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> From: "Steinert, J.d" <J.D.Steinert@wlv.ac.uk> > Date: November 19, 2009 12:06:51 AM CST > To: "H-NET List on the History and Theory of Genocide" <H-GENOCIDE@H-NET.MSU.EDU > > > Subject: CfP 'Children and War: Past and Present' > > This message was originally submitted by > J.D.Steinert@WLV.AC.UK to the > H-GENOCIDE list at H-NET.MSU.EDU. If you simply forward it back > to the list, > using a mail command that generates "Resent-" fields (ask your > local user > support or consult the documentation of your mail program if in > doubt), it will > be distributed and the explanations you are now reading will > be removed > automatically. If on the other hand you edit the contributions you > receive into > a digest, you will have to remove this paragraph manually. Finally, > you should > be able to contact the author of this message by using the > normal "reply" > function of your mail program. > > ---------------- Message requiring your approval (115 lines) > ------------------ > Children and War: Past and Present > > International multidisciplinary conference to be held at the > University of Salzburg, Austria, on 30 September - 2 October 2010. > Organised by the University of Salzburg and the University of > Wolverhampton (UK). > > In recent years the volume of international research on 'Children > and War', carried out by academics, governmental and non- > governmental organisations and institutions as well as the media, > has continually increased. At the same time there has been a growing > public interest in how children experience military conflicts and > how their lives have been affected by war and its aftermath. > > Research topics are as varied as the disciplines and interests > involved - often acting independently of each other. Therefore it > seems time to review current research and to open new perspectives > for future work by bringing together scholars from various academic > disciplines, practitioners in the field, representatives of > governmental and non-governmental institutions and the media. > > All proposals which focus on any topic and theme on 'Children and > War' are welcome, ranging from the experience of war, flight, > displacement and resettlement, relief and rehabilitation work, > gender issues, persecution, trafficking, abuse and prostitution, > trauma and amnesia, the trans-generational impact of persecution, > individual and collective memory, educational issues, films and > documentaries, artistic and literary approaches, to remembrance and > memorials, and questions of theory and methodology. > > > Specific conference themes anticipated are: > - Children as witnesses and victims of war and conflicts > - Holocaust, genocides and forced labour > - Child soldiers, partisans and resistance fighters > - Army mascots > - Deportations and displacements, refugees and asylum seekers > - War crimes, trials and human rights > > Please send an abstract of 200-250 words, together with biographical > background information of 50-100 words by 31 December 2009 to: J.D.Steinert@wlv.ac.uk > > All proposals are subject to a review process. > > Conference language: English. > > The organising team: Wolfgang Aschauer (Salzburg), Helga Embacher > (Salzburg), Darek Galasinski (Wolverhampton), Olga Kozlowska > (Wolverhampton), Albert Lichtblau (Salzburg), Grazia Prontera > (Salzburg), Johannes-Dieter Steinert (Wolverhampton). > > Fees: EUR 100 for speakers. The fee includes admission to all > panels, lunches, coffees and teas. Further information and > registration details will be made available early in 2010. All > participants need to secure their own funding to participate in this > conference. > > It is intended to publish a selection of conference papers. > > For further information, please see: www.wlv.ac.uk/childrenandwar <https://exch.wlv.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/childrenandwar > > > Helga Embacher (University of Salzburg) & Dieter Steinert > (University of Wolverhampton) > > Professor Johannes-Dieter Steinert > Professor of Modern European History and Migration Studies > School of Law, Social Sciences and Communications > Millennium City Building > University of Wolverhampton > Wulfruna Street > Wolverhampton > WV1 1LY > United Kingdom > > Tel: ++44 (0) 1902 323520 > Fax: ++44 (0) 1902 322739 > > > > -- > > Scanned by iCritical.
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