Hi,
Some of the list members might be interested in this small conference
that will take place next September in Helsinki.
Best wishes,
Tuomas Tepora
Call for Papers
Emotions and the Cultural History of the World Wars
24–25 September 2014
University of Helsinki
The history of emotions and the cultural history of war are
disciplines that have recently attracted expanding scholarship. During
the last two decades the history of emotions has deepened our
understanding on changing emotional norms, concepts and experiences
and it has contributed to the debunking of the mind–body dualism and
invested the emotions with historical agency. The roots of the
cultural history of war can be traced a little bit further down in
historiography. Since the 1960s and 1970s it has added to our
understanding of the interplay between crises and cultural and social
change. The topics have included the literatures of war, the
remembrance of war, myths and symbols and the traumas of war. Recently
also the cultural representations of emotions and the histories of
emotional experiences in war have received increasing scholarship,
which has led us to rethink the significance of wartime to
ever-evolving emotional styles and norms.
This two-day conference is dedicated to the exploration of emotions in
twentieth-century world wars. The conference is premised on the
hypothesis that the wartime emotions are not to be studied only as
reactions to exceptional events but rather as actions causing these
exceptional events. The conference seeks to address the following
questions: what are the roles of emotional norms and emotional
concepts at the front and in wartime society? How does the war affect
the emotional cultures and how is this reflected both in wartime
experiences and in the aftermath? Are the emotional experiences
inherently embedded in culture or are there grounds for claiming
certain emotional universalism in human wartime experience?
The scope of the conference covers histories of individual and group
emotions from numb and unconnected trauma to collective displays of
wartime elevation. We welcome especially proposals that address the
wartime histories of:
• love and attachment
• hatred, aggression and fear
• honor, shame and mourning
• war enthusiasm and disillusionment
However, other emotional concepts and experiences are given
consideration as well.
Confirmed keynote speakers are:
• Prof. emeritus Jay Winter (Yale University)
• Prof. Jan Plamper (Goldsmiths, University of London)
• Prof. Juha Siltala (University of Helsinki)
Application: Please submit a proposal of a maximum of 500 words to
emotionsandwar(at)gmail.com by 15 April 2014. Please attach a short
bio to the proposal. Successful applicants will be notified by 15 May
2014. The presentation of accepted papers should not exceed 20
minutes. The program of the small-scale event is scheduled without
parallel sessions allowing everyone to participate in all the sessions.
Participation fee: 150 euros for full-waged/100 euros for graduate
students. Registered participants are expected to cover their own
travel and accommodation costs. Further details are provided upon
acceptance of the proposals. For any further questions, please contact
us on:
emotionsandwar(at)gmail.com.
The conference is organized by the research project "Emotions and the
Cultural History of War in Finland, 1939–1951" funded by the Academy
of Finland in collaboration with the University of Helsinki.
See the conference webpage on
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/emotions-and-wars/ for updates.
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Tuomas Tepora
Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies
University of Helsinki
tel. +358-9-191 24106
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