The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871: A
European
Turning-Point?
Organizer: Karine Varley, School of Humanities, University of
Strathclyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom
16.04.2021 - 17.04.2021
Conference marking the 150th anniversary of the Franco-Prussian
War of
1870–1871
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 is widely acknowledged to
have been a
cause of intense political, social and cultural conflict, a
shaping element in
modern French and German nationalism, and a significant factor in
international
tensions prior to 1914. The 150th anniversary in 2020-21 provides
an
opportunity to re-evaluate the impact of the Franco-Prussian War
as a
turning-point for Europe.
Provisional programme:
Please note, all panels will be held on Zoom. Further information
and links
will be provided prior to the conference. All times are UK times
(BST).
Day 1: Friday 16 April 2021
Conference welcome: 9.30.45
Panel 1: 9.45-11.45 - Military Dimensions
1. Mark Bennett (Royal Armouries)- ‘Neue Waffen, alte Taktik’:
Tactics, learning
and the civil-military interface in Europe, 1866 – 1875
2. Bastian Matteo Scianna (Potsdam) - Who’s afraid of the
francs-tireurs? The
Debate on Irregular Warfare in German Military Journals, 1870–1914
3. Jean-Philippe Miller-Tremblay (EHESS/Ecole Polytechnique)-
Reforming an
army? Parade and the French troops after the armistice of 1871
4. Mario Draper (University of Kent) – A Military Thoroughfare?:
The Legacy of
the Franco-Prussian War on Belgian Neutrality’
Break: 11.45-12.00
Panel 2: 12.00-13.30 - Humanitarianism and International Law
1. Lia Brazil (European University Institute)- The Franco-Prussian
War’s
influence on the development of international laws of war
2. Richard Bates (University of Nottingham) - Florence
Nightingale, the
Franco-Prussian War and the Red Cross
3. James Crossland (Liverpool John Moores University) -
Confusions, Deceptions
and Banditry: The Abuses of the Red Cross Emblem during the
Franco-Prussian War
Lunch break: 13.00-14.00
Panel 3: 14.00-15.30 – Literary Representations
1. Marion Glaumaud-Carbonnier (University of Cambridge) - Frapper
au coeur :
tourner la page de 1870 dans la littérature française (1870-1914)
2. Nicholas White (University of Cambridge) - Émile Zola’s La
Débâcle: A
Transnational Media Event?
3. Kate Ashley (Acadia University) - Missing in Action; or, Why
Les Soirées de
Médan Has Never Been Translated into English
Break: 15.30-15.45
Panel 4: 15.45-17.15 - Ideas of Nationalism and Race
1. Corentin Marion (University of Paris/University of Bielefeld) -
Us and Them.
The Impact of The Franco-Prussian War on The Definition of Nation
in France and
Germany
2. Maciej Górny (Polish Academy of Sciences/German Historical
Institute Warsaw)
- La race Prussienne and her source: Racist responses to the
national calamity
3. Guillaume Lancereau (EHESS) - History Defeated:
Historiographical
Nationalism as a Legacy of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1914)
Day 2: Saturday 17 April 2021
Panel 5: 9.30-11.30 - Diplomatic and International Dimensions
1. Alma Hannig (University of Bonn)- ‘The Prussians are incredibly
lucky’:
Austria-Hungary and the Franco-Prussian War
2. Uygar Aydemir (Üsküdar University, Istanbul)- Discourses of
Peace and War in
Istanbul following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71
3. Andrea Ungari (Guglielmo Marconi University) – The
Franco-Prussian War and
its aftermath in Italian political scenario
4. Giorgio Ennas (European University Institute)- New Diplomacy
for a new
World: The Ottoman adoption of Realpolitik
Break 11.30-11.45
Panel 6: 11.45-13.15 – Maps and Battlefield Tourism
1. Nina Kreibig (Humboldt-Universität, Berlin) - Of ‘locusts’,
‘crusaders’ and
‘battlefield tourists’. The fascination of (uninvolved)
observation in the
context of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
2. Christian Bunnenberg (Ruhr Universität Bochum) - From ‘grenade
collectors’
and national pilgrimage sites - perspectives on the history of
tourism after
the war of 1870/71
3. Carolin Hestler (University of Education Ludwigsburg) - The
commemoration of
the Franco-Prussian war in school book maps
Lunch break: 13.15-14.15
Panel 7: 14.15-15.45 – Representations and Perceptions
1. José Manuel López Torán (University of Castilla-La Mancha) -
Photography in
Franco-Prussian war: a turning-point in the representation of the
European
heritage destruction
2. Tobias Arand (University of Education Ludwigsburg) - Ludwig
Pietsch's
‘Frühstücksplaudereien mit dem Kronprinzen’ – Artists and writers
in modern war
3. Oliver Benjamin Hemmerle (Grenoble Alpes University) - The War
of 1870/71
and the Birth of the Modern Spy and Saboteur? Realities, Myths and
Perceptions
Break: 15.45-16.00
Panel 8: 16.00-17.30 - Legacies
1. Nicholas Martin (University of Birmingham) - The Kaiser’s New
Clothes:
Culture Wars in Germany after 1871
2. William Kidd (University of Stirling) - L’Algérie française,
une nouvelle
Alsace-Lorraine?
3. Cathérine Pfauth (University of Education Ludwigsburg) – ‘Heute
vor 150
Jahren’ – A Twitter project on the anniversary of the
Franco-Prussian War
17.30-17.45 - Conference close
Kontakt
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Zitation
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871: A European Turning-Point?.
In:
H-Soz-Kult, 19.02.2021, <www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-95912>.