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Pour une histoire de la Première Guerre mondiale en Amérique latine
Para una historia de la Primera Guerra Mundial en América Latina
Colloque international
3, 4 et 5 avril 2012
Institut des Amériques
175 rue du Chevaleret – 75013 Paris
Salon des Amériques, 8e étage
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Workshop „Polen und der Erste Weltkrieg“
Donnerstag, 26. April 2012
Eröffnung und Begrüßung:
15:00- 15.10: Eduard Mühle (DHI Warschau)
Section I: Vorstellungen vom Krieg
Vorsitz : Ruth Leiserowitz (DHI Warschau)
15.20 – 15.40 Piotr Szlanta (UW /DHI Warschau), “‘Glauben an das Bekannte heute, Glauben an das Unsichere morgen’. Die Polen und der Ausbruch des Großen Krieges”
15.40 – 16.00 Klaus Richter (DHI Warschau), “Politische Bewegungen und Vorstellungen von Territorium...
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New collaborative bibliography of First World War Studies
We are pleased to announce that the bibliography section of the Society website has been entirely reworked and considerably augmented, combining elements from several existing ressources.
The navigation menu on the right-hand-side of the website...
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JOBS: Freie Universität Berlin - EU-FP7 project "Collaborative European Digital / Archival Infrastructure" (CENDARI)
Freie Universität Berlin
EU-FP7 project “Collaborative European Digital / Archival Infrastructure” (CENDARI)
As part of the European Commission (7th Framework Programme for Research) project “Collaborative European Digital / Archival Research Infrastructure” (CENDARI) the Friedrich-Meinecke-Institute (Prof. Dr. Oliver Janz) at the Free University of Berlin will be recruiting two researcher positions. Appointment of candidates to this position is dependent upon final...
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JOBS: 5 positions - 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, Freie Universität Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
DFG-Projekt „1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War“
1914-1918-Online Job AdvertisementIm Rahmen des von der DFG geförderten Projektes „1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War“ werden am Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (Prof. Dr. Oliver Janz) und am Center für Digitale Systeme (Prof. Dr. Nicolas Apostolopoulos) der Freien Universität Berlin fünf...
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JOB: Research Historian, Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Application Address: www.cwgc.org
01628 507188
01628 507129
Berkshire
£30,000 per annum
Full time
Temporary
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION
We are the international organisation responsible for preserving the many cemeteries and memorials that commemorate the sacrifices made by the Commonwealth forces in...
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Bourse de thèse - Institut Historique Allemand, Paris
Dans le cadre d’un nouvel axe de recherche sur la Première Guerre mondiale,
l’Institut historique allemand de Paris
décerne à l’automne 2011
un contrat doctoral fléché sur la France et le champ thématique suivant:
« Histoire culturelle de l’avant-guerre »
Le contrat doctoral sert à préparer un travail de doctorat dans le cadre du projet de recherche mis... -
JOB: Two Lectureships in the History of War
University of Birmingham
College of Arts and LawSchool of History and Cultures
Starting salary £36,532 to £43,622 a year (potential progression on performance once in post to £49,096 a year).
We are looking for two historians who work on the history of war and conflict from c. 1700 to the present. This field is interpreted broadly to include all approaches...
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Finding Common Ground. New Directions in First World War Studies
A new volume edited by Jennifer D. Keene and Michael S. Neiberg.· December 2010
· ISBN 978 90 04 19182 2
· Hardback (384 pp.)
· List price EUR 126.- / US$ 179.-
· History of Warfare; 62Representing the best of cutting-edge scholarship in First World...
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Society's 6th Biennial Conference, Innsbruck September 2011
Other fronts, other wars?
21 – 23 September 2011
Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck
Call for Papers
The Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck is pleased to organize together with the Karl-Franzens-University Graz and the Andrássy University Budapest the 6th Biennial Conference of the “International Society for First World War Studies” in September 2011. After very successful conferences in Lyon, Oxford, Dublin, Washington D.C. and London, the Society is...
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Future Wars, Imagined Wars: Towards a Cultural History of the pre-1914 Period
Conference organized by the Centre International de Recherche de l’Historial de la Grande Guerre,
in association with the German Historical Institute, Paris and the Institut Universitaire de France
and the participation of the Centre for First World War Studies, University of Birmingham.9-10 November 2011, Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne (France)
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John Horne, ed. A Companion to World War I
A Companion to the First World War brings together an international team of distinguished historians who provide a series of original and thought-provoking essays on one of the most devastating events in modern history.
- Comprises 38 essays by leading scholars who analyze the current state of historical scholarship on the First World War
- Provides extensive coverage spanning the pre-war period, the military conflict, social, economic, political, and cultural developments, and the war’s legacy
- Offers original perspectives on themes as diverse as strategy and tactics, war crimes, science and technology, and the arts
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Gallipoli: a ridge too far, 5–6 August 2010, Canberra (AUS)
In August 2010, the Australian War Memorial will convene an international conference to mark the 95th anniversary of the climactic battles of the Gallipoli campaign. In early August 1915, after months of stalemate in the trenches on Gallipoli, British and Dominion troops launched a series of assaults in an all-out attempt to break the deadlock and achieve a decisive victory....
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World War I and the Modern World, Moscow, 26-27 May 2010
A conference organized and sponsored by
International Independent University of Environmental and Political Sciences (IIUEPS Academy)
Russian Association of World War I Historians (RAWWH)
Russian State Historical Museum
Russian State Archive of Military History
Polish Academy of Sciences’ Permanent Representative at the...
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Book Review: Men of Mont St. Quentin: Between Victory and Death
Tim Cook’s review of Peter Stanley’s Men of Mont St. Quentin: Between Victory and Death.
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Conference Report Now Available Online
Stuart Hallifax’s report for the conference ‘Other Combattants, Other Fronts: Competing Histories of the First World War’ is now available online and can be read here.
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Russia’s Great War and Revolution, 1914–1922: The Centennial Reappraisal
Further to the Centenaries Roundtable at the London Conference, click here to read the call for papers for the project ‘Russia’s Great War and Revolution, 1914–1922: The Centennial Reappraisal’
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Conference Directions Section Now Updated
The directions section of the conference pages has been fully updated, with links and information about the conference venues, accommodation and dinner locations. You can reach these pages directly by clicking here.
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La Première Guerre mondiale en Amérique Latine
Voici deux textes consacrés à la Première Guerre mondiale en Amérique Latine par Olivier Compagnon, maître de conférences à l’Université de la Sorbonne-Nouvelle et membre de notre Société.
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London 2009 Conference Papers Now Online
Papers for the September conference are now available online for registered delegates. You can find them here.
Please note, this page is password protected. If you are having access problems please contact me at michaelfinch[at]firstworldwarstudies[dot]org
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