Forthcoming Military History Conferences (as of 1 February 2017) Compiled by Dr. Harold E. Raugh, Jr. British Commission for Military History Note: Anyone who reads this conference listing, particularly national military history commission secretaries, please send any information of future military history conferences to the compiler ([email protected]) for inclusion in future conference listings. * * * * * Name of conference: 39th Annual Conference of the Historians in the GAAS (German Association for American Studies) -Conference topic/theme: The United States and World War One - Perspectives and Legacies -Dates of conference: 10-12 February 2017 -Location of conference: Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Curt und Heidemarie Engelhorn Palais, Hauptstr. 120, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany -Organizer/host/sponsor of conference: Historians in the GAAS (German Association for American Studies) -Conference point of contact: Prof. Dr. Manfred Berg ([email protected]) and PD Dr. Axel Jansen ([email protected]) -Additional conference information: * * * * * Name of conference: Der Erste Weltkrieg globalgeschichtlich betrachtet - Perspektiven für den Geschichtsunterricht [The First World War Viewed from a Historical Perspective - Perspectives for History Lessons] -Conference topic/theme: -Dates of conference: 13-14 February 2017 -Location of conference: Universität Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany -Organizer/host/sponsor of conference: -Conference point of contact: Prof. Dr. Susanne Popp ([email protected] augsburg.de) -Additional conference information: http://portal-militaergeschichte.de/node/1654 * * * * * Name of conference: Third Annual Baltic Defence College Conference on Russia -Conference topic/theme: Russia, Future Wars, and the Revolution in Military Affairs -Dates of conference: 16-17 February 2017 -Location of conference: Baltic Defence College, Tartu, Estonia -Organizer/host/sponsor of conference: Baltic Defence College -Conference point of contact: Dr. Andriy Tyushka ([email protected]) 1 -Additional conference information: * * * * * Name of conference: Historians of Twentieth Century United States Winter Symposium -Conference topic/theme: War and Conflict in Twentieth Century U.S. Society and Culture -Dates of conference: 18 February 2017 -Location of conference: Eccles Centre for American Studies, British Library, London, England -Organizer/host/sponsor of conference: Historians of Twentieth Century United States -Conference point of contact: Nick Witham ([email protected]) and Fran Fuentes ([email protected]) -Additional conference information: http://portal-militaergeschichte.de/node/1625 * * * * * Name of conference: An International Conference for the Study of Poliorcetics, Military Historiography and the Archaeology of Battlefields -Conference topic/theme: The Art of Siege Warfare and Military Architecture from the Classical World to the Middle Ages -Dates of conference: 19-25 February 2017 -Location of conference: University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Israel -Organizer/host/sponsor of conference: University of Haifa and the Zinman Institute of Archaeology -Conference point of contact: Michael Eisenberg / Rabei Khamisy [email protected] -Additional conference information: http://poliorcetics.haifa.ac.il/index.php/en/program * * * * * Name of conference: War, Through Other Stuff: Non-Military Narratives, Artistic Interpretations and the Material Culture of Conflict -Conference topic/theme: This interdisciplinary conference will be dedicated to the alternative histories of conflict. Through papers, presentations, film screenings, performances, object handling sessions, and discussion, this conference will explore the impact of conflict on cultural and social life, representations of war in art and culture, and find war in unexpected places. Non-military, non-traditional narratives and repercussions of conflict can be found everywhere: in artifacts, literature, music, architecture, film, food, fashion, and the products we use in daily life. The aim of this conference is to take another look; to re-address our understanding of conflicts throughout history by using a different lens. -Dates of conference: 22-24 February 2017 -Location of conference: University of Edinburgh, William Robertston Wing, Doorway 4, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, Scotland 2 -Organizer/host/sponsor of conference: Organized by Catherine Bateson (University of Edinburgh), Laura Harrison (University of Edinburgh). and Lucie Whitmore (University of Glasgow) -Conference point of contact: [email protected] -Additional conference information: * * * * * Name of conference: Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850 -Conference topic/theme: The history of Europe, the Atlantic World and