Axis 5 study day / «De plus Grandes Guerres» seminar, session 5: «The daily routine of care in war».»

Wednesday 10 June 2026 | 9am - 4pm | Sciences Po Aix, Espace Philippe Séguin, room 001 (Aix-en-Provence) + videoconference

On the programme:

8.45 am - Welcome of participants

9.00 - Introduction by Claire Miot (Sciences Po Aix, MESOPOLHIS) and presentation of the André Maginot National Federation by Cyril Carnevilliers (to be confirmed)

9.15am-11.45am PANEL 1: The battlefields of care in war

Discussant: Damien Accoulon (University of Tours, CeTHiS/Centre Marc Bloch)

Speakers:
- Sylvain Bertschy (Avignon University, Centre Norbert Elias) : «Politicizing care. The Wounded and Sick of the Great War as the Object of Daily Struggles».»
- Benoit Pouget (Sciences Po Aix, MESOPOLHIS) : «Blood transfusions in the French army, from one war to another (1914-1945)».»
- Raphaële Balu (Service historique de la défense, Histemé) :«Clandestine care in occupied France (1940-1944)»

11.45am - 1.30pm LUNCH

1.30 pm - 4 pm PANEL 2: Care, adaptation and post-war recovery

Discussant: Walter Bruyère-Ostells (Sciences Po Aix, MESOPOLHIS)

Speakers :
- Davye Cesbron (Université Lumière Lyon 2 / Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) : «De la blessure au retour: soins, contrôle sanitaire et stratégies d'évasion des prisonniers de la Grande Guerre» (From injury to return: care, health checks and escape strategies for prisoners of the Great War)»
- François Dumasy (Sciences Po Aix, MESOPOLHIS) : «Coming out of the war through care. UNRRA, the United States and child relief in Italy, 1943-1946».»
- Taline Garibian (University of Geneva, Maison de l'Histoire) :«Taking care of the war dead: funeral actors and practices in the Lyon region (1940-1954)».»

16h - Conclusion of Guillaume Linte (CNRS, MESOPOLHIS) and closing ceremony

Registration required: https://forms.gle/AY4ykmK6A9RAUbkn7

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