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wish<br><br>
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Cheers<br>
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CALL FOR PAPERS<br><br>
Fighting for Britain? Negotiating identities in Britain during the Second
World War<br>
The Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars<br>
University of Edinburgh<br>
28-29 June 2012<br><br>
The Second World War is often seen as constituting a high-water mark of
Britishness: a time when a strong sense of nationhood bound together
England, Scotland and Wales; when the British were represented as one
people, united by a sense of common identity and purpose. Yet, as the
work of Sonya Rose suggests, the wartime drive for unity was continually
subject to challenge and contestation on the grounds of national, ethnic,
gender and geographic difference. This conference aims to address Britain
as a multi-national state, recovering diversity and exploring the ways in
which Wales, Scotland and England related to the overarching concept of
Britishness. The conference will also explore the relationship between
Ireland and Britain during the war, in particular Irish citizens who
volunteered to serve in the British forces.<br><br>
We welcome proposals for individual 20 minute papers as well as
submissions for panels of three speakers and a Chair. Possible topics and
panels may include but are not limited to:<br>
• competing national and regional identities within Britain at a time of
war<br>
• identity formation amongst servicemen and women in the British
forces<br>
• the Irish contribution (North and South)<br>
• the maintenance of civilian/domestic identities<br>
• gender identities<br>
• ethnicity<br>
• objection to war<br><br>
There will be an invited panel of experts including Dr Jeremy Crang
(Edinburgh), Professor Brian Girvin (Glasgow), Dr Martin Johnes (Swansea)
and Professor Gary Sheffield (Birmingham) who will address the
experiences of Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England at war
respectively.<br><br>
The conference will take place on Friday 29 June 2012. On the evening of
Thursday 28 June, the Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars will
host a wine reception at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. This will form
part of a cultural event, The Warrior Poet: a Multinational Perspective
on the Second World War.<br><br>
Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words to Anne Brockington,
Secretary of the Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars:
anne.brockington@ed.ac.uk<br>
Deadline: 29 February 2012<br>
Conference organisers: Dr Wendy Ugolini (University of Edinburgh) and Dr
Juliette Pattinson (Strathclyde University)<br>
Best wishes,<br>
Juliette<br><br>
--<br>
Dr Juliette Pattinson,<br>
Senior Lecturer in Modern British History,<br>
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,<br>
McCance Building,<br>
University of Strathclyde,<br>
Glasgow, G1 1XQ<br><br>
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The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC015263</font></blockquote></body>
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