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JOBS: 5 positions – 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, Freie Universität Berlin

Posted by Pierre Purseigle on July 24, 2011

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Freie Universität Berlin

DFG-Projekt „1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War“

1914-1918-Online Job Advertisement

Im Rahmen des von der DFG geförderten Projektes „1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War“ werden am Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (Prof. Dr. Oliver Janz) und am Center für Digitale Systeme (Prof. Dr. Nicolas Apostolopoulos) der Freien Universität Berlin fünf Stellen ausge-schrieben.

1914-1918-online ist ein internationales Verbundprojekt mit einer doppelten Zielsetzung: 1. Konzepti-on und redaktionelle Betreuung eines global orientierten englischsprachigen virtuellen Handbuchs zum Ersten Weltkrieg, 2. Entwicklung und Erprobung modellhafter Navigationsfunktionalitäten durch nicht-lineare Textkonvolute.

1914-1918-online bietet herausfordernde Tätigkeiten im Grenzbereich von historischer Fachwissen-schaft und E-Humanities. Als Mitarbeiter/in im Projekt „1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War“ arbeiten Sie in einem hochgradig internationalen, kompetenten und motivierten Forschungsumfeld. Ihre Leistungsbereitschaft und Ihr persönliches Engagement werden hoch ge-schätzt.

Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (FMI)

Arbeitsbereich Neuere Europäische Geschichte (Prof. Dr. Oliver Janz)

Die Erforschung der Geschichte erfolgt am Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut in ihrer ganzen Breite. Das Fach ist in allen Epochen von der griechischen Antike bis hin zur Zeitgeschichte vertreten. Am Ar-beitsbereich ‚Neuere Europäische Geschichte’ sind mehrere internationale Forschungs- und Verbund-projekte zur Geschichte des Ersten Weltkriegs und E-History angesiedelt. Mehr unter: www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/fmi/arbeitsbereiche/ab_janz/projekte/Projekt_1914-1918-Online

Wiss. Mitarbeiter/in Vollzeit befristet für 3 Jahre, Einstellung vom 1.10.2011 – 30.9.2014 E 13 TV-L FU

Aufgabengebiet:

Der/die Stelleninhaber/in ist verantwortlich für die Koordinierung des Gesamtprojektes. Dazu gehören insbesondere die Abstimmung zwischen technischen und fachwissenschaftlichen Projektarbeiten, die Optimierung der fachlich-redaktionellen Workflows, Monitoring, die Kommunikation mit den Projekt-partnern sowie die Erfüllung der Berichtspflicht gegenüber der DFG. Zum weiteren Aufgabenbereich gehören darüber hinaus Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Netzwerkbildung.

Einstellungsvoraussetzungen:

Mit Promotion abgeschlossenes Studium im Fach Neuere Geschichte, ausgezeichnete Englisch-kenntnisse in Wort und Schrift

Erwünscht:

Promotion zum Ersten Weltkrieg, Erfahrungen im Bereich Projektmanagement, Drittmittelverwaltung, Webaffinität, Verständnis für die Herausforderungen der E-Humanities, ausgeprägte Kommunikations- und Moderationskompetenzen, sehr gute Kenntnisse weiterer europäischer Fremdsprachen (insbe-sondere Französisch, Russisch).

Kennziffer 13011700/2011/1

Wiss. Mitarbeiter/in mit 1/2-Teilzeitbeschäftigung befristet für 3 Jahre, Einstellung vom 1.10.2011 – 30.9.2014 E 13 TV-L FU

Aufgabengebiet:

Der/die Stelleninhaber/in ist als Redaktionsmitglied in den gesamten redaktionellen Workflow und die allgemeine Projektarbeit eingebunden. Zu den vielfältigen Aufgaben gehören z.B. Copy- und Layout-Editing der eingehenden Beiträge, Unterstützung des Editorial Boards und der Beiträger, Recherche themenbezogener Webressourcen, Beschaffung von Primärquellen, Texterschließung bzw. -auszeichnung anhand von im Projektverlauf entwickelter Systematiken.

