'The End of the War & the Reshaping of a Century'
6 to 8 September 2018
This international conference will be hosted by the Centre for Historical Research at the University of Wolverhampton in collaboration with the Western Front Association and the FWW Network for Early Career & Postgraduate Researchers.
The event will spotlight the latest research on the events of 1918 as well as the global significances, consequences and legacy of this watershed year.
It seeks to encourage international perspectives and to encompass a wide range of historical approaches as well as cross-disciplinary insights. It will feature keynote addresses from some of the leading academic authorities on the First World War and what came afterwards, along with panel sessions from established and emerging researchers. The event is being developed collaboratively with heritage agencies, museums, art galleries, funders, local schools and community groups involved in First World War research, remembrance and events.
We ask you to ‘Save the Date’ and we invite expressions of interests from scholars (including early career and postgraduate researchers), independent researchers, organisations, groups, schools and individuals interested in participation (as contributors or attendees) in the conference.
A formal call for papers will be announced in summer 2017.
Speakers and their topics
Keynote speakers to include:
Professor Alison Fell (University of Leeds)
Dr Peter Frankopan (University of Oxford)
Professor John Horne (Trinity College Dublin)
Professor Sir Hew Strachan (University of St. Andrews)
Professor Jay Winter (Yale University)
Organising Committee
The conference is being organised by: Professor Stephen Badsey, Professor John Buckley, Dr Simon Constantine, Dr Spencer Jones, Professor Gary Sheffield, Professor Laura Ugolini and Dr Oliver Wilkinson.
Who to contact for more information
To register your interest or for further enquires please contact Dr Oliver Wilkinson Email to O.Wilkinson@wlv.ac.uk
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