From the Escadrille Lafayette to the American Red Cross

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 From 6:00 PM To 7:00 PM Add to Calendar 2017-03-22 18:00:00 2017-03-22 19:00:00 From the Escadrille Lafayette to the American Red Cross Join us for a panel discussion about three figures of World War I led by experts Christopher Capozzola, Virginie Greene and Jean-Claude Redonnet. The French Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough St, Boston, Massachusetts, United States America/New_York

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Join us for a passionate talk led by experts Christopher Capozzola, Virginie Greene and Jean-Claude Redonnet. Through discussing the cases of Norman Prince, founder of the Escadrille Lafayette, Victor Chapman, one of the pilots of the Escadrille, and of Thomas Rodman Plummer, volunteer in the American Red Cross, who all three died in France, the speakers will address various aspects of the American engagement in WWI, during the neutrality and after. The talk will conclude with a larger reflection on the way this engagement changed American humanitarianism, and marked it to this day.

Language: In English.

Open to Public

Free

About the Panelists

Christopher Capozzola is Associate Professor at MIT, where he teaches courses in political and legal history, war and the military, and the history of international migration.

Virginie Greene is a Professor of French in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.

Jean-Claude Redonnet is Professor (Emeritus) and Research Director at Université Paris-Sorbonne.