Initiative
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University of Rome
“La Sapienza ”,
one of the most ancient Italian Universities
and the biggest one in Europe , launches the
call for papers for an international Conference in History and Political
Science “The Great War. Analysis and Interpretation”, which will be held in Rome
Aim
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The Conference aims at encouraging a new debate on the theories and
reconsidering traditional academic cliché, thus welcoming less studied topics
regarding the Great War.
Modality
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Program contains both six plenary sessions and thematic sessions structured in
panels, with chair, discussant and at least three speakers in each.
Participants will present and discuss their contributions correlated to
research themes of high scientific relevance, about the topic of the
conference.
Method
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scientific approach, promoted by the Conference Organizing Committee is
characterized by internationality, interdisciplinarity and conviction that only
combining different disciplines and efficient research methods will allow us to
reconstruct various aspects and facts of the Great History. In this perspective
Scholars and researchers in History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology,
Strategic Studies, Geopolitics, Geography, Literature and other fields
correlated to the topic in of the Conference, are warmly welcome to
participate.
Topics
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Particular attention will be given to the ideological debate, the use of
propaganda, the evolution of the “war-phenomena”, the issues of the military
history, political and social consequences of the conflict, its perception and
evolution in popular culture, as well as to the heritage of the Great War in
contemporary foreign politics.
Sessions
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For the reasons stated above, the Organizing Committee encourages submitting
applications, and once analyzed and approved by our scientific committee, will
be scheduled in appropriate sessions.
1 International
contest
2 War
and politics: governments,
personalities, political parties, intervention, war goals;
3 Military
history: military
institutions, military operations, technologies, life in trenches, prisoners;
4 Culture
and society: economics, war production, enrollment, the role of
women, propaganda, literature, art and music;
5 The
nationality question: nationalisms, separatism, irredentism. The Rome
Conference on the oppressed nationalities (1918);
6 The
fourth year of the war: entrance of the United States of America
