La journée d’étude « State, army and race during World War II. A comparison between the United States and France » aura lieu le 7 décembre à l’Institut d’histoire du temps présent.

Programme

09:15 am Welcome and introduction

• Pauline Peretz (Université Paris 8 / IHTP) Moderator : thoMas Grillot (CNRS, Mondes Américains, EHESS)
• Moderation: Thomas Grillot (CNRS, Mondes américains)

09:30 am The meaning of race in the army

• Sarah Frank (University of Saint Andrews, Scotland) By the book: Colonial stereotypes and French Army of cer training manuels
• Thomas Guglielmo (George Washington University /U.S) Mustering a Military in Black & White: America’s World War II Draft and the Making & Meaning of Race

11:15 am A Black army?

• Christine Knauer (Universität Tübingen/ Germany) Fearlessly Fighting for the Oppressor. French Colonial Troops in the African American Press during World War II
• Pauline Peretz (Université Paris 8- IHTP/France) Medecine – a starting point for desegregation in the Army ? Fort Huchuca’s « All Black » hospital

 12:45 am Lunch break

Moderation: Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci (Université Paris 8 – IHTP)

 02:30 pm Black troops and white civilians

• Robert F. Jefferson (University of New Mexico/U.S.) Lost in Translation: Black 92nd Division GIs, Italian Partisans, and the Politics of Liberation in the European Theater
• Claire Miot (Service Historique de la Défense (Vincennes)/Institut des sciences sociales du Politique (Cachan)/France) Foe’s wife or colonizer’s wife? Relations between native soldiers of the French Empire and European civilians under the eye of the military hierarchy, 1944-1945

04:00 pm  The war's aftermath

• Ruth Ginio (Ben Gurion University/Israel) Blood for equality: African soldiers’ protests after World War II
• Julien Fargetta: 1945-1955 : A decisive decade for African soldiers of the French army. Status quo, re ections and africanisation.