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Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS

International Conference:

History as an Instrument of Contemporary International Conflicts

Cracow (Poland), 08-10 November 2021

 

Disputes between states and conflicts regarding the past are among the key sources of serious international rows. Such controversies may be defined as a situation of political and social stress connected with active, serious disparities of judgments referring to the common past of the disputing sides, including such disputes as those regarding borders, past armed conflicts, occupation, annexation, war crimes and crimes against humanity, oppression, discrimination, responsibility for international crises and humanitarian disasters, disputes on cultural legacy and achievements, among others.  The convenors are setting up the 2nd edition of History as an Instrument of Contemporary International Conflicts conference to include new insightful analyses of the most important international disputes and conflicts, in which history is a subject or an instrument. Thus, the organisers wish to:

  • identify and compare conflicts of this kind;
  • propose a typology of such conflicts;
  • verify and interpret the thesis on the alleged increase of these conflicts in the world today;
  • comprehend political, social, and psychological functions of historical conflicts;
  • engage in an attempt to analyse them by using social science methods;
  • familiarise ourselves with methods of solving conflicts in which history is employed as an instrument;
  • indicate means to overcome traumatic historical experiences that have burdened international relations even decades later;
  • discuss further directions of evolution of studies on conflicts in which history is used as an instrument.

Guidelines for authors and important dates

You are kindly requested to send in abstracts up to 300 words in English as well as a short biographical sketch (not more than 100 words). Submission should include up to 5 appropriate and short keywords that capture the principal topics of the paper. The Programme Council of the conference reserves the right to select the papers according to the conference concept. Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format or as a PDF of the document. Text in final version should not exceed 40 thousand characters including spaces. All references in your manuscript must be formatted using The Chicago Manual of Style.

 

Abstract and any other correspondence concerning the conference should be sent to: history_conflicts@up.krakow.pl

Please, remember the following important dates:

  • Abstract Submission Deadline: April 14, 2021 (inclusive)
  • Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: May 5, 2021 (inclusive)
  • Final Paper Submission Deadline: September 14, 2021(inclusive)
  • Presentation files: video or presentation slides deadline: November 4, 2021 (inclusive)
  • Conference: November 8-10, 2021.

Conditions for participation in the conference:

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event most likely will be held as an international online conference. The final decision regarding the type of conference (virtual or in person) will be announced to participants in the spring of 2021. The conference organisers, should the meeting be in person, will provide accommodation and catering as well as the opportunity to participate in activities connected with the conference. The conference organisers do not, however, cover travel costs for conference participants.

Conference Committee

Honorary Patronage:

Professor Piotr Borek, Ph.D., Rector of the Pedagogical University of Cracow

Convenors:

Professor Jan Rydel, Ph.D., Pedagogical University of Cracow

Prof. Zheng Wang, Seton Hall University (To be confirmed)

Professor Stefan Troebst, Dr. phil. habil., Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe), University of Leipzig

Łukasz Kamiński, Ph.D., University of Wrocław, the President of the Paweł Włodkowic Institute

Members:

Professor Michał Rogoż, Ph.D., Vice-Rector for Research of the Pedagogical University of Cracow

Professor Roman Kochnowski, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Pedagogical University of Cracow

Professor Małgorzata Winiarczyk-Kossakowska, Ph.D., Director of the Institute of Political Sciences and Administration of the Pedagogical University of Cracow

Antje Zettler, Managing Director of the Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe), University of Leipzig

Rafał Rogulski, Director of Institute of European Network Remembrance and the Solidarity, Warsaw

 

Conference Secretariat

Przemysław Łukasik, Ph.D., Pedagogical University of Cracow

 

Main organiser:

Pedagogical University of Cracow

 

Partner institutions:

Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe), University of Leipzig

Institute of European Network Remembrance and the Solidarity, Warsaw

Paweł Włodkowic Institute, Wrocław

 

Funding:

Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Poland