2007 International History Workshop
Sat-Sun, May 19-20 INTERNATIONAL HISTORY WORKSHOP SYMPOSIUM
"Liberations/Occupations: Framing Intervention in the Twentieth Century"
The theme for the 2007 meeting of the International History Workshop is "Liberations/Occupations: Framing 20th Century Military Intervention." This timely topic serves as a common theme for scholars from various regional sub-fields whose work examines the political, military or cultural occupations of territory by other states, and the resistance that such occupations often provoke. The workshop will encourage comparative analysis of liberations, their costs, their record of success and failure, and their social impact on the "liberated." The workshop will also engage in a dialogue about the uses of these terms in the formation of national memory and public discourse about war: one person's liberation, after all, is usually another person's occupation.
The conference, and the IHW, builds upon and expands a strong tradition in the History Department of looking at power, diplomacy, politics, and the shaping of global forces by various actors – sometimes states, sometimes individuals, sometimes ideas and institutions. The scholars who will be presenting research are all busily engaged in defining what it means to do international history. All members of the CENFAD community are cordially welcome to the sessions.
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