Franziska Heimburger, de l’Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, présentera sa communication “Mésentente Cordiale? Languages in the Allied Coalition on the Western Front of the First World War” le jeudi 22 octobre de 17h à 19h. Maison de la Recherche, 28 rue Serpente, Paris 6e , salle D421.
Discutant : André Loez (historien de la grande guerre, membre du Crid 14-18, professeur en classes préparatoires)
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Résumé:
Previous scholarship on the Allied coalition during the First World War has tended to stress the misunderstandings and distrust between the individuals representing their countries at high command level. There is an unexplained tension between this mésentente and the durable nature of the coalition and eventual victory of the French, British and Americans on the Western Front which leaves the lower echelons underexplored. In a joint and linked study of language practice and military logistics we can write a history which tells us both how these exchanges were possible and to what extent they contributed to the Allies’ victory. Official and private archival material enables us both to read traces of language from the perspective of the history of international exchanges and also to understand choices in military logistics from the point of view of interpreting and translation studies. Continuer la lecture