CAMPAIGN COMMUNITIES:
NEW HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ARMIES, GENDER, AND THE STATE

in honor of John A. Lynn, noted historian of the military and of early modern France, on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Illinois and the start of his new position at Northwestern University.

The conference will be held at the Levis Faculty Center on the campus of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, September 10-11, 2009.

Featured speakers include:

Merry Wiesner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

Hervé Drévillon, CNRS and Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne

Alan Forrest, University of York.

The conference will also feature a round table discussion on the relationship of military history to other fields, such as gender history and global history.

To register or for further information, please contact

Craig Koslofsky, History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign:
koslof@illinois.edu
or
Brian Sandberg, History, Northern Illinois University:
bsandberg@niu.edu

This conference is made possible with the generous support of the following programs at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS), Center for Advanced Study, Department of History, European Union Center, and International Programs and Studies.

Conference organizers:
Clare Crowston, Craig Koslofsky, Brian Sandberg