Past Events
Holocaust Memorial Lecture 2013
5 February at 7:30pm
Prof. Jay Winter (Yale University)
“Primo Levi as Moral Witness of the Holocaust”
Burke Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
see the poster
18 October 2012
Dr. Amedeo Osti Guerrazzi (German Historical Institute in Rome/University of Muenster)
"Italian Counterinsurgency Warfare in Yugoslavia, 1941-43"
room A6.009 at 4pm
22 November 2012
Prof. Lucian Hoelscher (Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum )
"World War I as a 'Break' in the European History of the Twentieth Century"
room A6.009 at 3pm
6 December 2012
Dr. Patrick Bernhard (TCD)
"In the Shadow of El Alamein: Italian War Crimes and Jewish Persecution in North Africa During World War Two"
room A6.009 at 3pm
Friday, 8th – Saturday, 9th June 2012
Disability and Warfare in a Comparative Perspective
Two-day workshop organized by the Centre for War Studies, Trinity College Dublin
Thursday 5 April at 5.00pm
Dr. Clodagh Tait (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick/University of Essex ), '"In a very rage": Anger and Atrocity in Early Modern Ireland'
Room A.6009, Arts Building
Friday 30 March at 2.00pm
Dr. Javier Sanchez Rodrigo (Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona), ‘Fascistization and War, Spain 1936-39’
Room 3025, Arts Building
Thursday 22 March at 5.15pm
Prof. Perry Willson (University of Dundee), ‘The Nation in Uniform? Fascist Italy 1919-1943’
Room A.6009, Arts Building
Tuesday 13 March at 4.00pm
Prof. Ute Daniel (Technische Universität Braunschweig), ‘Goebbels' Sportpalast speech (February 1943): a reinterpretation?’
Weingreen Museum seminar room, Arts Building
Thursday 8 March at 7.30pm
Centre for War Studies Annual Lecture ‘War in History’
Prof. Thomas Bartlett (University of Aberdeen) ‘Irish at War: From Savages to Soldiers?’
Room 3074, Arts Building, TCD
2 February
Holocaust Memorial Lecture
Prof. Richard J. Evans (University of Cambridge): 'How unique was the "Final Solution"?'
7.30 pm, Burke Theatre, Arts Building, TCD please see poster for details.
25 January
Centre for War Studies seminar
Prof. Charles Esdaile (University of Liverpool) 'The Spanish "little war": a re-appraisal' 4.15pm, room A.6009, Arts Building, TCD
2011
15 December
Centre for War Studies seminar
Prof. Alan Kramer (TCD, Director of the Centre for War Studies) 'Economic Warfare and Blockades in the First World War' Seminar room (1st floor), Long Room Hub Building, TCD
8 December
Annual CWS 'War in History' Lecture
Professor Thomas Bartlett (University of Aberdeen): 'War in Irish History' 6.00pm, Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
4 November
Centre for War Studies seminar/workshop
Concentration Camps in Colonial Warfare since 1918 10.00am, room A6009, Arts Building, TCD see programme for details
27 October
Centre for War Studies seminar
Dr. Raphaëlle Branche (Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne) ‘Memories of the Algerian War’ 5.00pm, Neill/Hoey Lecture Theatre, Long Room Hub Building, TCD
1 April
CWS Seminar Series
Methodologies in the Study of War in the Twentieth Century Seminar 8: ‘Remembrance and Amnesia’: Tobias Temming (University of Münster), ‘Remembrance and Amnesia or Identity and Trauma? Visual History of anti-fascist Resistance in German and Dutch post-war Cinema, 1945 - 1965.’ Benjamin Möckel (University of Göttingen), ‘The Social Construction of Silence in Post- World War Two Germany.’ 14.00-16.00 Long Room Hub Seminar Room, TCD
25 March
CWS Seminar Series
Methodologies in the Study of War in the Twentieth Century Seminar 7: ‘Victory and Defeat’: Felix Römer (University of Mainz), ‘Military Ethos in the Face of Defeat. The German Wehrmacht, 1944/45.’ Victor Demiaux (EHESS, Paris), ‘Allied Celebrations of the Victory after the Great War: Comparative Insights.’ 10.00- 12.00 Room A.6009, Arts Building, TCD
11 March
CWS Seminar Series
Methodologies in the Study of War in the Twentieth Century Seminar 6: ‘Everyday life: Continuity and Disjuncture’: Justin Dolan Stover (TCD), ‘Negotiating Allegiance: Exploring Loyalty and Treason during the Irish Revolution, 1913-21.’ Franziska Heimburger (EHESS, Paris), ‘ “Intercrossings intrinsic to the subject”: Military Language Policy and Usage as a way of approaching the Allied coalition during the First World War.’ 14.00-16.00 Long Room Hub Seminar Room, TCD
9 February
Holocaust Memorial Lecture
Professor Dan Stone (Royal Holloway, University of London) : 'The Holocaust and the Politics of Memory in Post-Cold War Europe' 7.30 pm, Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
17 February
CWS Seminar Series
Methodologies in the Study of War in the Twentieth Century Seminar 5: 'Belligerency and Neutrality' Kevin O’ Sullivan (University College Dublin), ‘Small States, Foreign Aid and the Cold War.’ Samuel Kruizinga (University of Amsterdam), ‘European Neutrals and the Economic War (1914-1918): Towards a comparative framework.’ 16.00-18.00 Room A.6009, Arts Building, TCD
