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'Aftermath: Legacies and Memories of War in Europe, 1918–1945–1989'Keynote speakers: Jay Winter (Yale); Mary Fulbrook (UCL)23-24 September 2010, Centre for Professional Development, University of BirminghamHosted by: European Research Institute; Graduate Centre for Europe; Centre for First World War Studies, with the generous support of the Jean Monnet European Centre of ExcellenceRegistration Deadline: 27 August 2010 – see registration details belowPROGRAMMETHURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 20109.00 – 9.30    Registration and Coffee9.30 – 11.00  Session 1Martin Hurcombe (University of Bristol), ‘The Haunting of Roland D.: The First World War Dead in the Writings of Roland Dorgelès’Nicholas Martin (University of Birmingham), ‘The Magic Mountain in the German Literary Landscape after the First World War’11.00 - 11.30  Tea / Coffee11.30 - 1.00   Session 2Tara Windsor (University of Birmingham), ‘Between Cultural Conflict and Cultural Contact: German Writers, Cultural Diplomacy and the Legacies of the First World War’Stephen Forcer (University of Birmingham), ‘Beyond Mental: Avant-garde Culture and War’1.00 – 2.00    Lunch2.00 - 3.30    Session 3John Paul Newman (University College Dublin), ‘Times of Death: The First World War and Serbia’s Twentieth Century’Geoffrey Swain (University of Glasgow), ‘Politicising Commemoration in Twentieth-Century Latvia’3.30 - 4.00    Tea / Coffee4.00 - 5.30    Session 4Gabriela Popa (European University Institute, Florence), ‘Challenging the “Sacred”: Symbolic Appropriation of the Second World War Monuments in post-Soviet Moldova’Sabine Lee (University of Birmingham), ‘The Human Legacy: Children Born of War and Occupation during and after the Second World War’5.45 - 7.00    Keynote AddressJay Winter (Yale University), ‘The Social Construction of Silence’7.30             Conference Dinner (speakers only)FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 20109.15               Tea / Coffee9.45 - 11.00    Keynote AddressMary Fulbrook (University College London), ‘Generations and the ruptures of 1918, 1945, and 1989 in Germany’11.00 - 11.30  Tea / Coffee11.30 - 1.00    Session 5Steffen Prauser (University of Birmingham), ‘Veterans of the Second World War in the so-called collective memory in Germany and Italy after 1945’Dan Todman (Queen Mary, University of London), ‘Richard Titmuss, Problems of Social Policy and the British Construction of the Second World War’1.00 – 2.00     Lunch2.00 - 3.30      Session 6Joanne Sayner (University of Birmingham), ‘Politics and Pedagogy: Educating the Educators of Memory’Mary Cosgrove (University of Edinburgh), ‘Circumspection or Competition? War Memories in Jenny Erpenbeck’s Heimsuchung (2008)’3.30 - 4.00     Tea / Coffee4.00 - 5.30     Session 7Olivier Compagnon (Université Paris III), ‘Centre and Peripheries of War: Reflections on the Latin American Experience in the Twentieth Century’Aaron Moore (University of Manchester), ‘To Defile a Sacred Memory: Japanese Peace and War Museums in a Comparative Framework’FURTHER DETAILS AND REGISTRATIONIf you wish to attend the conference, you must register via the link below. This includes members of the University of Birmingham, for whom attendance is free of charge.Please note that the closing date for receipt of registrations is Friday 27 August 2010.Conference Fees:Both Days: £40.00 (Waged); £10.00 (Unwaged)1 Day: £20.00 (Waged); £5.00 (Unwaged)Registration pagehttps://www.bhamonlineshop.co.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&#38;modid=2&#38;prodid=215&#38;deptid=17&#38;catid=3Please address any enquiries to the conference organiser, Nick Martin.___Dr Nicholas MartinReader in European Intellectual HistoryDirector, Graduate Centre for EuropeDepartment of German StudiesUniversity of BirminghamGB-Birmingham B15 2TTE  n.c.martin@bham.ac.ukT  +44 121 41 46176W www.german.bham.ac.uk/staff/martin.shtml