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“Spaces of War: Franceand the Francophone World”October 26-28, 2006Minneapolis, MinnesotaOrganized by the Departments of History and French &#38;Italian, University of Minnesota Wars have marked the history, thought, and culture of France,wars that extend well beyond the geo-political boundaries of this Europeannation.  The aim of this conference isnot so much to recount the story of these wars once again, but rather toreflect critically upon their effects. The conference title, “Spaces of War,” is meant to suggest that theseeffects are both local and far-flung. The spaces the conference will investigate can be thought of as symbolicand discursive as well as geographical – “theaters of war” in which cataclysmicevents are made visible and can be seen to raise issues that are political,social, ethical, and esthetic. The conference is designed to be an encounter between andacross disciplines. Proposals are invited from individuals working in suchareas as history, literary and cultural studies, film or art history, politicaltheory, human geography, and philosophy. Possible topics to be treated could include:* the     State and theories of sovereignty* legacies     of war* war     and the military * medicine * gender     and the gendering of war* terrorism     and war* the     justice/injustice of war* rites     and rituals* trauma* commemoration* war     and race / class / gender* borders     and boundaries* images     of war – documents, documentaries, the archive* writing/filming/staging     war* etc.A 300-word summary of the conference paper proposed must besubmitted by February 15, 2006.  The summary should be submittedelectronically either in the body of an email or as aMS Word or PDF attachment to “Spaces of War” esc@umn.edu.All presentations will be considered for publication in an edited volume ofessays.Conference web site: http://www.esc.umn.edu/SpacesofWar.htmFor further information, please contact Patricia Lorcin orDaniel Brewer, at esc@umn.edu.