Einstellungsvoraussetzungen:

Abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium (Diplom, Master, Staatsexamen, Magister) im Fach Geschichte, ausgezeichnete Englischkenntnisse

Erwünscht:

Englischkenntnisse auf Muttersprachler-Niveau, gute Kenntnisse weiterer Fremdsprachen, Erfahrun-gen im Bereich Redaktionsarbeit, Bereitschaft zur Bearbeitung eines Promotions- oder Postdoc-Projektes zum Ersten Weltkrieg, Webaffinität, ausgeprägte Kommunikationskompetenz

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Center für Digitale Systeme (CeDiS)

Das Center für Digitale Systeme (CeDiS) ist das zentrale Kompetenzzentrum für E-Learning, E-Science und Multimedia der Freien Universität Berlin. Als Anbieter integrierter Services unterstützt CeDiS die Einrichtungen der Universität beim Einsatz digitaler Technologien und Medien in Lehre und Forschung mit innovativen Lösungskonzepten. Das internationale CeDiS-Team ist an vielen spannen-den interdisziplinären Drittmittelprojekten beteiligt. Mehr über unsere Aktivitäten erfahren Sie unter: http://www.cedis.fu-berlin.de. Für 1914-1918-online sucht CeDiS neue Mitarbeiter/innen:

Wiss. Mitarbeiter/in mit 1/2-Teilzeitbeschäftigung befristet für 3 Jahre, Einstellung vom 1.10.2011 – 30.9.2014 E 13 TV-L FU

Aufgabengebiet:

Technische Koordination und technisches Projektmanagement, Kommunikation und Abstimmung der Konzepte und Aufgaben mit der wissenschaftlichen Redaktion bzw. mit den Fachwissenschaftlern

Einstellungsvoraussetzungen:

Hochschulabschluss (Diplom, Master, Magister, Staatsexamen) vorzugsweise in Informationswissen-schaft/Informatik oder gleichwertige Fähigkeiten und Erfahrungen, sehr gute Englischkenntnisse

Erwünscht:

Kreativität im Umgang mit heraufordernden Problemstellungen

Mind. 3-jährige Berufserfahrung, vorzugsweise im Management von IT-Projekten und deren Ein-führung

Sehr gute Kenntnisse und Erfahrungen im Umgang mit digitalen Repositorien und Web-Plattformen

Lösungs- und Kundenorientierung; Eigeninitiative und Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Teamgeist

Kennziffer CeDiS-1418-2011/01

Wiss. Mitarbeiter/in Vollzeit befristet für 3 Jahre, Einstellung vom 1.10.2011 – 30.9.2014 E 13 TV-L FU

Aufgabengebiet:

Mitarbeit bei der Konzeption der IT-Architektur, Implementierung der wissenschaftlich-fachlichen IT-Kernfunktionalität (insbesondere Datenschnittstellen, redaktionelle Abläufe, Verarbeitung der Metada-ten, User Interfaces)

Einstellungsvoraussetzungen:

Hochschulabschluss (Diplom, Master, Magister, Staatsexamen) vorzugsweise in Informatik oder gleichwertige Fähigkeiten und Erfahrungen

Erwünscht:

Kreativität im Umgang mit heraufordernden Problemstellungen

Sehr gute Kenntnisse und Erfahrungen im Umgang mit digitalen Repositorien und Web-Plattformen (vorzugsweise Wikis)

Sehr gute Kenntnisse von aktuellen Standards der Web-Software-Entwicklung (HTML, CSS, JScript, Web 2.0 etc.)

