, the first modern dictator: child of Italy's war?”
- Richard Bosworth (Jesus College, Oxford)
Moderator: Clara Isabel Serrano (CEIS20-UC)
10:45 | Coffee break
11:00 | Working session “From the aftermath of the First World War to the aftermath of the 2nd World War” – Part I
- “History as a laboratory: the experience after the First World War”, João Paulo Avelãs Nunes (DHEEAA-FLUC and CEIS20-UC)
- “Empires and their discontents between the wars”, Pedro Aires Oliveira (IHC-NOVA FCSH)
- “From war economy to peace economy. Crisis and reconstruction after the Second World Ward”, Maria Fernanda Rollo (IHC-NOVA FCSH)
Moderator: Dina Sebastião (CEIS20 and FLUC)
13:00 | Lunch break
14:30 | Working session “From the aftermath of the First World War to the aftermath of the 2nd World War” – Part II
- “Health and fraternity. Some political and social literature of the First Republic”, Sérgio Neto (CEIS20-UC)
- “Transition and revolution in the post-Second World War international order (c.1945-c.1955)”, Fernando Martins (University of Évora)
Moderator: Julião Soares Sousa
15:45 | Coffee break
16:00 | Sessão de trabalho “The aftermath of the 2008 crisis”
- “Capitalism in Portugal after the end of history: the dynamics of embedded neoliberalism”, João Rodrigues (FEUC and CES)
- “The sovereign debt crisis and the challenge for supranational social democracy. There is no alternative(?)”, Dina Sebastião (CEIS20-UC and FLUC)
Moderator: Sérgio Neto (CEIS20-UC)
17:00 | Closing conference
- Paulo Morais (Portucalense University – Porto)
Moderator: César Rodrigues (CEIS20-UC)
The event was organised by César Rodrigues, Clara Isabel Serrano and Sérgio Neto, CEIS20-UC researchers.