A conference in conjunction with West Chester University’s "Die Wende" - Film Festival
The West Chester University Department of History is seeking paper proposals to explore the Cold War for a one-day conference, Tuesday, November 5, in conjunction with West Chester University’s Die Wende ("the change," referring to process of reunifying West and East Germany in the early 1990s) Film Festival, Wednesday, November 6.
Die Flanken der NATO bildeten während der Zeit des Kalten Krieges besonders exponierte und neuralgische Punkte. Einerseits konnte die NATO dort nur vergleichsweise begrenzte Kräfte einsetzen, andererseits gerieten die entsprechenden Regionen durch politisch-militärische Ereignisse und Konflikte immer wieder und prominent in den Fokus. Auch nach der "Wende" 1990 kehrte dort nicht automatisch Ruhe ein.
With a view to the Cold War, historians tend to underscore that the ultimate catastrophe implicit to it was after all avoided because even at times of extreme tension common sense and moderation prevailed. They claim that soon after World War II, if initially clearly enforced by the power-political situation of the day, a new pattern of thought emerged that overcame the habitual (violent) ways of conflict resolution for the sake of compromise and the search for common interests.
Internationales Kolloquium organisiert vom DHIP in Zusammenarbeit mit dem europäischen Netzwerk "Armed Forces in the Times of Decolonisation"
Over the last twenty years, military history has increasingly focused on social and economic, cultural or political aspects of warfare. Following a workshop in November 2012, this conference aims to contribute to this historiographical trend by combining the most innovative research currently devoted to military history and decolonisation.
From the Second World War to the end of the Portuguese colonial wars, the European armed forces (British, Belgian, French, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese) were confronted with new experiences of war and politics.
During the two world wars and colonial wars of the 20th century, a large number of non-European soldiers fought in the ranks of the various European armies. This participation involved the armed forces of Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Russia then the USSR, and to a lesser extent, Germany, Italy and Spain. A majority of these non-European combatants were Muslims. Why would Muslims, mainly from colonised societies, fight in European armies? How did such soldiers understand their experience of war in Europe?
Das Jahr 2014 wird von der internationalen Erinnerung an den Beginn des Ersten Weltkrieges im Sommer 1914 geprägt sein. Zahlreiche Projekte in Deutschland, Europa und weltweit, in Forschung, Lehre und Öffentlichkeit, widmen sich diesem Ereignis in unterschiedlicher Form.
In 1914 almost one quarter of the earth's surface was British. When that same empire and its allies went to war in 1914 against the Central Powers, history's first global conflict was inevitable. The statistics speak for themselves in terms of recruited soldiers and auxiliaries from the British Empire: 1,300,000 Indian, 500,000 Canadian, 300,000 Australian, 100,000 New Zealand; 80,000 South African; 15,000 West Indian and Cypriot. They came too, in smaller numbers, from places like Rhodesia, Tonga, the Falkland Islands, Ceylon and Kuwait.
An international naval history conference in honor of Professor John B. Hattendorf
A CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD TO CELEBRATE PROFESSOR JOHN B. HATTENDORF'S LEADING CONTRIBUTION TO NAVAL HISTORY. FOR THIRTY YEARS AS THE ERNEST J. KING PROFESSOR OF MARITIME HISTORY AT THE U.S.NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, JOHN HATTENDORF HAS FURTHERED HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING AMONG NAVAL PROFESSIONALS AND REINVIGORATED MARITIME SCHOLARSHIP.
Annual Conference of the Historians in the DGFA (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien/German Association for American Studies)
From the colonial wars to the deployment of drones, warfare has been central to defining the American nation and its role in the world. Armed conflicts on the American continents and overseas are not completely new to historical research. The aim of the following conference is to focus on the interrelations between armed conflicts and security. Warfare and security issues are inextricably linked.