Mind. 3-jährige Berufserfahrung in Software-Entwicklungsprojekten (vorzugsweise auf Basis von PHP)

Erfahrungen im Betrieb von Software-Plattformen (vorzugsweise unter Linux)

Sehr gute Englischkenntnisse

Lösungs- und Kundenorientierung; Eigeninitiative und Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Teamgeist

Kennziffer CeDiS-1418-2011/02

Wiss. Mitarbeiter/in mit 0,8-Teilzeitbeschäftigung befristet für 32 Monate, Einstellung vom 1.1.2012 – 30.8.2014 E 13 TV-L FU

Aufgabengebiet:

Implementierung der wissenschaftlich-fachlichen IT-Kernfunktionalität (insbesondere Datenschnittstel-len, redaktionelle Abläufe, Verarbeitung der Metadaten, User Interfaces)

Einstellungsvoraussetzungen:

Hochschulabschluss (Diplom, Master, Magister, Staatsexamen) vorzugsweise in Informatik oder gleichwertige Fähigkeiten und Erfahrungen

Erwünscht:

Kreativität im Umgang mit heraufordernden Problemstellungen

Sehr gute Kenntnisse und Erfahrungen im Umgang mit digitalen Repositorien und Web-Plattformen (vorzugsweise Wikis)

Sehr gute Kenntnisse von aktuellen Standards der Web-Software-Entwicklung (HTML, CSS, JScript, Web 2.0 etc.)

Mind. 3-jährige Berufserfahrung in Software-Entwicklungsprojekten (vorzugsweise auf Basis von PHP)

Erfahrungen im Betrieb von Software-Plattformen (vorzugsweise unter Linux)

Sehr gute Englischkenntnisse

Lösungs- und Kundenorientierung; Eigeninitiative und Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Teamgeist

Kennziffer CeDiS-1418-2011/03

Adressen:

Bewerbungen sind mit aussagekräftigen Unterlagen bis zum 17. August 2011 unter Angabe der je-weils genannten Kennziffer – ausschließlich im Format PDF und elektronisch per E-Mail — zu richten an das Center für Digitale Systeme unter der Adresse e-publishing@cedis.fu-berlin.de . Vor-aussichtliche Vorstellungstermine: 30. August bis 2. September 2011 in Berlin. Die Benachrichtigung erfolgt per Mail.

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JOB: Research Historian, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Posted by Pierre Purseigle on July 21, 2011

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Application Address: www.cwgc.org

Telephone: 01628 507188

Fax: 01628 507129

Location: Berkshire

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Contract type: Full time

Contract term: Temporary

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

We are the international organisation responsible for preserving the many cemeteries and memorials that commemorate the sacrifices made by the Commonwealth forces in the two world wars. Our work extends across 150 countries around the world, and we are looking for someone to develop material about the history of our cemeteries and memorials and the individuals commemorated.

RESEARCH HISTORIAN

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a research historian as we look to develop material about the history of our cemeteries and memorials for use in publications and on our website. It is expected that the successful applicant will be a postdoctoral military historian with a research background in some aspect or aspects of the various fronts of the First World War and the Second World War.

The focus of the research will be on the actions and events that relate to a number of cemeteries and memorials of the First World War and to write up the results in an engaging way for a general audience. Excellent communication, organisation and research skills are essential, together with the knowledge and contacts to investigate sources quickly and effectively.

The post is funded for three years in the first instance and may be renewable. It is based at our Head Office in Maidenhead, Berkshire, but will also involve working at archives and libraries in other parts of the country. The post holder will also have an opportunity to travel to Belgium and France to develop an understanding of our sites in context.

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Benefits include: Final salary pension scheme - Good learning and development opportunities - Child Care voucher scheme - Generous Annual leave.

An application form and further details are available under What We Do, Careers, on our website: www.cwgc.org. Alternatively, by contacting us at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7DX Tel: 01628 507188

Fax: 01628 507129 E-mail: recruitment@cwgc.org.

The closing date for completed application forms is 12 August 2011

Interviews will be held early September

We are committed to Equal Opportunities and welcome applications from all sectors and ages within the community.

