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Conferences
Leeds 2019
Legacies
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 to Friday, 13 September 2019
University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, Leeds, UK
Legacies
The International Society for First World War Studies is delighted to announce its 11th conference, to be held at the University of Leeds in September 2019. As the centenary commemorations draw to a close, 2019 offers the opportunity to re-examine the myriad legacies of the First World War. From grand diplomacies to the minutiae of everyday life, the global effects of the war can be seen in the colonised and the coloniser, in the belligerent nations and their non-belligerent counterparts, among those who remained at home and in those who ventured further afield.
We are thrilled to announce Dr Michelle Moyd (Indiana University – Bloomington) and Dr Kristine Alexander (University of Lethbridge) will give keynote lectures.
Themes of the conference include:
• Colonial and imperial aftermaths
• Post-war disability
• Care for veterans and families
• Childhood in the aftermath of war
• Gendered legacies of war
• Captivity and repatriation
• Demobilisation and civilian reintegration
• Grief, bereavement, burial, graves and cemeteries
• Faith and religion in the aftermath of the war
• Memory, memorialisation and commemoration
• Artistic and literary legacies of the war in both new and traditional forms
• Continuity and change in science, medicine and technology
• Postbellum psychology and philosophy
• Effects on the landscape and environment
• Humanitarianism and peace movements
• New and continuing conflicts and revolutions
• Internationalism and transnationalism by individuals, organisations and states
• Economic transformations
• Military learning and innovation
As part of the conference there will be opportunities for broader professional development with museum curation and public engagement workshops. In order to showcase and share the innovative practice of First World War scholars, there will be a roundtable discussion on teaching the war. There will also be a mentoring programme to help postgraduate and early career researchers develop their papers for publication.
All presenters will be expected to become members of the Society before the conference date. The working language of the conference and all submissions is English. The organisers intend to publish the proceedings of this conference.
Registration
Registration is now available through the University of Leeds Store
The registration fee includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea across the four days of the conference and attendance at the welcome event on the Tuesday evening.
The conference dinner fee includes a three course meal. Drinks are extra and will be available for purchase on the night.
Waged: £130
Student/Unwaged: £70
Conference Dinner: £32
Call for Papers Now Closed
The organising committee is no longer accepting submissions for the 2019 conference at the University of Leeds. All those who submitted a proposal to the committee should have received an acknowledgement email and will receive a notification of the outcome of their proposal in the coming weeks. Further details about the programme and registration are forthcoming. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact the committee via email: isfwws2019@gmail.com
Conference Programme
Conference Venues
The first day of the conference (10 September) will be at Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square in central Leeds (LS2 8BH)
The rest of the conference will be held on the University of Leeds campus on Woodhouse Lane (LS2 9JT). Panel session will be in Speakman Lecture Theatre (Clothworkers’ Central – enter off Clothworkers’ Court next to the Great Hall). Morning and afternoon tea breaks and lunch will be held in the School of History on level 3 of the Michael Sadler Building.
The conference dinner will be at Shears Yard, 11-15 Wharf Street, The Calls, Leeds, LS2 7EH (https://www.shearsyard.com/)
Travel instructions
Leeds City Museum is in central Leeds and is a short walk from the train station and many hotels.
The University of Leeds is close to the city and is about a 20-minute walk (uphill) or a short taxi ride from Leeds Station/central Leeds (ask for the Parkinson Building/Steps). It is also on a number of bus routes.
Further details on getting to and around Leeds can be found here: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/info/5000/about/131/find_us
Accommodation
There are a range of hotel options in Leeds. There is no designated conference hotel but we have listed a range of hotels that might be convenient, though we have no relationship with them, and you might find it more fruitful to look at various booking sites, maps and ratings yourself.
- Hotel:
- Storm Jameson Court (on campus)
- Price:
- £44
- Address
- Mount Preston Street, Leeds, LS2 9JP
- Hotel:
- Premier Inn Leeds City Centre (Leeds Arena)
- Price:
- £55
- Address
- Clay Pit Lane, Leeds, LS2 8BQ
- Hotel:
- Premier Inn Leeds City Centre (Wellington Street)
- Price:
- £48
- Address
- City Gate, Wellington Street, Leeds LS3 1LW
- Hotel:
- The Queens
- Price:
- £105
- Address
- City Square, Leeds, LS1 1PJ
- Hotel:
- Park Plaza Leeds
- Price:
- £110
- Address
- City Square, Leeds, LS1 5NS
- Hotel:
- Holiday Inn Express Leeds - City Centre
- Price:
- £67
- Address
- Cavendish Street, Leeds, LS3 1LY
- Hotel:
- Ibis Styles Leeds City Centre Arena
- Price:
- £83
- Address
- Wade Lane, Leeds, LS2 8NJ
- Hotel:
- Novotel Leeds Centre Hotel
- Price:
- £100
- Address
- 4 Whitehall Quay, Leeds, LS1 4HR
- Hotel:
- Mercure Leeds Centre Hotel
- Price:
- £95
- Address
- York Place, Leeds, LS1 2EY
- Hotel:
- Ibis Budget Leeds Centre Crown Point Road
- Price:
- £42
- Address
- The Gateway North, Crown Point Road, LS9 8BZ
Legacies 2019 Conference Organising Committee
Dr Alexia Moncrieff
- Chair
- University of Leeds
Dr Samraghni Bonnerjee
- Committee Member
- University of Sheffield
Mark Butterfield
- Committee Member
- Leeds Beckett University
Louise Bell
- Committee Member
- Independent Researcher
Bethany Rowley
- Committee Member
- University of Leeds