Call for Papers: Our End-of-Project Conference

Papers or posters should offer insight into the ways in which ephemera – which we define broadly as any small, portable items and print materials that are not books – have featured in your research and facilitated new insights into the nature, memory or reception of any aspect of war. By our definition, ephemera can range from letters, scrapbooks, posters, periodicals and pamphlets to small keepsakes, mementos, and personal items, both handmade and mass-produced. We also explicitly welcome papers on fictional or imagined ephemera as represented in, for example, literature, film or computer games. Papers or posters can focus on any category of ephemera, on specific ephemera used or discussed in your research, or on one particular item that has been pivotal to your work. You can offer practical observations on your research processes, or a more conceptual reflection on the opportunities and/or challenges of working with ephemera. Whichever approach you choose, we want to hear from you about the impact ephemera have had on the direction of your work on war and conflict. We are particularly keen to hear from postgraduate and early-career researchers and independent scholars, and those working at the intersection of war studies and postcolonial studies in any discipline.