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Bourse de thèse – Institut Historique Allemand, Paris

Posted by Pierre Purseigle on June 5, 2011

Posted in PhD Funding

Dans le cadre d’un nouvel axe de recherche sur la Première Guerre mondiale,
l’Institut historique allemand de Paris
décerne à l’automne 2011
un contrat doctoral fléché sur la France et le champ thématique suivant:
« Histoire culturelle de l’avant-guerre »

Le contrat doctoral sert à préparer un travail de doctorat dans le cadre du projet de recherche mis en place à l’IHA début 2011 et dirigé par Arndt Weinrich. La thèse en elle-même ne peut pas être menée au sein de l’IHA et les candidats doivent être munis au préalable d’une inscription en thèse délivrée par une université.
Le doctorant/la doctorante forme un groupe de chercheurs avec le directeur du groupe de recherche, au sein duquel coopèrent idéalement aussi des boursiers de courte durée, de longue durée ou des doctorants et doctorantes dont les recherches sont financées par des tiers. Les aides à la mobilité pour des séjours de recherche de courte durée à Paris peuvent être demandées dans le cadre du programme ordinaire de bourses de l’IHA (http://www.dhi-paris.fr/index.php?id=153&L=1) et leurs bénéficiaires sont les bienvenus au sein du groupe de chercheurs.
Le contrat doctoral est accordé pour une durée de trois ans. Il s’adresse en premier lieu à des doctorants et doctorantes en début de thèse.
L’IHA et l’EHESS ont décidé de nouer une coopération étroite en matière de promotion des jeunes chercheurs. Les thèses de doctorat menées entièrement au sein des groupes de recherche de l’IHA seront désormais rattachées de surcroît à l’EHESS. Les doctorants profitent ainsi des programmes de subvention de thèse français. Ces contrats doctoraux, de droit français, incluent une couverture sociale pour la durée de la thèse. L’allocation s’élève actuellement à un montant mensuel brut de 1.818,- € et comprend une assurance maladie, vieillesse et chômage française. L’IHA offre en outre au doctorant/à la doctorante une place de travail dans les locaux de l’institut et met l’ensemble de son infrastructure à sa disposition.
Il est attendu de la part des membres qu’ils s’engagent activement dans les activités et manifestations du groupe de chercheurs. Une bonne maîtrise de l’allemand est souhaitée. Vous trouverez de plus amples renseignements sur le projet de recherche »La première guerre mondiale « ainsi que sur ses orientation et organisation dans la rubrique »Recherche« du site Internet de l’Institut www.dhi-paris.fr.
Pour des informations relatives au contenu du projet de recherche, adressez-vous à Arndt Weinrich (aweinrich@dhi-paris.fr). Envoyez s.v.p. vos questions formelles au directeur adjoint et chef de la section « Histoire contemporaine », M. Stefan Martens (smartens@dhi-paris.fr).
Les candidatures, comprenant un CV, les photocopies de diplômes universitaires, une lettre de recommandation du directeur de thèse, un exposé du projet de thèse ou du projet de recherche (4 pages max.) et un calendrier de la recherche doivent être adressées avant le 15 juillet 2011 par mail exclusivement à :
Madame la directrice de l’IHA
Prof. Dr. Gudrun Gersmann (kfoertsch@dhi-paris.fr).

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JOB: Two Lectureships in the History of War

Posted by Pierre Purseigle on April 12, 2011

Posted in jobs

University of Birmingham

College of Arts and Law

School of History and Cultures

Starting salary £36,532 to £43,622 a year (potential progression on performance once in post to £49,096 a year).

We are looking for two historians who work on the history of war and conflict from c. 1700 to the present. This field is interpreted broadly to include all approaches to security, conflict and warfare. Geographic specialization is open, though we are particularly interested in candidates whose research can complement our existing strengths in Europe, Africa and modern empire, and whose research falls within one of more of the School’s key research themes and strengthens our commitment to expanding our global reach.

The appointments will be expected to consolidate our UG teaching provision, to contribute to postgraduate programmes in War Studies and History and to help expand PGT and PGR recruitment. They will also be expected to work with one or more of our research centres to bolster History’s performance in the REF.

There are opportunities in the School of History and Cultures in terms of:

Research:

developing and consolidating existing research interests within the School of History and Cultures, both individually and with others, with a view to publication of high-quality research
initiating and participating in broader, cross-School initiatives, both multi-/inter-disciplinary and with historians working in other Schools of the College of Arts and Law, and/or with colleagues in the College of Social Sciences)

Teaching:

contributing to existing undergraduate courses (special subjects and more generally) and development of both new courses and programmes,
taking a full part in the consolidation and development of postgraduate work, building on initiatives developed by our Centres.

