Embassies in Crisis Conference at the British Academy
Date and time
Location
British Academy
10-11 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AH United KingdomDescription
Organised by the Universities of Exeter and Strathclyde in conjunction with the FCO Historians and the British International History Group, this one-day conference will combine academic papers with two seminar sessions at which serving and former diplomats will be invited to present their testimonies and perspectives.
8.45-9.10 Registration
9.10-9.20 Welcoming remarks: Martin Thomas
9.20-10.40 Panel I Chair: James Ellison (Queen Mary University of London)
Richard Smith, Keeping the Flag Flying: John Reeves and the British Consulate in Macau, 1941-45
Rogelia Pastor-Castro, The British Embassy in Paris and the Fall of France
Karine Varley, ‘Imprisoned in the Vatican’: Neutrality and the Challenges Facing the French Embassy to the Holy See, 1940-1944
10.40-11.00 Refreshment break
11.00-12.00 Panel II Chair: Patrick Salmon (Foreign & Commonwealth Office)
Jane Marriott, Director of the UK’s Joint International Counter Terrorism Unit, former Ambassador to Yemen
Simon Smith, former Ambassador to Ukraine
12.00-12.45 Lunch – Mall Room
12.45-13.45 Panel III Chair: Geoffrey Swain (University of Glasgow)
Mary Heimann, The Mindszenty Affair and the U.S. Embassy in Budapest
David Schriffl, Cold War Crises: Austrian diplomatic representations in Czechoslovakia from the early 1950s to the late 1960s
13.45-14.15 Refreshment break
14.15-15.00 Panel IV
Chair: Martin Thomas (University of Exeter)
Eric Hepburn, Head of Security & DSO Foreign & Commonwealth Office
15.00-15.20 Refreshment break
15.20-16.50 Panel V Chair: Richard Toye (University of Exeter)
Alex Ferguson, The U.S. Embassy in Saigon and the Crisis at Dien Bien Phu, 1954
Lorena De Vita, ‘Such a relationship should be a two-way street’: The First German Embassy in Israel between Crises and Opportunities, 1966-1967
Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez, Hook, line and sinker: The British Embassy in Cairo and the supposed 'expulsion of Soviet advisers' from Egypt, 1972
16.50 Concluding remarks: Richard Toye
In conjunction with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Historians and the British International History Group
For further information, visit the conference page.
Organised by
Dr Rogelia Pastor-Castro Lecturer in International History at the University of Strathclyde and Treasurer of the British International History Group
Prof Martin Thomas is Professor of Imperial History and Director of the Centre for War, State, and Society at the University of Exeter.
Prof Richard Toye is Professor of Modern History at the University of Exeter.