Landscapes of the Great War: imagination, representation, experience
Call for Papers
The 8th International Conference of the International Society for First World War Studies will explore the theme of “Landscapes of War”. In recent years scholars have sought to move towards a global history of the Great War, focusing on the geographical scope and diversity of the conflict, from Flanders to the Caucasus, the Alps to East Africa, from the Mediterranean to the oceans. This conference will focus on the physical spaces in which the war took place across the many different theatres of war, and the ways in which these diverse landscapes were encountered, altered, imagined, experienced, represented and remembered. How did the physical characteristics of the various battlegrounds impact on military strategies and operations? How did men, women and children interpret the landscape? How did generals, soldiers, prisoners, workers, farmers, reporters, artists, architects, tourists and others interact with the landscapes of the war? How does the study of the landscape enhance our understanding of the military, political, economic, social and cultural history of the conflict?
Hosted from 10-12th September 2015 by the Italian-German Historical Institute – FBK in Trento and the University of Padua.
Conference Organisers
Roberto Bianchi (University of Florence), Selena Daly (University College Dublin), Marco Mondini (Italian-German Historical Institute, Trento and University of Padua), Martina Salvante (Interuniversity Centre for Historical-Military Research, Italy), Vanda Wilcox (John Cabot University, Rome).
Conference Sponsors
Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Universita degli Studi de Padova, Centenario Prima Guerre Mondiale 1914-1918, Comune di Asiago, Centre of War Studies Trinity College Dublin.