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*Call for Papers**Prisoners of War in the Twentieth Century – Actors, Concepts, and Changes*Organizers:Ana Paula Pires, Jakob Zollmann, Maria Fernanda Rollo, Martim Arinto,Date, Place:24.11.2014-25.11.2014, LisbonDeadline:30th April 2014Venue:Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade Nova de Lisboa“Prisoner of War” is first of all a term in international law, and morespecifically the laws of war. The term defines a status which comprehends anumber of rights or entitlements and duties for those enemy combatantscaptured during a war. The twentieth century saw a marked change in theselegal provisions; and at the same time the number of individuals reduced tocaptivity in the hands of the ‘enemy’ surpassed all previous experience.Millions of men and women were detained – some for several years – and,irrespective of any legal entitlements, millions died as Prisoners of War.Without their involvement in the industrial and agricultural sector of thebelligerent nations, war production may have come to a standstill inseveral conflicts.With the objective of introducing new research and perspectives on thehistory of Prisoners of War, this conference aims at bringing togetherresearchers of a variety of academic disciplines. There is no particulargeographical focus and we hope to include interdisciplinary analyses fromall continents in our conference.The suggested range of topics includes (but is not limited to thefollowing):·      Concepts of “Prisoners of War” (This section may analyze the historyand development of different legal terminologies of POW and/or provisionsregarding POW; [debates about] national and international standards oftreatment; …·      Organization and administration of Prisoners of War (Political,military, and economic aims of ‘handling’ POWs; action and reaction of POWsand their guards; everyday life of POWs; …)·      Violence against/of Prisoners of War (Different forms of treatmentof POWs; hierarchies within POW-camps, notions and acts of revenge; hungerand/or neglect as a weapon; …)·      Places of/for Prisoners of War (Introduction of the camp system;transport of POWs into the nation’s ‘heartland’; relations with neighbors;different workplaces; …)·      Time and Memory (Duration of captivity; forms of remembering home;families remembering their sons/brothers/etc. in captivity; keeping aliveone’s own memory of having been a POW …)·      Literature/Art (POWs as objects of literature; [former] POW writingabout his/her captivity; producing art as POWs; …)·      Economy of POWs (Relevance of POW-labor for war efforts/nationalincome; economic situation of POWs; shadow-economies of POW-camps; post-warnegotiations; forced labor; …)To apply please send proposals in English, Portuguese, or French (wordformat) with an abstract (2 000 characters and title), with surname, firstname, post and institutional affiliation, email) and a short biography (500characters) by April 30th 2014 to the organizers at prisonerswar@gmail.comPapers should be previously unpublished and contain original research.Organizers intend to publish a selection of papers from the conference in abook volume.The presentation and paper should be in English, Portuguese or French.