Proposed topics
1. War, Memory, and Identity
- Armed conflicts in the memory of the victors, the defeated, and the neutral
- The evolution of war memory
- Reflections on war, memory, and identity
- The social construction of war memory: living memory vs. official memory
- Transgenerational memory: passing down war experiences between generations
- Memory of war conflicts as a tool of propaganda
- Memory conflict: differing narratives of various social and political groups about the same war
- Combatants in the memory of descendants
- Forgotten histories
2. Historical Sources and Their Interpretation
- Sources (not only) historical as carriers of memory for research on armed conflicts
- Known sources – new interpretations
- War in ego-documents
- Archiving war: from parchment documents to 3D technologies
- Traces of armed conflicts in archaeological material
- Mass graves and their study
3. Politics of Memory and Memorialization Mechanisms
- Mechanisms of memorialising armed conflicts in different countries and eras
- Politics of memory vs. historical narratives: shaping and using war memory
- Memory conflicts: international disputes over war memorialisation
- The role of international institutions in shaping war memory (e.g., UNESCO, UN)
- Processes of forgiveness and reconciliation after armed conflicts
4. Sites of Memory and Their Functions
- Sites of memory – museums, monuments, cemeteries
- Architecture – a witness to history
- Monuments and sites of memory as expressions of social and political interpretations of war
- Museum as a space of war memory
- Museums – the boundary between memorialisation and glorification of war
5. War in Culture and Art
- Strategies for shaping and using war memory in art
- War as a theme in literature, art, and film
- Destruction of architectural and artistic works due to war actions
- Historical reconstruction as a form of historical memory
- War legends and myths
- War in anecdotes
6. Regional and Contemporary Contexts of Memory
- The war in Ukraine and its impact on historical memory in Europe
- War memory in different cultures
- Hybrid conflicts and their documentation for future generations
- Contemporary challenges in preserving war memory in the age of disinformation
We also accept proposals for papers on topics beyond those suggested above.