3 February
CWS Seminar Series
Methodologies in the Study of War in the Twentieth Century Seminar 4: 'Organisation: Control and Chaos' Peter Grant (Cass Business School, City University, London), ‘Transforming Managerial Change in the First World War: The Mobilization of Charity in Great Britain’ Bjarne Bendtsen (University of South Denmark), ‘The image of the “profiteer” in the formulation of “war experiences”: The case of neutral countries during the Great War.’ 4.00 pm, Room A.6009, Arts Building, TCD
28 January
CWS Seminar Series
Methodologies in the Study of War in the Twentieth Century Seminar 3: ‘Violence: Legitimacy and Illegitimacy’ Daniel Steinbach (TCD), 'Whites behind Wire – Questions of Nationalism, Internationalism and Racism in Colonial Africa during the Great War.' Mahon Murphy (LSE), ‘Imagined Communities: Life in German POW Camps in Japan during the First World War.’ 4.00 pm, Room 3106, Arts Building, TCD 9 December joint CWS and European History Research Seminar Martina Salvante (TCD) ‘Fathers under Fascist Rule, Italy 1922-1943’. 4.00 pm A6009, Arts Building, TCD
2010
4 November
CWS Seminar Series
Methodologies in the Study of War in the Twentieth Century Seminar 2: ‘Communities: Cohesion and Disintegration’ Alan Drumm (Cork), ‘County Kerry and the Great War.’ Andrew Vail (Birmingham), ‘Birmingham Non-Conformists and the Great War’ 4.00 pm A6009, Arts Building, TCD
28 October
TCD Modern European History Seminar
Professor Leonard Smith (Oberlin College, Ohio): '1919: Towards a New Diplomatic History of Peacemaking' 4.00pm, Room A6009, Arts Building, TCD followed by CWS Reception and Book Launch of the Blackwell Companion to the First World War and Vers la guerre totale: le tournant de 1914-1915, both edited by John Horne 6.00 pm Hist-Room, Graduate Memorial Building, TCD
29 October
CWS Seminar Series
Methodologies in the Study of War in the Twentieth Century Seminar 1: ‘‘Expectations and Experience’ Catriona Pennell (Exeter), Pierre Purseigle (Birmingham) 3.30 pm IIIS Seminar Room, TCD
26 October
Annual CWS 'War in History' Lecture
Professor Keith Jeffery (Queen's University Belfast): 'The Irish at War in the 20th Century' 7.30 pm, Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
28-29 May
TCD and UCD Centres for War Studies Joint Conference
'Paramilitary Violence in Europe after the Great War'
15-16 April
Conference
University of Glamorgan (Cardiff/Pontypridd) Co-convened by Jane Finucane (Glamorgan) and Edward Madigan (TCD)
8 April
TCD Modern European History Seminar
Santanu Das (Queen Mary, UL) 'The Singing Sepoy: India, Empire and the First World War' 4pm, Arts Building 6009, TCD
1 April
TCD Modern European History Seminar
Alex Watson (Clare Hall, Cambridge)' "Unheard of brutality": Russian atrocities against civilians in East Prussia, 1914-15' 4pm, Arts Building 6009, TCD
11 March
Innaugural CWS 'War in History' lecture
Professor Jay Winter (Yale): 'War Talk to Rights Talk: the Origins of Universal Human Rights and the Second World War' 7.30pm, Arts Building TCD
25 February
TCD Modern European History Seminar
William Mulligan (UCD) 'Power and International Politics Before 1914, 4pm, Arts Building 6009, TCD'
2009
23-24 October
Centre for War Studies Conference
'Veterans, Internationalism and the Cultures of Victory and Peace (1919-1933)' (Word Document)
Organised by Julia Eichenberg (TCD), Arts Building, 6th Floor, Room C6002'
25 September
Courage and Cowardice in Wartime: Myth and Reality (Word Document)
One Day Centre for War Studies Workshop, Arts Building 6009, TCD
11 - 12 May
Rape in Wartime: A History to be Written (PDF)
Conference Programme (Word Document)
Conference at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne Organized by John Horne (TCD) et al.
24 April
Civilians and Soldiers in Combat: Norms and Excesses (Colloquium Programme - Word Document)
One Day Centre for War Studies Colloquium, Arts Building 6009, TCD
27 March
Seminar: Linking Best Practice in France and Ireland in Academic Military History (Word Document)
Organised by Sylvie Kleinman, Arts Building 6002, TCD
2008
5 - 6 December
Aftershocks. Paramilitary Violence following the Great War, 1918-1923 (Word Document)
Conference in University College, Dublin, Organized by Robert Gerwarth (UCD) & John Horne (TCD)
6 November - 4 December
Dublin research seminar in Modern European History (Seminar Programme - Word Document)
Jointly convened by History Departments at TCD and UCD.
7-9 November
Inside the War (1914-1918): Acceptance, Endurance, Refusal (Word Document - Conference Programme)
Conference in Péronne, France Organized by the Historial de la Grande Guerre
23 October
Warfare in the Mediterranean Region in the Age of the Crusades (1095-1291) (Word Document)
Public Lecture, Swift Theatre, TCD. Organized by the Centre for Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies in association with the Centre for War Studies, TCD.