The WSFH 2000 conference program is posted at the WSFH website http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/wsfh/.
Click here for a printable conference registration form.
Rooms will be made available to WSFH conference participants at $112 + 18% room tax a night for single or double. The DoubleTree Westwood has an outdoor swimming pool, workout room, and garage. Parking costs $16 per day.
In order to reserve a room, please call 800-472-8556 or 310-475-8711. Rooms must be reserved no later than midnight October 18, 2000 to qualify for the WSFH conference rate. Conference organizers are not responsible for participants’ housing.
Air Transportation
The Los Angeles International Airport is the airport closest to UCLA and the DoubleTree Hotel, Westwood. Shuttle services are the cheapest way to travel from LAX to Westwood. SuperShuttle (800-554-3146) is located outside the baggage claim area under the green sign. The fare to the DoubleTree Westwood is approximately $15.00.
Plenary Sessions, Guest Speakers, Receptions
Plenary Lunch, Thursday, Nov 9: Speaker, Eric Fassin, “Same Sex, Different Politics: Comparing and Contrasting ‘Gay Marriage’ in France and the United States”
Plenary Address, Thursday, Nov 9 at 4:00: Speaker, Christian-Marc Bosséno “Les Guerres, fractures de l’histoire française: ‘J’accuse,’ ‘’Armée des ombres,’ et ‘Vivre au paradis.’”
Reception, Thursday, Nov 9 at 5:30-6:30
Plenary Lunch, Friday, Nov 10: Speaker, Antoine de Baecque “Un Musée du cinéma à Paris: Pour une histoire visuelle du XXe siècle”
Plenary Roundtable, Friday, Nov 10: “The Future of Publishing French History in the United States”
Special Movie Screenings: Three Crises in French History
Thursday, Nov 9 at 7:30 in Bridges Theater: J.-P. Melville’s Armée des ombres (1968)
Friday, Nov 10 at 7:30 in Melnitz 2534: A. Gance’s J’accuse (1935)
Saturday, Nov 11 at 7:30 in Bridges Theater: B. Gourdjou’s Vivre au paradis (1989)
Additional information is available at http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/wsfh/. Contact information: (email) wsfhconference@hotmail.com; (FAX) 310-206-9630; (snailmail) WSFH, c/o Kate Norberg, Department of History, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1473. For emergencies only, leave message for Lynn Hunt at 310-825-4601. Email is opened daily; phone messages checked only weekly.