Colonists and Colonial Policies after World War II

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Colonists and Colonial Policies after World War II

Organizer
Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society (CEGESOMA), Belgium
Venue
SOMA/CEGES, Square de l’Aviation 29, 1070 Brussels
Location
Brussels (Belgium)
Country
Belgium
From - Until
10.12.2007 -
Website
http://www.cegesoma.be/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=157&Itemid=1
By
Vanhaelewyn, Mathieu

In the course of the 20th century, the focus of colonial history as part of the former colonial powers’ historiography, evolved from an ideological endeavour legitimizing Europe’s ‘civilizing mission’ to a self-flagellating analysis of the wrongdoings imposed on the colonized. The new trend as much as granted the colonized natives a status of globally recognized victimhood.

Colonial history became the history of the colonized, relegating the colonizer to a moral ghetto. At the turn of the millennium, Anglo-Saxon historians, followed by their French counterparts, turned the tide by stressing the necessity to establish a bond between colonial and post-colonial national history, thus reintroducing the colonizer as a worthy historical actor.

This colloquium will attempt to gauge the degree to which the ‘white’ presence in colonized territory is representative of particular colonial policies.
In other words, which were the interests at stake and how did colonial powers engage or disengage white presence in order to better achieve certain goals. Colonial administrators and corporate agents did not usually constitute a stable white presence. Colonists on the other hand, such as agricultural, artisan and merchant settlers, constituted a controversial and often boisterous lot. They will be at the primary focus of the colloquium.

On Monday 10 December 2007, the CEGES/SOMA organises a colloquium on “Colonists and Colonial Policies after World War II”. Belgian, French, Italian, Dutch and British historians, experts on post-war colonial history, will assess the colonist as a worthy historical actor. The question whether the ‘white’ presence in colonised territory is representative of particular colonial policies will be at the centre of attention.

Registration:
Participants to the colloquium are requested to transfer the amount of 12 € into the:

CEGES (Square de l’Aviation 29 – 1070 Bruxelles)
bank account 679-2004500-92
(IBAN code: BE12 6792 0045 0092, BIC code: PCHQBEBB)

with mention of “colloquium” followed by their surname before 7 December. Students pay 6 €. The registration fee includes the participation to the colloquium, the abstracts of the presentations and several coffee breaks.

Information and registration by Mathieu Vanhaelewyn.
(The e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (02-556 92 28). )

Programm

09.30 – 09.40 h.
Introduction – Inleiding (Rudi Van Doorslaer – CEGES/SOMA)

PART ONE: WHITE SETTLERS VERSUS AFRICANS, THE HOMELAND AND THE WORLD
PREMIÈRE PARTIE: LES COLONS FACE AUX AFRICAINS, LA MÉTROPOLE ET LE MONDE
EERSTE DEEL: BLANKE KOLONISTEN VS AFRIKANEN, DE METROPOOL EN DE WERELD

09.40 – 10.05 h. L'identité coloniale des Européens établis en Afrique Centrale (Pedro Monaville - European University Institute – Florence)

10.05 – 10.30 h. White Settler Politics and Euro-African Nationalism in Angola (Fernando Tavares Pimenta – Universidade de Coimbra / Università di Bologna)

10.30 – 10.55 h. Une politique du moindre mal ? Les milieux coloniaux belges face à l’Europe en construction (1945-1960) (Etienne Deschamps - European University Institute – Florence)

10.55 – 11.10 h. Discussion / Discussie (led by / dirigée par / geleid door Guy Vanthemsche – VUB)

11.10 – 11.25 h. Coffee break / Pause café / Koffiepauze

PART TWO: COLONIAL POWERS AND THEIR COLONIZING POLICY
DEUXIÈME PARTIE: LES PUISSANCES COLONIALES ET LEUR POLITIQUE DE COLONISATION
TWEEDE DEEL: KOLONIALE MOGENDHEDEN EN HUN KOLONISATIEBELEID

11.25 – 11.50 h. Restocking the British World: Empire Migration and Anglo-Canadian Relations, 1919-1930 (Kent Fedorowich -
University of West England)

11.50 – 12.15 h. La politique d’alignement de la Belgique d’après-guerre et ses répercussions coloniales – le cas des colons du Congo belge. (Eric Laureys – CEGES/SOMA)

12.15 – 12.30 h. Discussion / Discussie (led by / dirigée par / geleid door Guy Vanthemsche – VUB)

12.30 – 14.00 h. Lunch / Déjeuner / Middagmaal

PART THREE: COLONIALS AND THE END OF COLONIAL RULE
TROISIÈME PARTIE : LES COLONIAUX ET LA FIN DU RÈGNE COLONIAL
DERDE DEEL: KOLONIALEN EN HET EINDE VAN HET KOLONIAAL BEWIND

14.00 – 14.25 h. Dutch Colonial Migration and the End of Empire, 1919- 1949 (Ulbe Bosma – International Institute for Social History – Amsterdam)

14.25 - 14.50 h. Another New Self-governing Dominion: the
Lost Dream of White Rhodesia, ca. 1945-65 (Donal Lowry -
Oxford Brookes University)

14.50 - 15.15 h. Coffee break / Pause café / Koffiepauze

15.15 - 15.40 h. La pénétration française au coeur du processus de décolonisation: le cas des conseillers français de Fulbert Youlou: Jayle, Bougère et Mauricheau Beaupré, 1956-1963 (Jean-Pierre Bat - Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne)

15.40 – 16.00 h. Discussion / Discussie (led by / dirigée par / geleid door Guy Vanthemsche – VUB)

16.00 – 16.15 h. General conclusions / Conclusions générales / Algemene conclusies (Guy Vanthemsche – VUB)

Contact (announcement)

Mathieu Vanhaelewyn
CEGES
Square de l’Aviation 29
1070 Bruxelles
Belgium
Email: mathieu.vanhaelewyn@cegesoma.be

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