Relations Between Britain and France at the End of World War Two: Cooperation and
Reconstruction - Workshop, 6 May 2016
Royal Society of Edinburgh Network ‘Relations between Britain and France in World War Two’
Small Wolfson Conference Room, Institute of Historical Research, London
Convenors: Rogelia Pastor-Castro (Strathclyde) and Karine Varley (Strathclyde)
10am-10.15 Arrival and tea/coffee
10.15-10.30am Welcome and introduction to the Network
10.30 -12pm Panel 1 Chair: Karine Varley (Strathclyde)
1. Rogelia Pastor-Castro (Strathclyde) ‘Cooperation and Discord: Britain, France and the future
of Germany’
2. Marco Maria Aterrano (Università degli Studi di Napoli ‘Federico II’) ‘France, Britain, and
Italy’s “Long Postwar”, 1943-1946’
3. David Hall (UEA) 'An uphill struggle: The British fight for the future of France'
12-12.20pm Tea/coffee
12.20-1.20pm Panel 2 Chair: Rogelia Pastor-Castro (Strathclyde)
1. Laure Humbert (Manchester) ‘What to do with UNRRA? French Resistance and post-war
international relief’
2. Katherine Rossy (Queen Mary, University of London) ‘Stolen Children, Repatriation, and
Postwar Reconstruction in the French and British Occupation Zones of Postwar Germany
(1945-1949)’
1.20-2.20pm Lunch
2.20 – 3.20pm Panel 3 Chair: Karine Varley (Strathclyde)
1. Raphaële Balu (Université de Caen Normandie) ‘The Liberation: The end of the cooperation
between Free France, the Allies and the French Maquis’
2. Andrew Smith (UCL) ‘“Pushing and shoving and confusion”: Franco-British Relations and the
First D Day Commemoration, June 1954’
3.20-3.40pm Tea/coffee
3.40-5pm Discussion about future plans for the Network
Twitter: #UKFranceWW2