To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, the University of Newcastle’s Research Group for War, Society, and Culture will be hosting a conference on April 14 and 15, 2005. Keynote speakers will be Professor James Westheider (University of Cincinnati-Clermont College) author of Fighting on Two Fronts: African Americans and the Vietnam War, and Dr. Peter Stanley, Principal Historian at the Australian War Memorial. The conference theme is designed to attract papers from across a range of disciplinary and thematic areas, and we welcome paper or panel proposals dealing with any aspect of the themes of “Memories, Legacies, and Echoes” as they pertain to the Vietnam War. Proposals (200 words) should be submitted by 29 October 2004.

For further information contact:

Dr. Chris Dixon, School of Liberal Arts, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia (chris.dixon@newcastle.edu.au)

or

Dr. Nathalie Nguyen, School of Language and Media, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia (Nathalie.nguyen@newcastle.edu.au)