Hence the congress is intended to be a multidisciplinary one so as
to welcome attendance by historians, geographers, military experts, specialists
in international relations, persons responsible for the oil sector (both public
authorities and the companies involved…). The history that is brought up will cover the
entire period of the 20th century, and also the beginning of the following one. The
congress’ work will have several focuses, this list being indicative only :
- making war with or without oil : examples since the time of the
First World War
- the civilian authorities and the oil issue in France and abroad from
the viewpoint of national security: what has been the nature of the public
policy since 1914 (notion of oil dependence, appropriate legislation,
development of a tanker fleet, relationships with the military
authorities…)?
- the General Staff and the technical problems raised by the oil
supply issue (depots, reserve stocks, mobilisation of resources, locations of oil
installations…)
- oil embargos and their effectiveness (or the absence of an oil
embargo as happened in the case of the League of Nations against Italy in 1935,
in the case of Ethiopia)
- Atlantic or European cooperation to develop an oil policy in case of
international conflict
- etc.
A roundtable discussion at the end of the colloquium is planned to
emphasise the past and present strategic aspects of oil: from controlled oil for
making war to secured access to the resources.
Organization The colloquium will be held at la Défense, near Paris. The
organisers will arrange accommodation and meals on the spot. A limited amount of
travel can be provided.
Proposals with abstracts (maximum 250 words), up to five key-words,
a brief CV (no more than one page) should be sent by 1 September 2009, either
in French or in English :
Alain BELTRAN
Directeur de recherche au CNRS
beltran@univ-paris1.fr
The proposals will be selected at the end of September 2009.
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