International Conference Treaties of the Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) Alba Iulia 3 rd - 7 th of June 2018
This conference is organized with the financial support of ALBA COUNTY COUNCIL
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Sunday, 3 June 2018 Participants arriving Monday, 4 June 2018 9 30-10 45 Participants registration (Senate Hall, Apor Palace which is the Rectorate Building of Alba Iulia University) 11 00-12 30 Official opening of the conference (Senate Hall, Apor Palace) Book presentation Ziarele române ti despre Unirea Basarabiei, Bucovinei i Transilvaniei, vol. I-II (Senate Hall, Apor Palace) Vernisage of the exhibition Treaties of the Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) (organized by the Romanian Diplomatic Archive Unit) Location: National Museum of Union Alba Iulia 12 40-13 20 Conference papers 13 20-15 00 Lunch (University Restaurant) 15 00-19 00 Conference papers 19 00-19 45 Tour of Alba Iulia Fortress 20 00 Dinner (Restaurant of Parc Hotel) 3
Tuesday, 5 June 2018 9 00-13 00 Conference papers. 13 00-14 40 Lunch (University Restaurant). 14 40-16 00 Conference papers. 16 00-19 00 Tour of Union Hall, Union Museum, Coronation Cathedral, Roman-Catholic Cathedral, Museikon, and The Route of Three Fortresess. 20 00 Dinner (Dante Restaurant). Wednesday, 6 June 2018 9 00 (meeting point: in front of Parc Hotel). Excursion to Turda Salt Mine, Rimetea, Sâncrai and Cetatea de Balt. 19 00 Festive dinner (Cetatea de Balt ). Thursday, 7 June 2018 Free time for visiting Alba Iulia. Participants departure. Friday, 8 June 2018, until 12 o clock in the noon. Free time for visiting Alba Iulia. Participants departure. 4
Monday, 4 June 2018 1 st Session Senate Hall, Apor Palace Chair: TUDOR R U 12 40-13 00 STEFANO SANTORO (Florence University, Italy) The Italian Administration of the Annexed Territories at the End of World War I: The Case of the Italian Eastern Border 13 00-13 20 ALESSANDRO SETTE (Bari University, Italy) Italy and the Settlement of the Albanian Question (1919-1920) 2 nd Session Senate Hall, Apor Palace Chair: IRAH K EROVÁ 15 00-15 20 SORIN ARHIRE ( 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania) The Romanian Issue in the British Political Milieus (1918-1920): A Discourse Analysis 15 20-15 40 NATALIYA ZHUKOVSKAYA (Tambov State University, Russian Federation) Towards the Attainment of Sovereignty: Small States at the Paris Peace Conference 1919-1920 (on the Example of the British Dominions) 15 40-16 00 JAROSLAV VALKOUN (Charles University in Prague, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic) The British Dominions and Their Position and Interests at the Paris Peace Conference 16 00-16 20 IRINA KARABULATOVA (Peoples Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation) The Manipulation of the Public Consciousness in the Russian Press in 1918-1920 during the Coverage of the Results of the Paris Peace Conference 5
16 20-16 40 TATYANA A. KATTSINA (Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation), LYUDMILA MEZIT (Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University, Russian Federation) Cooperation of Admiral Kolchak s Government and the Entente Countries during Paris Peace Process (1919-1920) 16 40-17 00 Coffee break 17 00-17 20 ALINA STOICA (University of Oradea, Romania), CARMEN AMADO MENDES (University of Coimbra, Portugal) Celluloid Diplomacy between Romania and Russia: Construction of National Image in the First Part of the 20 th Century 17 20-17 40 BRIGITTA LUTYAN ( Petru Maior University of Târgu-Mure, Romania) The Voice of a Neutral: Spain s Admission into the League of Nations 17 40-18 00 ALEKSANDR OKUN (Samara University, Russian Federation) From Hope to Disappointment: American Experts at Paris Peace Conference 18 00-18 20 VLADIMIR ROMANOV (Tambov State University, Russian Federation) American Interpretations of the National-Territorial Settlement in Central and South-Eastern Europe at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919-1920: The Way to Resolve Old Contradictions? 6
