[Discussion] CFP: Intellectuals and War (UK) (4/1/05; 10/14/05-10/15/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

CALL FOR PAPERS
Intellectuals and War from Verdun to Baghdad

A two-day conference on the theme of intellectuals and their
relationship to war. Place: The French Institute, Queensberry
Place, London SW7, U.K.
Dates: 14 and 15 October 2005
In association with the Group for War and Culture Studies,
University of Westminster

Conference organisers:
Dr  David Drake, Emeritus Reader, Middlesex University, Ma=EEtre
     de conf=E9rences associ=E9, Institut d=92etudes europ=E9ennes,
     Universit=E9 Paris-VIII; and
Professor Debra Kelly, University of Westminster

Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first,
through two world wars, colonial wars, civil wars, regional
conflicts, post-colonial wars and up to the latest aggression
against Iraq, intellectuals have participated in, observed and
responded to war, thereby contributing to our understanding of
its nature.

The conference seeks to explore the following questions
concerning the activity of intellectuals in wartime:

     What effects does war have on the theory and practice of
     intellectuals?
     What impact does the intervention of intellectuals have on
     the perception and conduct of war?
     To what extent does war provoke conformity or dissidence
     amongst intellectuals?

A further aim of this interdisciplinary conference is to consider
the interface between Europe and the rest of the world in periods
of conflict, from both European and non-European perspectives.

Proposals are invited for papers from established scholars and
postgraduate students working in a range of disciplines including
political, social and economic history; cultural and intellectual
history; literary studies; cultural studies; sociology; philosophy;
war studies; art history; and media and film studies, that explore
the relationship between intellectuals and war.

We welcome, for example, papers that scrutinise the public
stances taken by individuals and groups of writers, artists,
philosophers during particular wars; papers that analyse the
means used to pursue intellectual commitment; or papers that
examine the polemics between men and women of culture over
the rightness or wrongness of specific armed conflicts.

Please send an abstract of your proposed paper, no longer than
one side of A4, by 1 April 2005 to:

Helena Scott, EHCS Research Coordinator, University of
Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, U.K.
E:mail: scotth@wmin.ac.uk

Helena Scott
EHCS Research Support
Room 213
University of Westminster
309 Regent Street
London W1B 2UW, U.K.

Tel.(+44)(0)20-7911-5000 ext. 2068



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