Administration and Career development:

learning about and participating in the organisation and management of a varied and dynamic section in one of Britain’s largest redbricks.
opportunities to develop administrative and organisational skills in professional terms
Interviews will be held in late May
Expected start date September 2011

Closing date: 9^th May 2011 Reference: 44479

To download the details and submit an electronic application online visit: www.hr.bham.ac.uk/jobs alternatively information can be obtained from 0121 415 9000.

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Finding Common Ground. New Directions in First World War Studies

Posted by Pierre Purseigle on January 9, 2011

Posted in Historiography, Members' Publications, Society Publication

A new volume edited by Jennifer D. Keene and Michael S. Neiberg.

· December 2010
· ISBN 978 90 04 19182 2
· Hardback (384 pp.)
· List price EUR 126.- / US$ 179.-
· History of Warfare; 62

Representing the best of cutting-edge scholarship in First World War studies, this anthology demonstrates the possibity of finding common ground in how cultural, social, and military historians study the war. Essays focus on the decisions of commanders, inter-allied negotiations, trench culture, prisoners of war, the sailors’ war, key developments along the Eastern Front, and how colonial troops experienced the war. Other essays consider the impact of the war on civilians under occupation, the creation of humanitarian relief missions, as well as how the memory of the war affected postwar pacifist movements and the problems faced by wounded veterans. Together these essays underscore how conversations among historians across international and cross-disciplinary boundaries result in dynamic and original scholarship that enhances our understanding of this global conflict.

Contributers are Gearóid Barry, Roger Chickering, Tim Cook, Santanu Das, Brian Feltman, Julia Eichenberg, Elizabeth Greenhalgh, Jeffrey Grey, Mark Grotelueschen, Jesse Kauffman, Branden Little, Heather Perry, Laura Rowe and David T. Zabecki.

Readership: All those interested in World War I, or the impact of war on society. Selected essays will appeal to those interested in civilians under occupation, soldiers’ frontline experiences, colonial troops, prisoners of war, and the memory of war.

Jennifer D. Keene, Ph.D. (1991) in History, Carnegie-Mellon University, is Chair and Professor of History at Chapman University. She has published extensively on the American involvement in World War I including Doughboys and the Remaking of America (Johns Hopkins, 2001).

Michael S. Neiberg, Ph.D. (1996 ) in History, Carnegie-Mellon University, is Professor of History at University of Southern Mississippi. He has wide-ranging publications on World War I, most notably Fighting the Great War: A Global History (Harvard, 2005)

This volume originated in the conference organized in Washington, D.C. by the Society in 2007. Society’s members can download a discounted order form here.

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Society’s 6th Biennial Conference, Innsbruck September 2011

Posted by jennymacleod on December 7, 2010

Posted in Call for papers

Other fronts, other wars?

21 – 23 September 2011

Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck

Call for Papers

The Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck is pleased to organize together with the Karl-Franzens-University Graz and the Andrássy University Budapest the 6^th Biennial Conference of the “International Society for First World War Studies” in September 2011. After very successful conferences in Lyon, Oxford, Dublin, Washington D.C. and London, the Society is now pleased to be meeting in one of the succeeding countries of the Habsburg Empire and in our host city of Innsbruck.

The conference’s topic

With the title “Other fronts, other wars?” the continuity from the last conference in London (“Other fronts, other combatants”) is obvious; at the same time “other” fields of the First World War are in focus. Hereby, the category of “space” stands at the center of interest, with all its different and conceivably abstract facets. Thus, the organizers are planning to further the investigation of questions regarding topics such as home fronts and approaches involving the history of mentality. Additionally, the dominance of the Western Front, especially in the Anglo-Saxon historical community, will be diversified by including other “front-spaces”. This CfP aims not only at classic military historians, but invites all scholars of the humanities and social sciences (historians, art historians, political scientists, philosophers, musicologists, archeologists etc.) working on the various aspects of the First World War and seeking the opportunity for an international and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas. Following the Society’s policy, this CfP strongly encourages postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers in all related disciplines.

