Braudel and the U.S.: Interlocuteurs valables?

   October 1-2, 1999

5th Journées Braudeliennes

 Sponsored by: Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems, and Civilizations

Binghamton University

 All sessions are held in the Public Service Program Center.

Friday, October 1

9:00-10 Registration

10-12:30 Welcome

Immanuel Wallerstein (Fernand Braudel Center)

I. Opening Session: The Heritage of Fernand Braudel

- Immanuel Wallerstein (Director, Fernand Braudel Center) "Braudel and Interscience: A Preacher to Empty Pews?"

- Maurice Aymard (Administrateur, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme) "One Braudel or Several?"

- Carlos A. Aguirre Rojas (Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, UNAM)

"Braudel in Latin America and the U.S.: A Different Reception?"

 12:30 - 2 Lunch

 2-5 p.m.

II. Franco-American Cultural and Institutional Ties

 - Giuliana Gemelli (History, Bologna) "American Foundations and Braudel's Institution-Building"

- Francis X. Sutton (former Vice-President, Ford Foundation) "The Ford Foundation's Trans-Atlantic Roles and Purposes, 1951-1981"

- Maurice Lévy-Leboyer (Economic History, Emeritus, Paris-X)

"Trends in Historical Research: Franco-American Intellectual Links and Cleavages"

Saturday, October 2

9:30-12:30

III. The Longue Durée and the Social Sciences in the U.S.

- William H. McNeill (History, Emeritus, Chicago) "Luméville and the Longue Durée"

- Giovanni Arrighi (Sociology, Johns Hopkins) "Braudel, Schumpeter, and the New Economic Sociology"

- Jean Heffer (Directeur, Centre d'Etudes Nord-Américaines, EHESS) "Is the Longue Durée Un-American?"

 12:30-2 Lunch at PSPC

$10.00 by pre-reservation only

2 - 5 p.m.

IV. U.S. Historiography: Impact of Fernand Braudel

- Anthony Molho (History, Brown) "La Méditerranée in the U.S.: Ships Passing Each Other in the Dark"

- Susan Mosher Stuard (History, Haverford) AA Capital Idea: Pursuing Demand"

-Steven L. Kaplan (History, Cornell) "The Sixties: Was Braudel a Turning-Point?"

  Registration

Pre-registration by mail is strongly recommended.

Fee: Faculty $10

Students $3

To attend Saturday lunch, you must pre-register by mail.

Saturday lunch fee: $ 10.00

Receipt Deadline: September 24, 1999

Please send conference Registration Form to:

5th Journées Braudeliennes

Fernand Braudel Center

Binghamton University

P.O. Box 6000

Binghamton NY 13902-6000

 Lodging

For those attending the conference, reduced rates are available at:

Holiday Inn Arena

2-8 Hawley St.., Binghamton NY 13901

607-722-1212

$50 per room

Deadline for guaranteed rooms is

September 15, 1999

Please send Hotel Reservation Form directly to the hotel.

 Parking

Parking is available in the Paid Visitor Lot and Paid Garage for $3

on Friday,

$1 in quarters on Saturday in the Garage,

$3 in the Paid Visitor Lot

or, on Saturday only, free in regular campus parking lots.

Information

Write to:

5th Journées Braudeliennes

Fernand Braudel Center

Binghamton University

P. O. Box 6000

Binghamton NY 13902-6000

Phone: 607-777-4924

Fax: 607-777-4315

Email: devoist@binghamton.edu

http://fbc.binghamton.edu

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Braudel and the U.S.: Interlocuteurs valables?

Conference and Meal Registration Form

Receipt Deadline: September 24, 1999 (Please Print)

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(Buffet; vegetarian choice available)

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Please send check in US currency by Sept. 24, 1999 payable to:

"Fernand Braudel Center", Binghamton Univ.

P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton NY 13902-6000

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Braudel and the U.S.: Interlocuteurs valables?

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Holiday Inn Arena

2-8 Hawley St.

Binghamton NY 13901

607-722-1212

FAX: 607-722-6063

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