CfP: Cold-War Home Fronts: Comparative Approaches
University of Sheffield, UK 26-27 January 2018 Deadline : 21 September 2017 For four decades after the end of the Second World War, competition between the socialist and capitalist blocs shaped international relations on a global scale. For the main protagonists, the USA, USSR, and their near neighbours in Europe, it was a deferred conflict, but also, paradoxically, a ‘total war’ for which citizens must be ever-vigilant. The aim of...
CfP: In the Heart of the Great War. The Individual at the Crossroads between the Civilian and Military Worlds
In the Heart of the Great War. The Individual at the Crossroads between the Civilian and Military Worlds 26-28 October 2017 Mons Memorial Museum in Mons, Belgium Deadline : 3 March 2017 The 2016 Summer School organised by the International Research Centre of the Historial de la Grande Guerre de Péronne has led to many exchanges and debates which needed to be prolonged and perpetuated. In that sense, we invite papers for a symposium...