Procedure

Please send the title and an abstract of the paper (max. 300 words) as well as a curriculum vitae to firstworldwar@gmx.at, before:

6 February 2011

The documents can be filed in German or English, but the language used during the conference will be exclusively English. Please be prepared to submit your paper of max. 8000 words before 1 June 2011.

The “International Society for First World War Studies” was founded in 2001. Its aim is to bring together scholars of various levels, nationalities, and disciplines. The Society supports an exchange of ideas across national and disciplinary borders. It encourages young academics to gain a foothold in the field of First World War Studies and to present their various innovative approaches.

Conference Excursion

Following the conference, a two day field trip (24 – 25 September) to the theatre of war at the Dolomites front (northern Italy) will be offered in order to explore, according to the conference title, another “front-space” of the Great War.

The organizational team is looking forward to your applications!

For further information please contact:

http://www.zeg-ibk.at/firstworldwar/start_engl

For the organizational team:

Matthias Egger, Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck

Nicole-Melanie Goll, Karl-Franzens-University Graz / Andrássy University Budapest

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Future Wars, Imagined Wars: Towards a Cultural History of the pre-1914 Period

Posted by Pierre Purseigle on August 18, 2010

Posted in Call for papers

Conference organized by the

Centre International de Recherche de l’Historial de la Grande Guerre,
in association with the German Historical Institute, Paris
and the Institut Universitaire de France

and the participation of the
Centre for First World War Studies, University of Birmingham.

9-10 November 2011

Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne (France)

Proposals are invited for papers to be given at the above conference. They should be no more than one page in length and sent to the Director of the Centre International de Recherche, Mme Caroline Fontaine (research@historial.org), by Monday, 13th September 2010. Proposals may be in English or French.

This conference stands at the crossroads of three trains of thought concerning the history of the Great War, each of them at once conceptual and empirical.

1. The cultural approach to the history of the war initially sought to recover the experiences of the conflict itself – its violence, its hidden dimensions (invasions, atrocities, occupations, prisoners-of-war, etc.). This involved dismantling the retrospective myths of the war in order to reconstitute the main experiences of the conflict in all their complexity – entries into war, life at the front, and so on. This same approach has also been applied to the consequences and legacies of the war, such as trauma, memory, commemoration, cultural demobilizations and remobilizations, etc. However, a cultural historical approach has not yet been applied systematically to the pre-war period. The latter thus represents the last significant terrain to be explored from this point of view.

2. The pre-war period leading up to 1914 raises important conceptual questions. Because of the gulf between the immediate political and diplomatic causes of the Great War and the war’s unforeseen consequences, pre-war perspectives bore little relationship to the eventual experiences of the war, despite being a major determinant of them. Reconstituting the multiple senses of a future war, or wars, which existed before 1914 would thus contribute the final panel to an interpretative triptych of the Great War as a fundamental rupture in modern history – the future war, the war experienced, the war in retrospect.

3. For a long time the pre-war period dominated the historiography of the war in the form of the “responsibilities” question. Reactivated by the Fischer thesis in the 1960s and the debates to which that gave rise, this question has never entirely disappeared even if it ran out of steam in the 1990s by comparison with the dynamism of the new questions being proposed by the cultural history of the conflict. The “responsibility” for the outbreak of the war is a prime example of the classic tradition of military and political history, focused on questions of cause and consequence. Since cultural history has concerned itself more with experience and the multiple ways in which experience is constituted and transmitted, it has had less to say about causality, without ever totally ignoring it.

The reintegration of cultural with political and military history is currently emerging as one of the main challenges of historical writing and it poses precisely the question of the causal weight to be assigned to questions of experience, the imaginary and representations. A conference on the pre-war period is thus an ideal vehicle for addressing this challenge in its more general implications. What was the precise historical relationship between the causes of the war and these imagined future wars that never came about?

