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The UPU launched its 150th anniversary celebrations on 1-2 February 2024 by delving into the rich history of postal services and the UPU through a historical colloquium, organized in close partnership with La Poste Groupe, La Poste Historical Committee (CHP) and SIRICE laboratory.

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In this video:

Opening ceremony
Masahiko Metoki, Director General of the UPU International Bureau
Philippe Wahl, Chair and CEO of La Poste Group
Scientific introduction: Laborie, Léonard (CNRS, UMR SIRICE, France)

Session 1 – Pre-1874: global traffic and postal reforms
Chair: Griset, Pascal (Sorbonne University, UMR SIRICE, France)

Presenters:
Moreno-Cabanillas, Rocío (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain) presenting remotely
Governance and power in the transatlantic postal system: the organization of the postal service in the Spanish Empire in the 18th century

Muller, Charli (New York University, United States of America)​
The capitalist and colonial logics of Rowland Hill’s postal reforms: terra nullius, uniform pricing, and “conveyance at the lowest rate”

Goldfeder, Pérola (Ouro Preto Federal University and Minas Gerais State University, Brazil)
The throne and the world: from bilateral postal treaties to Brazil’s entry into the Universal Postal Union (1810–1877)

Avaria, Diego (Universal Postal Union, Switzerland)
The Universal Postal Union: a pioneer and template for multilateralism

Session 2 – The foundation of the UPU as a global organization. Strengthening or fighting back (informal) imperialism in the 19th century?
Chair: Kott, Sandrine (Université de Genève, Switzerland)

Presenters:
Crevato-Selvaggi, Bruno (Istituto di studi storici postali “Aldo Cecchi”, Prato, Italy)
European post offices abroad: the UPU between Ottoman complaints and power politics

Yaman, Mehmet Şükrü (Academic researcher in the postal industry, Türkiye)
The hidden parts of historic relations: the founding of the Universal Postal Union and Türkiye’s membership

Honda, Ririko (Keio University, Japan/ University of Berne, Switzerland)
Struggles with globalisation: the integration of Japan into the UPU in the late 19th century