Sebastian De Pretto, Abteilung für Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Umweltgeschichte, Universität Bern
08:30–09:15
Welcome and Introduction – Christian Rohr and Sebastin De Pretto, University of Bern
09:20–10:30 Keynote
Vajont. A political ecology of an unnatural disaster
Marco Armiero, Autonomous University of Barcelona
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
11:15–11:55
Currents of Empire: Reflections on Hydroelectricity in Europe’s Colonies
Corey Ross, University of Basel
12:00–12:35 Presentation 1
The Émosson dam and powerplants seen from the French side: some insight on how to deal with contested cross-border hydroelectric infrastructures, 1955-1976
Anne-Sophie Nardelli-Malgrand, University of Savoy Mont Blanc
12:40–14:00 Lunch Break
14:00–14:35 Presentation 2
Hydropower in Valtellina between gains and losses: the attitude of local communities (20th century)
Luca Mocarelli, University of Milano-Bicocca
14:40–15:15 Presentation 3
Hydroimperialism in the Habsburg Monarchy: Carniola and its hydropower infrastructure between 1880 and 1918
Sara Šifrar Krajnik, University of Bern
15:20–15:55 Presentation 4
Dams and barrages on rivers in Slovenia: Benefit or burden
Matija Zorn and Blaž Komac, Anton Melik Geographical Institute
15:55–16:15 Coffee Break
16:20–16:55 Presentation 5
From Wildfluss to a Landscape of Energy Storage: Socio-Environmental Impacts of Bavaria’s Walchenseewerk Resevoir
Marc Landry, University of New Orleans
17:00–17:35 Presentation 6
Total Development in a Federal State? Swiss Hydropower Imaginaries after 1945
Sebastian De Pretto, University of Bern
17:40–18:15 Commentary and Discussion