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Call for papers: 2005 ASMI conference (Edinburgh November 25-26 2005)

Italy at war 1935-2005

Since the end of the nineteenth century Italy has participated in a variety 
of wars. These include the colonial expansion of Liberal and then Fascist 
Italy, the First World War, the Spanish Civil War, the occupation of 
Albania, and the Second World War alongside and then against Germany. After 
1945 the new Republican constitution 'repudiated war', but Italy 
nevertheless participated in the 1991 Gulf War as well as the 2003 war in 
Iraq. The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars working on a 
wide variety of different aspects of Italy's participation in these 
conflicts during the period 1935-2005. In particular the conference 
organisers invite papers which present the results of empirical 
investigations based on archival and other primary documents (including 
oral testimonies). As it is the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second 
World War we expect a considerable number of the papers to focus on the 
period 1939-1945, but papers covering the earlier and later period will be 
equally welcome.

Contributions might address the following subject areas:

· Italian colonial/military campaigns/occupations 1935-2005
· war crimes perpetrated both by and against Italians
· The impact of warfare and military (foreign) occupation on the Italian
civilian population
· The Resistance and its political and cultural legacy
· Italy's role in NATO
· anti-war movements

The conference organisers invite short abstracts (300 words) of potential 
contributions of twenty to thirty minutes duration to be sent by 30 June 
2005 to both  [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] . Please 
include a short biographical note and details of institutional affiliation. 
The overall coherence of the conference will be a factor in the acceptance 
or otherwise of proposals. Notification of successful proposals will be 
sent out by 31 July 2005.