THE NORTH ATLANTIC TRIANGLE - A CANADIAN MYTH?

THE NORTH ATLANTIC TRIANGLE - A CANADIAN MYTH?

BACS HISTORY CONFERENCE, 16 JULY 2010

SENATE ROOM, SENATE HOUSE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Registration and coffee, 10.00am-10.45am
Welcome, 10.45am

Session 1 - 11.00am-12.30pm

John Bartlet Brebner and the "North Atlantic Triangle"
Tony McCulloch, Canterbury Christ Church University
"Equilateral, Isosceles or Obtuse? Getting the Measure of the North Atlantic Triangle"
David Haglund, Queen's University, Kingston
"What took you so long? The Impact of US-based Ethnic Diasporas on the Formation of the North Atlantic Triangle"
David Woolner, Roosevelt Institute, Hyde Park, and Marist College
"Cordell Hull, Britain and the Canadians, 1933-44"

Lunch - 12.30pm-1.30pm

Session 2 - 1.30pm-3.00pm

The North Atlantic Triangle and World War Two
Galen Perras, University of Ottawa
"Losing Their Breakfasts? American, British and Canadian Opposition to the Ogdensburg Agreement of 1940"
Alan Dobson, University of Dundee
"Flying Between John Bull and Uncle Sam: Canadian Civil Aviation Diplomacy in World War Two"
Hector Mackenzie, DFAIT, Ottawa, and Carleton University
"North Atlantic World: Canada and the Global Economic Order, 1941-47"

Coffee, 3.00pm-3.30pm

Session 3 - 3.30pm-5.00pm
The North Atlantic Triangle in the Post-War World
Lara Silver, University of British Columbia
"Canada a Junior Member of the Anglo-American Alliance: The 'Anglo-Saxon Triangle' downplayed by the Department of External Affairs, 1946-57"
Michael Carroll, Grant MacEwan University
"Linch-pin at Last? Canada and the North Atlantic Triangle in 1956"
JJ Jockel, St Lawrence University
"The Canada-US Defence Relationship and the North Atlantic Triangle"

CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS

This event is the annual conference of the BACS History Group and is run in conjunction with the London Canadian Studies Association (LoCSA). It normally takes place at Canada House but it has been moved to Senate House this year with the support of the Institute for the Study of the Americas because Canada House is undergoing a major refurbishment.

There is no registration fee and refreshments and a light lunch are available free of charge.

If you would like to attend please email Tony McCulloch to register.

The conference will be held in the very distinguished Senate Room, on the first floor of Senate House, which houses the Institute for the Study of the Americas, the BACS Office and the University of London Library. Senate House lies between Malet Street and Russell Square and is adjacent to the rear entrance of the British Museum (in Montague Place).

The conference hotel is The Imperial Hotel at Russell Square, which is a short walk from Senate House.