Tuesday, 5 June 2018 3 rd Session Senate Hall, Apor Palace Chair: EVELINA KELBECHEVA 9 00-9 20 CLAUDIA IOV ( Babe -Bolyai University of Cluj- Napoca, Romania) Dilemmas of National Self-Determination: Woodrow Wilson s Legacy and Its Consequences on Modern and Contemporary European History 9 20-9 40 ALIAKSANDR PIAHANAU (Toulouse University, France) Every Wagon of Coal Must Be Paid by Territorial Sacrifices: Hungarian-Czechoslovak Border Conflict and the Coal Problem, 1918-1920 9 40-10 00 IRAH K EROVÁ (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic) Central Europe like a Cordon Sanitaire or Shatterbelt? 10 00-10 20 MAREK SYRNÝ (Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia) Battle of Slovakia - Hungarian versus Czechoslovak Efforts to Take Control of Slovak Territory in the Years 1918-1920 and Creation of the Borders of Slovakia 10 20-10 40 HYNEK MELICHAR (University of Olomouc, Czech Republic) Czechoslovakia in the New Europe : Security Architecture of the State and the League of Nations, 1919-1929 10 40 11 00 Coffee break 11 00-11 20 DAVID NOACK (Mannheim University, Germany) Germany s Influence in the Black Sea Rim in the Wake of the First World War 7
11 20-11 40 BOGDAN POPA ( Nicolae Iorga History Institute of Bucharest, Romania) Intellectual Sagacity against Political Peace: Jacques Bainville s Assesments of the Versailles Treaty 11 40-12 00 EVELINA KELBECHEVA (American University in Bulgaria, Sofia), GALINA CHEHIRIAN (St. Petersburg, Florida, USA) The Post-World War One Crisis in Bulgaria - Diagnosis, Criticism, Resolution 12 00-12 20 ZERRIN SAVA AN (Selçuk University, Turkey) From Sevres to Lausanne and Afterwards Turkey s Perspect ve 12 20-12 40 MAREK CEJKA (Mendel University Brno, Czech Republic) The Paris Peace Conference and the Current Middle East 12 40-13 00 MARIUS DIACONESCU (Bucharest University, Romania) How Has Approached the Hungarian Delegation in Paris the Autonomy for Hungarians and Szeklers in Transylvania? 4 th Session Senate Hall, Apor Palace Chair: SORIN ARHIRE 14 40-15 00 VICTOR RIZESCU (Bucharest University, Romania) Labor Legislation and Social Policies in the Framework of the Paris Peace Treaties and The League of Nations: A Survey from the Romanian Standpoint 15 00-15 20 M LINA OPREA (Buz u County Museum, Romania), CONSTANTIN STAN (Lower Danube University of Gala i, Romania) The Romanian Americans and the Trianon Treaty of June 4, 1920 8
15 20-15 40 TUDOR R U (Alba Iulia National Museum of Union, Romania) The Western Frontiers of Romania and the Alba Iulia Newspapers (1919-1920) Conclusions Closing of conference 9
USEFUL INFORMATION Accommodation (inclusive breakfast) for the participants is offered by organizers at the PARC HOTEL. http://www.hotelparc.ro/?lang=en Conference papers will be presented at the Rectorate Building of Alba Iulia University (Apor Palace). Address: Alba Iulia, 5 Gabriel Bethlen Street, 510009. Tel. +40(0)258806130 Contact persons: Dr Sorin Arhire E-mail: sorinarhire2001@yahoo.com Mobile: +40(0)720738534 Dr Tudor Ro u E-mail: tudor.rosu2014@gmail.com Mobile: +40(0)724072655 10