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From: Martin Hurcombe <[log in to unmask]>
The Group for War and Culture Studies in Bristol (in association with
the Institute for Advanced Studies and the Alumni Foundation of Bristol
University) is holding its 2nd annual one-day symposium on Wednesday
23rd April. This will take place at the university in the Institute of
Advanced Studies. Admission is free, but places are limited and have to
be reserved. For details of how to reserve, please see the end of the
programme below:
The Institute for Advanced Studies, the University of Bristol,
Wednesday 23 April 2003
11.30 - 13.00 To End All Wars: The Impact of the First World War
Chair: Martin Hurcombe (Bristol)
Santanu Das (St. John's College, Cambridge): '"Oh! I love the British
Tommy": Service and Intimacy in First World War Nurses' Memoirs'
Alison Fell (Queens College, Oxford): 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle:
War and Trauma in Colette's Chéri and La Fin de Chéri'.
Julie Gottlieb (Bristol): 'Women and Foreign Policy in Inter-war
Britain'
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.00 Women of the Rubble: Experiencing World War Two
Chair: Josie McLellan (Bristol)
Martin Conway (Balliol College, Oxford): 'The Victory of Womenism?
The Experience of Belgian Women during the Second World War'
Gareth Pritchard (Swansea): German Women in 1945
15.00 - 15.20 Tea/Coffee
15.20 - 16.20 The War After: Memories and Readjustment
Chair: Nikki Cooper (Bristol)
Iselin Theien (Institute for Social Research, Oslo/St Hilda's College,
Oxford): 'Back to normal? Women consumers in the aftermath of the
Second World War in Norway'
Zoe Waxman (Mansfield College, Oxford): 'Gendering the Holocaust: The
Politics of Representing Women's Testimonies'
To book your place, please email Dr Josie McLellan:
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Dr. Martin Hurcombe
Department of French
University of Bristol
17/19 Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1TE
Tel. 0117 928 8447
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