The School of History joined the Sea Power Centre-Australia in hosting a workshop on Monday 10 November titled ‘The Jeune École, Past and Present: Tactics and Technology in Naval Warfare’. The Jeune École were controversial pioneers in thinking about the use of small craft and high-tech naval assets in the maritime domain and their views have been getting a second hearing in light of the security challenges facing the Indo-Pacific today. Through the support of the French-Australian Science and Innovation Collaboration (FASIC) program, the workshop hosted three French experts on the Jeune École and its legacy, Jean-Marie Kowalski (École navale/Sorbonne), Guillaume de Rougé (École navale), and Emmanuel Véron (École de guerre). The outcomes of the workshop will be several, including a French volume of essays and a collection of papers to be published by the Sea Power Centre.

In the photo, from left to right: Associate Prof Meighen McCrae (ANU - SDSC), Dr Ross Mackie (Sea Power Centre - Australia), Ms Meghan Adams (Sea Power Centre - Australia), Cmdr Felicity Petrie (Sea Power Centre - Australia), Dr Guillaume de Rougé (École navale), Capt Alastair Cooper (Director - Sea Power Centre - Australia), Dr Knox Peden (Sea Power Centre - Australia), Prof Jean-Marie Kowalski (École navale/Sorbonne), Capt Jean-René Degans (French Navy/Australian Defence College), Dr Emmanuel Véron (École de guerre), Dr Richard Dunley (UNSW Canberra), Ms Aina Turillazzi  (ANU - SDSC), Prof Erik Eklund (Sea Power Centre - Australia) and Mr Dongkeun Lee (ANU - SDSC).