Global War - Global Connections - Global Moments

Datum: 
Mittwoch, 31. Januar 2018 bis Freitag, 2. Februar 2018
Ort: 
Zürich
Deadline: 
Sonntag, 5. November 2017

A century after the First World War, this conference wants to reflect on international relations and entanglements during the global conflict. The aim is to bring together an international group of scholars working on transnational and international fields and aspects of the war, such as diplomacy, rivalry between war partners, secret diplomacy or commemoration.

Core topics:

-   International Relations

-   Cooperation and Rivalry between War Partners

-   Alliances

-   Networks, NGOs, Red Cross, Transnational companies

-   Visions of Post-War Future, Peace and Order

-   Transition from War to Peace (Global War, Local Peace)

-   Global War

-   Global Actors

-   Local Actors

-   Commemoration (transnational)

-   Revolutions, Ruptures and Turning Points

-   Knowledge transfer, secret diplomacy and intelligence services

Please send an abstract of 300 - 400 words to  global.war.conference@gmail.com.

Conference Venue: TBA (Historisches Seminar, Universität Zürich)

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Contact:

Thomas Schmutz

Historisches Seminar

Universität Zürich

thomas.schmutz@uon.edu.au