LLSETI Symposium – The Savoie Region and the Great War: 1917, a terrible year?

November 27, 2017, 9:00 a.m. - November 28, 2017, 12:00 PM

The Laboratory for Languages, Literatures, and Societies, Transborder and International Studies (LLSETI) is organizing, in collaboration withthe Union of Learned Societies of Savoy and the 1914–1918 Centennial Mission, on Monday, November 27, and Tuesday, November 28, 2017, the 2017 edition of the multi-year conference series dedicated to the Savoy region during the Great War.

The conference titled “The Savoie Region and the Great War: 1917, a Terrible Year?” will take place at the University of Savoie Mont Blanc’s main campus in the Decottignies Auditorium in Chambéry.

Conference Program

Monday, November 27

  • 9:00 a.m.: Introduction by Frédéric Turpin (LLSETI, USMB)
  • 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: A border region in conflict
  • 2:00–6:00 p.m.: Negotiate and Fight
    • Pierre Geneletti (Maurienne Society of History and Archaeology): The gathering in Saint-Jean de Maurienne.
    • Anne-Sophie Nardelli-Malgrand (LLSETI, USMB): The Great War and the Free Zone. The 1917 Reclassifications.
    • André Pallatier (Maurienne Society of History and Archaeology): The Saint-Michel de Maurienne Train Disaster: A Military Event.
    • Didier Dutailly (Chablais Academy): Deserters, Mutineers, and Those Executed by Firing Squad in Savoy.

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

  • 9 a.m.–12 p.m.: The Back and the Terrible Year
    • Aline Fryszman (CPGE professor, Clermont-Ferrand): The mood in the Puy-de-Dôme in 1917.
    • Sébastien Chatillon (La Salévienne): Crisis and the Restoration of Morale in Haute-Savoie: A Strong Interaction Between the Front and the Rear.
    • Esther Deloche (La Salévienne): 1917: The Dilemmas of the Savoyard Clergy.
    • Conclusions: Georges-Henri Soutou (Institut de France)

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