The Journal of War and Culture Studies seeks submissions for a special issue exploring the relationship between war, peace and sport from the nineteenth century to the present day. At various points in human history, but most notably perhaps in the late nineteenth century, sport has been conceived as a means of…
Writing and Producing the Military Memoir Authors: Woodward, Rachel, Jenkings, K. Neil To purchase or more information from Palgrave This book explores how military memoirs come to be written and published. Looking at the journeys through which soldiers and other military personnel become writers, the authors draw on over 250 military memoirs published…
Thursday 25th April and Friday 26th April 2019 Hosted by the University of Manchester. Almost thirty-seven years have passed since the Falklands/Malvinas War and yet the conflict still resonates in the UK and Argentina. Once a little known far flung archipelago for the British, it is now recalled on a…
Wednesday 5thJune 2019 Newcastle University How do we do critical military studies? CMS has done much to explore the myriad sites, subjects and practices of military power, considering for example military memoirs (Woodward 2003; Woodward & Jenkings 2012, 2018), toys and video games (Martin & Steuter 2010; Woodyer 2012; Yarwood…
PSA’s Political Violence & Terrorism Specialist Group Annual Conference 28 March 2019, Senate House, London Despite a proliferation of terrorism research since 9/11, the study of terrorism continues to operate within the constricted notions of what terrorism is, who perpetrates it, why it takes place, and how states and society…
Nov 29-Dec 1st at Kings College, London The Symposium is one of a series of taking place alongside our exhibition, Reconciliations, which runs from 1 November – 1 December 2018 in The Exchange, Bush House, King’s College London and from 1 November-19 January at The Knapp Gallery, Regent’s University. For other events in the…
9 November 2018 Hunter Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh Depictions of conflict have played a significant artistic and political role in various cultures throughout history. Recent studies have focused on the part that art and artists play during armed conflict, revolutions, and reconciliation, demonstrating the potential…
By Janet Harris, Kevin Williams Reporting War and Conflict brings together history, theory and practice to explore the issues and obstacles involved in the reporting of contemporary war and conflict. The book examines the radical changes taking place in the working practices and day-to-day routines of war journalists, arguing that managing risk…
Investigating commemorative and memorial uses of personal, non-professional images in the digital age in the Global South Click here to Register Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex 4th and 5th September 2018 Programme 4th September 9.00 – 10.00 – Coffee and registration 10.00 – 10.15 – Welcome…
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By Roger Stahl For more details click here Now that it has become so commonplace, we rarely blink an eye at camera footage framed by the crosshairs of a sniper’s gun or from the perspective of a descending smart bomb. But how did this weaponized gaze become the norm for…
Memoirs and Meanings of The Great War from Britain, France and Germany Authors: Palmer, Jerry Click here for more information This book analyses soldiers’ memoirs from the Great War of 1914-18 from Britain, France and Germany. It considers both the authors’ composition of the memoirs and the public response to…
