Falklands/Malvinas - experiencing, remembering, recording the Falklands/Malvinas war

The legacies of this short war in the South Atlantic live on. This workshop provides space for British and Argentine veterans and researchers to reflect on how the Falklands/Malvinas war was experienced, remembered and recorded. Many of the participants fought in the war. Others have personal connections to it. The workshop will be a chance to come together, a unique exploration of the ongoing aftermaths of this conflict.

Programme

CBA1.098: 10.50am Welcome and Introduction – Helen Parr and Eleonora Natale

Panel 1, 11.00-12.45:

11.00-11.30 – Helen Parr (Keele University): Writing ‘Our Boys: The Story of a Paratrooper’

11.30-12.00 - Philip Neame (former officer, Parachute Regiment): Another side of an officer’s job: informing relatives

12.00-12.30 – Jade White (Swansea University), Lt-Colonel ‘H’ Jones, 2 Para and the Battle of Darwin/Goose Green

Discussion

CBA1.099/100 12.45-1.30 Lunch

Panel 2, 1.30-3.15

1.30-2.00: Rosana Guber (CIS-IDES/CONICET, Argentina): A-4s on the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands: intra or inter-specific competition?

2.00-2.30 : Héctor Tessey, (Captain, Malvinas War Veteran, Universidad de la Defensa Nacional), The Legacy of the Malvinas War

2.30-3.00: Eleonora Natale (Keele University), Malvinas behind bars: remembering the 1982 war from the prison for crimes against humanity

Discussion

3.15-3.45 Break

Panel 3, 3.45-5.30:

3.45-4.15 Stuart Griffiths (University of Ulster, photographer, former paratrooper), Photography and the Falklands War

4.15-4.45 – K. Neil Jenkings (University of Newcastle, former Royal Marine), Friendly Fire

4.45-5.15 – Gus Hales (former 9 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers), Veterans reconcile

Discussion

5.30-6.00 Final discussions and close

Registration for this event is essential, so please register before Friday 26 April.


Event date
Event Time
10:50AM
Location
CBA1.098, Chancellor's Building
Organiser
Helen Parr
Contact email
socialinclusion@keele.ac.uk
Contact telephone
01782 734278

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