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The chair for the “War and Culture” area at the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association invites all interested scholars to submit papers on any aspect of the intersection of war and culture in literature, film, television, comics, and digital media; on cultural aspects of representation, mobilization, and memory in journalism, architecture, music, and painting; on American life and culture during wartime, etc. Especially encouraged are submissions on the culture of war protest, on conscientious objectors, deserters, and anti-war activism.
2015 jährt sich der 100te Jahrestag der erbitterten Kämpfe um die Halbinsel Gallipoli, welche in die Geschichte der Türkei als Schlacht von Canakkale eingegangen sind. Soldaten des Britischen Empires und aus Frankreich kämpften hier gegen osmanische, deutsche und österreichisch-ungarische Truppen, während Krankenschwestern und Ärzte die Verwundeten in den Spitälern in ganz Europa versorgen sollten. Während beide Seiten schreckliche Bedingungen und brutale Kämpfe durchlebten, entwickelte sich zunehmend Respekt für den jeweiligen Gegner im Schützengraben.
This workshop brings together an international group of historians to discuss their research on a topic that has heretofore received relatively little attention: Habsburg home fronts during the First World War.These historians, who range from advanced graduate students to full professors, will be joined by a number of senior specialists to discuss their presentations and place them in comparative context.
Das seit 1986 bestehende "Memminger Forum für Schwäbische Regionalgeschichte e. V." beschäftigt sich in wissenschaftlichen Tagungen in zweijährigem Turnus und der inzwischen auf elf Bände angewachsenen Publikationsreihe "Forum Suevicum" (UVK-Verlag, Konstanz) mit der schwäbischen Regionalgeschichte unter vergleichender Perspektive.
Over the last few years, a number of military conflicts have erupted or re-emerged all over the world. Older types of wars between national states have largely been replaced by civil wars, terrorist or guerrilla wars, and military and "humanist" interventions by third-state actors. What has remained a constant, though, is that all participants in the conflicts evoke an ideal of the good soldier that is intended to legitimise participation in the conflict and to secure the allegiance of the fighters.
2015 marks the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Through iconic images such as Guy Hamilton’s 1969 film "The Battle of Britain", the Battle maintains a specific place in British colective memory. Furthermore, the Battle of Britain is one of the most celebrated events in the history of the Royal Air Force due to the role of Fighter Command in defending the nation against the threat of invasion in 1940. Recently, however, historians have begun to question some of the myths that surround this important event in British history.
This paper, by making use of newly discovered sources from archives across the Commonwealth, reimagines the history of the British and Commonwealth Armies in the Second World War. It relates performance on the battlefield, between 1940 and 1945, not only to military/institutional factors but also to the public philosophies and political economies of empire. Additionally, the paper addresses the experience of fighting and how it influenced the political perspectives and aspirations of ordinary soldiers.
War destroys human life, but at the same time creates the space that can lead to memorialization. The memories of war are often physically expressed by war memorials. These sites of remembrance may be different in many ways, following national contexts and traditions, however, there are also many similarities which bridge national/cultural differences. Regardless of the fact of who is being remembered, e.g. soldiers, civilians, victors or vanquished, there is a tradition of war memorials which is as old as warfare itself.
Donald Stoker and Michael McMaster, both professors with the U.S. Naval War College’s Program at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, are editing a book on naval advising and assistance for British publisher Helion & Company. They are looking for historical studies of naval advisory missions, first-hand accounts of advisors, analytical “lessons learned” pieces, and any other interesting material that will help chart the history, development, and effects of naval advisory missions or naval aspects of Foreign Internal Defense (FID).
Donald Stoker of the U.S. Naval War College’s Program at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and Edward Westermann of Texas A&M University-San Antonio, are editing a book on air force advising and assistance for British publisher Helion & Company.