Padua, 2-3-4 December 2010.

Programme

Thursday 2, 3.00 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.

Welcome address: Antonio Varsori (Director of the Department of International Studies)

Opening remarks: Guia Migani (Université de Louvain la Neuve)

Session I: The UN and the early steps of the European integration, from WWII to the EEC

Chair: Ruggero Ranieri (Università di Padova)

1. Lorenzo Mechi (Università di Padova), The ILO, WWII and the birth of a European social space

2. Jean F. Crombois (American University in Bulgaria), The UN and European Construction: The International Monetary Fund and European Integration (1944-1957)

3. Valentina Vardabasso (Université Paris I – Sorbonne), La Commission économique pour l’Europe des Nations Unies (1947-1957)

4. Alessandro Isoni (Università di Lecce), The UN administrative system and the ECSC High Authority

Discussant: Lucia Coppolaro (University of Lisbon)

Friday 3, 9.30 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.

Session II: Information, culture, communication

Chair: Carla Meneguzzi (Università di Padova)

1. Chloé Maurel (Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin), L’Unesco et la construction européenne de 1945 à 1974

2. Christian Henrich-Franke (University of Siegen), Regulating Intra-European Connections: telecommunications and European integration, 1950-1970

3. Simone Paoli (Università di Pisa), Maria Elena Spagnolo (Università di Torino), The European Communities and the New World Information and Communication Order (1976-1985)

Discussant: Claudia Padovani (Università di Padova)

Friday 3, 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m

Session III: Towards a global economy

Chair: Elena Calandri (Università di Padova)

1. Guia Migani (Université de Louvain-La-Neuve), La CEE et les accords sur les produits de base : la Conférence internationale des Nations unies sur le cacao (1979-1980)

2. Francesco Petrini (Università di Padova), Social forces and international organizations: regulating multinational corporations

Discussant: Mark Gilbert (Johns Hopkins University – Bologna Center)

Friday 3, 4.30 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.

Session IV: The EU as a military actor

Chair: Francesco Petrini (Università di Padova)

1. Jenny Raflik (Université de Cergy-Pontoise), L’ONU: un obstacle ou un élément moteur à la constitution d’une Europe de la défense?

2. Emel Parlar Dal (Marmara University – Istanbul), Gonca Oğuz Gök (Marmara University – Istanbul), Reconciling multilateralism between universalism and regionalism: UN-EU “security” cooperation after the Kosovo crisis

Discussant: David Burigana (Università di Padova)

Saturday 4, 9.30 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. 

Session V: Speaking with one voice in the UN institutions

Chair: Lorenzo Mechi (Università di Padova)

1. Sara Banchi (Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane – Firenze), The EEC at the United Nations before 1974

2. Laurent Beauguitte (CNRS – Paris), La cohésion de l’Union européenne à l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU, éléments pour une analyse comparative critique

3. Klaas Dykmann (Roskilde University), The European Union at the United Nations – Mutual influences in Human Rights Policies

Discussant: Daniele Pasquinucci (Università di Siena)

Also participating in the debates: Giuliano Garavini (Università della Calabria), Angela Romano (European University Institute), Giovanni Bernardini (Università di Padova), Sara Lorenzini (Università di Trento) Valentine Lomellini (Università di Padova).

Concluding remarks: Antonio Varsori (Università di Padova)

Università di Padova
Emeroteca del Polo di Scienze Sociali
Sala del Centro di Documentazione Europea
Palazzo Ca’ Borin, 1st floor
Via del Santo 22
35123 – Padova

Scientific and Organizing Committee:

• Lorenzo Mechi: lorenzo.mechi@unipd.it
• Guia Migani: guia.migani@unipd.it
• Francesco Petrini: francesco.petrini@unipd.it

The conference is held under the aegis and with the financial support of the Department of International Studies of the University of Padua