1 – 2 December 2022
Università di Firenze – Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Campus di Novoli
Building D5 - Room Spreafico (2.29)
THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER
Welcome remarks 10.15 – 10.30
Silvia Salvatici (University of Florence)
First Session 10.30-13.00
Chair: Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo (University of Coimbra)
José Pedro Monteiro (University of Minho) – Disputed Meanings: Self-determination, Universal Human Rights and Imperial Powers' Strategies to Resist Decolonization (1945-1962)
Kalliopi Geronymaki (University of Florence) – A Precedent of Humanitarianization? Rethinking the Greek Allegations of British Violence in the European Court of Human Rights and the United Nations (1952-1960)
Dora Tot (University of Bologna) – Translating Humanitarian Aid into a Long-term Commitment: Yugoslav Medical Assistance to Algeria (1959 – 1965)
Discussion
Lunch 13.00-14.30
Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo (University of Coimbra) – Social (in)Securities: Interimperial Organizations and the Problem of Welfare in the 1950s
Ana Guardião (University of Florence - University of Coimbra) – A Window for Neutrality? Portuguese “Imperial Uses” of Humanitarianism during the Nigeria-Biafra War (1967-1971)
Alba Martín Luque (University of Florence) – The Missing Picture. Visual Humanitarianism, Catholic Missionaries and FRELIMO’s Victory in Mozambique (1967 – 1974)
Coffee Break 16 – 16.30
Silvia Salvatici (University of Florence) – Agents of Humanitarianism? Italian Enterprises in Ethiopia
Discussion
FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER
Third Session 9.30-12.00
Chair: Silvia Salvatici (University of Florence)
Roundtable: Agnieszka Sobocinska (King’s College), Annalisa Urbano (University of Florence), Corinna Unger (European University Institute)
Coffee Break 10.30 - 11
Discussion and concluding remarks