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University of Victoria
Military Oral History Conference
21-23 February 2008
Victoria, British Columbia
Military Oral History Conference: Between Memory and History
Call for Papers
The History Department is pleased to invite proposals for the University of Victoria Military Oral History Conference to be held in Victoria, BC on 21-23 February 2008. The intention of the conference is to bring together senior undergraduate and graduate students, academics and veterans working in a variety of fields in military history in order to foster discussion in a multi-disciplinary environment. Papers addressing all facets of military history which rely heavily upon oral history will be considered. This includes, but is not limited to, the writing of popular military history, official history, operational history, military families and the home front, First Nations, Military Medicine, records management and archival preservation. Proposals are welcome from all scholars, but senior undergraduate and graduate students are especially encouraged to submit. We also encourage submissions from community scholars, independent scholars, archivists and librarians working in the field.
We encourage a broad interpretation of the conference theme from a variety of fields and backgrounds. Panel submissions will be considered. Possibilities include, but are not limited to:
Memory Historiography & Historical Theory
Military Families Military Medicine
Cultural Popular Military History
Aboriginal Records Management/Archival
Proposals should not exceed 250 words and should be accompanied by a short biographical sketch. The proposal must outline how it fits with the conference theme - i.e., military oral history. The deadline for submissions is 15 November 2007.
Subsidies for students, to offset some of the costs
associated with travel to the conference, are available.
Please submit proposals to Dr. Shawn Cafferky, Department of History, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3045, Victoria, B.C., V8W 3P4 or e-mailed to shawncaf@uvic.ca
For more information, contact:
Dr. David Zimmerman (250) 721-7399 dzimmerm@uvic.ca
Dr. Shawn Cafferky (250) 721-7287 shawncaf@uvic.ca
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