Honouring the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, the University of Calgary’s Department of History and Centre for Military and Strategic Studies invite academics and graduate students from around the world to share new scholarly work on this global conflict. The Great War has attracted no end of historiographical controversy since the guns fell silent. Historians are constantly using innovative and often inter-disciplinary methods to answer original questions, and offer new perspectives on established debates.

This conference provides a forum to explore these avenues of research in an international setting. We invite researchers from relevant disciplines to share their research on the following topics:

-  Memory and Identity

-  Combat and Logistics

-  Global Warfare

-  Gendered Roles during Wartime

-  The Expanded State

-  War and Politics

Applicants are encouraged to submit original work on the conference themes. "New perspectives" may include, for example: material culture; changing nature of commemoration; interdisciplinary approaches, and methodological innovations.

The best papers will be selected for publication.

The conference will be held at the historic Chateau Lake Louise, in the heart of Banff National Park.

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Jonathan Vance, Western University; Dr. Holger Herwig, University of Calgary.

To apply, please send 250 word proposals for 20 minute papers, a paper title, and a one-page CV, via email (The New Perspectives Committee: Ranke@ucalgary.ca ) or post. Panel proposals are welcome and should include an additional 250 word abstract on the theme of the panel.

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Contact:

William John Pratt

Research Assistant

Department of History

University of Calgary

645 Social Sciences

2500 University Dr

NW Calgary, AB T2N 1N4

Canada

wjpratt@ucalgary.ca

www.np2014.ca