Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR)

Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France, 30th Annual Conference

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:31:00 GMT

In 2009, the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France annual conference took place at the University of Portsmouth on the theme of 'France and the Mediterranean: representations, policy, transnationalism'. This three-day conference, 3-5 September 2009, sought to reassess, explore and compare the multiple dimensions linking and/or opposing modern and contemporary France with its Mediterranean neighbours both today and in the past. Amongst the themes considered were:

• the growing salience of post-colonial issues both in France and in North Africa
• the reassessment of French diplomacy in the Middle East
• the launch of the Union pour la Méditerranée in July 2008
• the renewed interest in the problematic Latin identity of France in a European and global context
• French trade strategies towards its Mediterranean partners
• the cultural heritage of France in and from the Mediterranean
• transnational links between political parties across the Mediterranean area.

After an impressive response to the call for papers, more than 50 papers were selected and we welcomed colleagues from North Africa, the Americas, Europe and beyond.

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