In order to explore these three lines of reflection, it is necessary to take into account the entire spectrum of possible causalities. The mental horizons and cultural and political assumptions of the principal actors (generals, political leaders) are firmly on the agenda. So, too, are the wars of the future as they were imagined by major literary figures and by the press. Equally important are the ways in which contemporaries understood the conflicts of the pre-war period, including the colonial dimension as a terrain for imagining future European conflicts, and the lessons they drew from them for future wars. The conference would also provide an opportunity to revisit the place of war in the imagined futures of different kinds of activist – nationalists, feminists, socialists, etc.

The nature of the subject (notably the importance of the Balkan Wars and Russia) offers the opportunity to include specialists of Eastern Europe, South-Eastern Europe and Russia. The same is true for Italy, given the significance of Futurism and the Italian-Turkish War of 1911-12. Countries such as Spain, which participated fully in the “pre-war” period (crisis and “generation” of 1898), though remaining neutral during the war itself, equally come within the ambit of the conference.

Programme:

1. Introduction: What is a “pre-war” period? What was the “pre-war” period of 1914?

2. The long pasts of future war.

3. War in the short-term future, 1899-1914.

4. International crises and the imminence of war, 1911-1913.

5. The crisis of July 1914

6. Epilogue: the arrival of the future, August-December 1914.

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John Horne, ed. A Companion to World War I

Posted by Pierre Purseigle on May 15, 2010

Posted in Members' Publications

A Companion to the First World War brings together an international team of distinguished historians who provide a series of original and thought-provoking essays on one of the most devastating events in modern history.

* Comprises 38 essays by leading scholars who analyze the current state of historical scholarship on the First World War
* Provides extensive coverage spanning the pre-war period, the military conflict, social, economic, political, and cultural developments, and the war’s legacy
* Offers original perspectives on themes as diverse as strategy and tactics, war crimes, science and technology, and the arts

John Horne is Professor of Modern European History at Trinity College, Dublin, a member of the Research Centre at the Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne, France, and a founding member of the International Society for First World War Studies. He has published widely on the history of the Great War and of twentieth-century France, including Labour at War: France and Britain, 1914-1918 (1991), State, Society and Mobilization in Europe during the First World War (ed., 1997) and (with Alan Kramer), German Atrocities, 1914. A History of Denial (2001), which has also appeared in French and German.

Introduction (John Horne).

PART I ORIGINS.

1 The War Imagined: 1890–1914 (Gerd Krumeich).

2 The War Explained: 1914 to the Present (John F. V. Keiger).

PART II THE MILITARY CONFLICT.

3 The War Experienced: Command, Strategy, and Tactics, 1914–18 (Hew Strachan).

4 War in the West, 1914–16 (Holger H. Herwig).

5 War in the East and Balkans, 1914–18 (Dennis Showalter).

6 The Italian Front, 1915–18 (Giorgio Rochat).

7 The Turkish War, 1914–18 (Ulrich Trumpener).

8 The War in Africa (David Killingray).

9 War in the West, 1917–18 (Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson).

10 The War at Sea (Paul G. Halpern).

11 The War in the Air (John H. Morrow, Jr.).

PART III FACES OF WAR.

12 Combat (Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau).

13 Combatants and Noncombatants: Atrocities, Massacres, and War Crimes (Alan Kramer).

14 War Aims and Neutrality (Jean-Jacques Becker).

15 Industrial Mobilization and War Economies (Theo Balderston).

16 Faith, Ideologies, and the “Cultures of War” (Annette Becker).

17 Demography (Jay Winter).

18 Women and Men (Susan R. Grayzel).

19 Public Opinion and Politics (John Horne).

20 Military Medicine (Sophie Delaporte).

21 Science and Technology (Anne Rasmussen).

22 Intellectuals and Writers (Christophe Prochasson).

23 The Visual Arts (Annette Becker).

24 Film and the War (Pierre Sorlin).

PART IV STATES, NATIONS, AND EMPIRES.

