The Balkan Wars 1912/13

Experience, Perception, Remembrance

International Conference on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary

11 - 13 October, 2012

at the Center for Balkan and Black Sea Studies / Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul

Organizers:

Center for Balkan and Black Sea Studies, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul

Department of History, University of Regensburg; Institute for the Study of Eastern and Southeastern Europe (IOS), Regensburg

Coordinators:

Katrin Boeckh, Mehmet Hacısalihoğlu, Heike Karge, Sabine Rutar

Deadline: 31 October, 2011.

Contact: PD Dr. Katrin Boeckh, Osteuropa-Institut, Landshuter Str. 4, 93047 Regensburg, Bu e-Posta adresi istek dışı postalardan korunmaktadır, görüntülüyebilmek için JavaScript etkinleştirilmelidir

The conference aims at exploring the two Balkan Wars 1912/13 from the perspective of New Military History. We call for cross-disciplinary proposals approaching the Balkan Wars through a triple lens as experienced, perceived and/or remembered, aiming at scrutinizing these two wars within the plurifold facets of their interconnectivities. We invite scholars to reflect on Koselleck's Semantics of Historical Time(s) (Zeitschichten) in approaching the two wars as an integral part of the European war history of the 20th century. We wish to explore the potential entanglements between the wars of 1912/13 and those that followed, much in a similar vein as the worlds of meaning of the Second World War and the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s have been found to be connected. For example, aspects like the fact that the Balkan Wars literally knew no fully fledged post war era in its own right have received litlle attention so far. In addition to scholars of the Balkan Wars, we encourage scholars of the "other" European wars of the 20th century - the First and the Second World War as well as the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s - to send us a proposal, as to provide for a discussion which comprehensively integrates the Balkan Wars into the perspectives put forth by the New Military History. Potential topics include the social history of the military; war technology / modern warfare / war operations; front and homeland; physical violence; population movements; propaganda and censorship; life worlds of peace and war; symbols, imagery, (changing) discourses; illness, death, and health care; gendered perspectives; economy of the wars; diplomacy; remembrance. The conference conceptualized by this Call for Papers is subject to adequate financial funding. The conference language is English. Proposals must be no longer than 300 words. Please include also a short biographic note and your institutional affiliation, as well as your contact details.