Remembering Violence and Violent Memory
Abstracts for papers are invited for this year's Violence and Conflict Workshop Graduate Conference, themed "Remembering Violence and Violent Memory," to be held at the University of Cambridge.
This workshop tackles the twin themes of violence and conflict throughout the ages. It seeks to bring together military historians with those looking at the social, cultural and political histories of violence. The use of the term “conflict” is intended to give an arena to histories of grand strategy and operational military history, while the generalized term “violence” widens the scope of the workshop beyond beyond formal war between states to include not only other forms of political violence, such as guerrilla warfare and terrorism, but also socio-cultural manifestations of violence and the impact of these on the groups and individuals who must live with their consequences.
In general, the aim is to take a broad, holistic approach to the topic, cutting across periods and specialisations and attracting students with all sorts of different interests connected to our central themes. The conference seeks new perspectives, ideas, and questions on the constantly evolving arena between memory and history.
We welcome papers from all regional locations and periods on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to:
- Memoires, Letters, Diaries
- Collective Memory
- National Amnesia
- The use of Oral History
- Cultural Memory
- Commemorations of War
- Alterations of History over Time
- Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (South Africa, Indian Residential Schools, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Chile, etc.)
- National Historiographies
- Places or images of violent memory (spaces, museums, artwork, music)
- Public history (as related to the general presentation of history to the public through film, TV, books, commemorations, etc.)
Proposals should include a title and an abstract of 300 - 400 words, as well as the author's name, address, telephone number, email address, and institutional affiliation, and should be emailed to violence.conflict@gmail.com.
For more information about the Cambridge History Faculty Violence and Conflict Workshop please see our webpage http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/graduate-students/training/workshops/warfare.
Small travel subsidies may be available on a first come, first serve basis.
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Contact:
Jesus Francisco Chairez Garza
University of Cambridge
Faculty of History
West Road
Cambridge, CB3 9EF
UK