beyond, during the period 1750-1850. -Dates of conference: 23-26 February 2017 -Location of conference: College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA -Organizer/host/sponsor of conference: College of Charleston -Conference point of contact: [email protected] -Additional conference information: * * * * * Name of conference: Gewaltsamer Widerstand in Ostmittel- und Südosteuropa, 1945-1956: Akteure, Gruppen, Formen, Intentionen, Motive, Zielsetzungen und Folgen [Violent Resistance in Central and Southeastern Europe, 1945-1956: Actors, Groups, Forms, Intentions, Motives, Objectives, and Consequences] -Conference topic/theme: . -Dates of conference: 1 March 2017 -Location of conference: Vienna, Austria -Organizer/host/sponsor of conference: Institut für Neuzeit- und Zeitgeschichtsforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften -Conference point of contact: David Schriffl ([email protected]) -Additional conference information: http://portal-militaergeschichte.de/node/1548 * * * * * Name of conference: Briten in Westfalen - Begegnungen, Beziehungen, Geschichte (1945- 2017) [The British in Westphalia - Encounters, Relationships, History] -Conference topic/theme: . -Dates of conference: 9-11 March 2017 -Location of conference: Universität Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany -Organizer/host/sponsor of conference: Lehrstuhl für Zeitgeschichte, Historisches Institut Universität Paderborn -Conference point of contact: Florian Staffel ([email protected]) -Additional conference information: http://portal-militaergeschichte.de/node/1596 * * * * * Name of conference: Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Annual Conference 3 -Conference topic/theme: Movement and Conflict in Archaeological Research -Dates of conference: 10-11 March 2017 -Location of conference: University of Oxford, Oxford, England -Organizer/host/sponsor of conference: Graduate Archaeology at Oxford -Conference point of contact: Conference convenors Hannah Ringheim, Kira Hopkins, and Mariana Ferreira de Castro ([email protected]) -Additional conference information: http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/gao.html * * * * * Name of conference: Relations between China and its Neighbors during the Cold War: New Sources and New Perspectives -Conference topic/theme: . -Dates of conference: 11-13 March 2017 -Location of conference: East China Normal University, Shanghai, China -Organizer/host/sponsor of conference: Center for Cold War International History Studies and Research Institute on the Asian Neighborhood, East China Normal University (ECNU), and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ History and Public Policy Program -Conference point of contact: Dr. G.E. Jun ([email protected]) -Additional conference information: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/call-for-papers- relations-between-china-and-its-neighbors-during-the-cold-war-new-sources * * * * * Name of conference: The Berlin Airlift. A Realm of Memory of the Cold War -Conference topic/theme: The primary focus will be to use analysis of the various media (press, newsreels etc.) to examine the direct perception of those central Cold War events by the victorious powers, in West Germany, and in the Soviet occupation zone/East Germany. In addition, we will illuminate memories of the Blockade and the Airlift by examining the ceremonial aspects (organization, process, response) and public speeches (development of a narrative); the anniversary and its symbols (posters, stamps etc.); how they are embedded in Berlin’s topography and beyond (monuments, plaques, renaming of streets); and the museum aspects (memorial sites, Tempelhof Airport, Allied Museum, memorial site in Fassberg etc.). In that way, we can uncover the formative historical-social references and symbolism of the memory site “Airlift.” We will also incorporate a look at how the Airlift has been dealt with in the various forms of artistic expression, such as film (fiction and documentary), photography, literature (novels, thrillers, comics etc.), music, and painting, as well as an analysis of other media such as radio, video games, and even textbooks. For it is only via these various avenues that can we achieve a true impression of how the memory site “Airlift” is embedded in society. -Dates of conference: 13-14 March 2017 -Location of conference: Allied Museum, Berlin, Germany -Organizer/host/sponsor of conference: LaBex ENHE, CEGIL (Université de Lorraine), the Allied Museum and the Berlin Center for Cold War Studies -Conference point of contact: Ulrich Pfeil ([email protected]) and Corine Defrance ([email protected]) -Additional conference information: 4 * * * * * Name of conference: Fascist Warfare: A Concept to Understand Fascism and Total War in the First Half of the Twentieth Century -Conference topic/theme: The