CFP: The Balkans and Migration on the 100th Anniversary of the First World War International Congress

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The First World War, one of the greatest tragedies in the history of humankind, caused the death of millions of people, migrations and change of borders in the Ottoman lands in particular and in the world in general. In this respect, Istanbul University and the Federation of Rumelia-BalkanAssociations regard necessary to raise the issue with an academic perspective.

The congress of “The Balkans and Migration on the 100th Anniversary of the First World War” aims at shedding light on the borders movements during the First World War, their political, military, socio-cultural and economic implications on the societies as well as states

Transportation and accommodation expenses of the participants during the congress will be met by the Organizers. Papers will be presented in English and Turkish. Those who wish to attend to congress with a paper must send the abstracts accordingly up to September 15, 2015. In this context, Participation Form must be filled out completely. The full text of the papers must be submitted via e-mail by November 15, 2015. The papers not delivered up to the announced date will be removed from the congress program.

The congress will be held in Istanbul on 2-4th of December 2015. The papers which are approved by the Scientific Committee and presented in the sessions will be published in the congress proceedings book. We will be pleased by your participation to the Congress of “The Balkans and Migration on the 100th Anniversary of the First World War” with an original paper.

For more information about the congress, please see here.

Job posting: Senior Research Fellow – Project on Individual Liability in War

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Senior Research Fellow – Project on Individual Liability in War
University of Oxford – Department of Politics and International Relations

The Department of Politics and International Relations is looking for an accomplished researcher in the fields of Just War Theory, Moral Philosophy or Political Theory to conduct a high-level research into moral issues arising from the increasing role of individuals in war.

This post is based in Oxford, Manor Road, OX1 3UQ, is available from 1 October 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter and is fixed-term for 2 years.

Working hours including office and remote working hours are 18.75 per week (0.5 FTE).

Closing date: 9th September 2015.

Further information here.

AHS Classics Virtual Issue: Australia and the First World War

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This Special AHS Classics Virtual Issue highlights the important contribution that Australian Historical Studies has made to our understanding of Australia and the First World War. Drawing on over forty years of scholarship and debate, the volume showcases key articles by some of Australia’s most significant historians of the war and the Anzac tradition that emerged from it. These articles show that the adaptability of the Anzac legend requires investigation and caution in the production of new histories of events a century distant.

The articles in this virtual special issue are currently free to view until the end of December 2015. For further information and to access the articles, click here.

MHS, 4 August 2015: Gelibolu, 2005 documentary by Turkish filmmaker Tolga Örnek

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Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

4 August 2015 19:00

Revisiting Gallipoli
Special Event

Dr Silke Ackermann shares personal impressions from her recent pilgrimage to Gallipoli, ahead of a screening of Gelibolu, the 2005 documentary by Turkish filmmaker Tolga Örnek. Presenting viewpoints from both sides of the conflict, the film is narrated by Jeremy Irons and Sam Neill.

4 August: MHS – Gallipoli Film Programme: All the King’s Men

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4 August 2015, at 7pm

The Museum of the History of Science’s season of Gallipoli films begins with All the King’s Men (1999), a feature-length BBC television drama starring David Jason about the mystery of Sandringham Company of the Norfolk Regiment, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Part of the Dear Harry exhibition programme.

Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street, Oxford.

CFP: Women and Warfare in Contemporary Literature Panel (9/30/2015; 3/17-20 2016) NeMLA Hartford, CT

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“War’s destruction brings into being a gallery of particular male and female identities that we tend to compact into two – soldiers on the battle front, women on the home front,” writes Jean Bethke Elshtain, noting that “this reduction is a rhetorical amputation that excises many alternatives, male and female.” Canonical war literature has often presented women’s roles during wartime to be ancillary, highly gendered, and passive, with common representations including soldier’s mothers, women waiting, women mourning, women as nurses/caretakers, women as peacekeepers, brave girls doing “men’s work” on the home front, and promiscuous women. Ranging from limited to problematic, such representations fail to examine the full breadth of women’s participation in and experiences of war including the violence they take part in, their political agency, and the profound trauma they experience as civilian targets of war violence.

Papers addressing books written in any language and about all international conflicts are welcome, however papers must be presented in English. 300 word abstract and CV should be submitted via the NeMLA website by September 30, 2015.

Further information here.

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CFP: New Directions in War and History: Debating military history

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The Strategic & Defence Studies Centre (ANU) and the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society (UNSW Canberra) are pleased to announce an international conference that explores the future of military history, to be held at the Australian National University 4 – 5 February 2016.

The conference aims to explore the unique position occupied by military history between the public, scholarly and professional arenas. Historians of all fields have long mined the wealth of sources that war generates, and the history of war remains popular at an undergraduate level. In Australia the centenary of the First World War has generated substantial public interest, while the Anzac myth is central to national commemoration of war and a signifier of national identity. Yet, military history arguably remains on the margin of the historical discipline in Australia, following an international trend in which the field has been considered to be traditional and conservative.

The organisers invite proposals for 20-minute papers that engage with these and related themes. Proposals should be no more than 300 words, should include a short biography, and be sent to Tristan Moss, tristan.moss@anu.edu.au, and Tom Richardson, t.richardson@adfa.edu.au by 2 October 2015.

To encourage a broad range of participants, at least four bursaries of $500 each will be available to defray travel costs. All participants are eligible, with an emphasis on those who do not have access to institutional funding. Those wishing to apply should include with their paper proposal a CV and a page explaining how they would benefit from a bursary.

Further information here.