CfA: New Approaches to the History of the Second World War
Call for Applications New Approaches to the History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath in Yugoslavia, Greece, and Albania (1939-1949) Venues: Humboldt University Berlin (October 2015), École française d’Athènes (March 2016) Please send us your proposal (max. 2 pages) and a short CV by Monday, 1 December 2014, at the latest. Conveners: Dr. Xavier Bougarel (Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin), Prof. Hannes Grandits (Humboldt University,...
CfP: The Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe
Thematic Issue of the Hungarian Historical Review The Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2014 The reorientation of Central and Eastern European historiographies after 1989 coincided with a major wave of research into the history of the Holocaust. Two of the crucial results of these intense efforts have been that the history of the Holocaust is now much more thoroughly embedded in diverse local and national...
The Violence of War
The Violence of War. Experiences and Images of Conflict Programme Thursday 19th and Friday 20th June 2014 University College London Thursday 19 and Friday 20 June 2014 , University College London Although historians dealing with war will inevitably be called to concentrate their attention on violence, often the understanding of how violence itself was perceived, understood, imagined and experienced by combatants and civilians is...
Germans to Poles
Service Germans to Poles Communism, Nationalism and Ethnic Cleansing after the Second World War At the end of the Second World War, mass forced migration and population movement accompanied the collapse of Nazi Germany’s occupation and the start of Soviet domination in East-Central Europe. Hugo Service examines the experience of Poland’s new territories, exploring the Polish Communist attempt to ‘cleanse’ these...
Jews and Gentiles in East Central Europe in the 20th Century
Jews and Gentiles in East Central Europe in the 20th Century May 26 – June 1, 2014 http://www.prague2014conference.org/ The workshop and conference on Jewish-Gentile relations in East-Central Europe in the twentieth century convene established scholars, young academics and graduate students from four continents in order to enhance the original research on the Jewish life in the countries between Germany and Russia. Both events...
