Europe at War: the Trafalgar campaign in context

Europe at War: the Trafalgar campaign in context

Organizer
National Maritime Museum, London; Institute of Historical Research; Greenwich University
Venue
Senate House, University of London, the University of Greenwich and the National Maritime Museum
Location
London, UK
Country
United Kingdom
From - Until
13.07.2005 - 15.07.2005
By
Norton, Janet

Europe at War: The Trafalgar Campaign in Context brings new research from a range of disciplinary perspectives to bear on one of the most significant naval actions in the age of sail.
Scholarship has traditionally concentrated on the tactical and military aspects of the battle. The international line-up of speakers at this conference, led by keynote addresses from Professors Paul Kennedy, Andrew Lambert and N.A.M. Rodger, will build on this research by placing the battle within its contemporary and subsequent contexts.

The first part of the conference will examine the interrelationship between sea and land power in the years preceding the battle, and analyse the strategic drivers of the 1804–05 campaign within the economic, fiscal and logistical structures which permitted naval warfare to be waged on this scale.

The second part of the conference will explore the immediate and long-term effects of the battle within broader social, cultural and political contexts, both in Britain and abroad. Individual papers will address a stimulating range of issues including its legacy in international naval traditions, the battle in art and literature, its commemoration in 1905, and finally Trafalgar's cultural deployment during World War II.

Programm

Wednesday, 13 July

09.00 Registration and coffee

09.30 Welcome

09.45 Keynote address
Chair: Professor John Hattendorf, United States Naval War College
Sea power and land power in the great wars against France
Professor N. A. M. Rodger, University of Exeter

10.45 Coffee

Session 1: a war of resources, Chair: Professor Sarah Palmer, University of Greenwich

11.15 The British economy at the time of Trafalgar: strengths and weaknesses, Professor François Crouzet, Université de Paris-Sorbonne

11.45 The fiscal-military state and the Napoleonic Wars, Professor Martin Daunton, University of Cambridge

12.15 Propaganda and information warfare in the Napoleonic era, Dr Simon Burrows, University of Leeds

12.45 Discussion

13.00 Lunch

Session 2: strategy and objectives, Chair: Dr Michael Duffy, University of Exeter

14.30 The 1804–05 campaign, Professor Richard Harding, University of Westminster

15.00 Naval leaders in the Napoleonic Wars, Dr Agustin Guimera, Instituto de Historia, Madrid

15.30 Discussion

15.45 Tea

Session 3: the battle, Chair: Professor David Cannadine, Institute of Historical Research

16.15 The fleets at Trafalgar: the margin of superiority, Professor Roger Knight, University of Greenwich

16.45 The Nelson touch: the evolution of Nelson's tactics and command methods at Trafalgar, Dr Colin White, National Maritime Museum and Royal Naval Museum

17.15 Discussion

18.00–19.00 Reception in Crush Bar, Senate House

Thursday 14 July

09.00 Registration and coffee

Session 4: Trafalgar's afterlife, Chair: Dr Nigel Rigby, National Maritime Museum

09.30 Battle of the pictures: painting the history of Trafalgar, Dr Geoffrey Quilley, National Maritime Museum

10.00 Trafalgar and women, Dr Margarette Lincoln, National Maritime Museum

10.30 Politics and memory in popular song, Dr Mark Philp, University of Oxford

11.00 Discussion

11.15 Coffee

Session 5: Trafalgar in literature, Chair: Dr Pieter van der Merwe, National Maritime Museum

11.45 Romantic Nelsons rule the waves: the naval hero in literature, Professor Timothy Fulford, Nottingham Trent University

12.15 Joseph Conrad's ambivalent response to Nelson and the centenary celebrations of Trafalgar in 'The Heroic Age', Dr Keith Carabine, University of Kent

12.45 Discussion

Session 6: Trafalgar and Greenwich - Afternoon visit to the Old Royal Naval College and National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

18.00 Caird Medal Lecture
King William Court, University of Greenwich
Chair: Roy Clare, National Maritime Museum

The meaning of Trafalgar in world history
Professor Paul Kennedy, Yale University

19.30–21.00 Reception in the Queen's House, NMM

Friday 15 July

09.00 Registration and coffee

09.30 Keynote address
Chair: Professor David Bates, Institute of Historical Research

The magic of Trafalgar, Professor Andrew Lambert, King's College London

10.30 Coffee

Session 7: legacies, Chair: Professor Paul Kennedy, Yale University

11.00 Strategy, tactics, and leadership: Trafalgar's legacy in professional naval thought around the world, Professor John Hattendorf, United States Naval War College

11.30 Commemorating Trafalgar: preparing for the first centenary, Dr Marianne Czisnik, The University of Edinburgh

12.00 Nelson, film and invasion scares: That Hamilton Woman, Professor John Ramsden, Queen Mary London

12.30 Discussion and closing remarks

12.50 Close

Contact (announcement)

Janet Norton
Research Administrator
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich
London SE10 9NF
Tel: +44 (0)20 8312 6716
Fax: +44 (0)20 8312 6521
E-mail: research@nmm.ac.uk

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17.06.2005
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