The United Nations and European construction in a historical perspective Padua, 2-3-4 December 2010
Emeroteca del Polo di Scienze Sociali Sala del Centro di Documentazione Europea
Palazzo Ca’ Borin Via del Santo 22 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) and 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)
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 and 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 (SUM – Firenze), The EEC at the United Nations from 1964 to 1974: ten years towards a common representation
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)
Scientific and Organizing Committee:
Lorenzo Mechi: [email protected] Guia Migani: [email protected]
Francesco Petrini: [email protected]
Università di Padova – Dipartimento di Studi Internazionali