25 Austria-Hungary and “Yugoslavia” (Mark Cornwall).

26 Belgium (Sophie de Schaepdrijver).

27 Britain and Ireland (Adrian Gregory).

28 France (Leonard V. Smith).

29 Germany (Gerhard Hirschfeld).

30 German-Occupied Eastern Europe (Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius).

31 Italy (Antonio Gibelli).

32 Russia (Eric Lohr).

33 The Ottoman Empire (Hamit Bozarslan).

34 The United States (Jennifer D. Keene).

35 The French and British Empires (Robert Aldrich and Christopher Hilliard).

PART V LEGACIES.

36 The Peace Settlement, 1919–39 (Carole Fink).

37 War after the War: Conflicts, 1919–23 (Peter Gatrell).

38 Mourning and Memory, 1919–45 (Laurence Van Ypersele).

Select Primary Sources.

Extended Bibliography.

Index.

Further information and extracts on the Wiley website.

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Gallipoli: a ridge too far, 5–6 August 2010, Canberra (AUS)

Posted by Pierre Purseigle on May 15, 2010

Posted in Events

In August 2010, the Australian War Memorial will convene an international conference to mark the 95th anniversary of the climactic battles of the Gallipoli campaign. In early August 1915, after months of stalemate in the trenches on Gallipoli, British and Dominion troops launched a series of assaults in an all-out attempt to break the deadlock and achieve a decisive victory. The “August offensive” resulted in heart-breaking failure and costly losses on both sides. Many of the sites of the bloody struggle became famous names: Lone Pine, the Nek, Chunuk Bair, Hill 60, Suvla Bay.

Debate has continued to the present day over the strategy and planning, the real or illusory opportunities for success, and the causes of failure in what became the last throw of the dice for the Allies. Some argue that these costly attacks were a lost opportunity; others maintain that the outcomes were simply inevitable.

This conference will draw leading military historians from around the world to bring multi-national perspectives to these intriguing questions. Keynote speaker, Professor Robin Prior of the University of Adelaide, author of Gallipoli: the end of the myth (2009), will join a range of international authorities from Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, Germany and Turkey to present their most recent research findings.

Further information, including registration and program details, can be found on the web at: http://www.awm.gov.au/events/conference/2010/index.asp

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World War I and the Modern World, Moscow, 26-27 May 2010

Posted by Pierre Purseigle on April 21, 2010

Posted in Events

A conference organized and sponsored by

International Independent University of Environmental and Political Sciences (IIUEPS Academy)

Russian Association of World War I Historians (RAWWH)

Russian State Historical Museum

Russian State Archive of Military History

Polish Academy of Sciences’ Permanent Representative at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Tibbits Historical Foundation (USA)

The Moscow International Conference “World War I and the Modern World” aims to commemorate great and tragic events that radically changed the modern history – World War I (WWI) of 1914 – 1918 and the creation of the Versailles – Washington world order.

Academic scholars and independent researchers are expected to scrutinize various political, socio-economic, cultural and demographic aspects of the global catastrophe, including its origins, general course, key phases and consequences. The problem of the Russian participation in World War I will be especially focused on. In accordance to the profile of the IIUEPS certain attention will be granted to political and ecological problems of WWI in the context of the human civilization.

The Organizing Committee will review results of the Internet competition which is held for students and precedes the beginning of the Conference sessions. The authors of the most interesting works on the history of WWI will be awarded with valuable prizes. Besides, they will be given the floor to present their papers to professional historians.

The Organizing Committee will also arrange a collection of rare authentic documents from the funds of the Russian State Archive of Military History to be displayed for the speakers and other participants. The Russian State Historical Museum will exhibit artifacts relating to the period of World War I.

We expect representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and other religious confessions to take part in the Conference meetings.

Three plenary and twelve panel sessions stand on the agenda of the Conference. Regular coffee-breaks, lunches and a banquet will be held for all speakers and guests of the Conference. Excursions to the Russian State Historical Museum and the Museum of Modern History will also be arranged for participants.

The Conference official languages are Russian and English.

The proceedings of the Conference will be published by a separate edition in the end of 2010.

For further information, please check the conference website.

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