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.

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