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Call for papersInstitute of History,Slovak Academy of Sciences, BratislavaLabEx, EHNE, Axe 5 :L’Europe des guerres et des traces de guerreinvite you to aninternational conferenceItalyand the Post-Habsburg Central Europe: Occupation, Administration, Intervention,DiplomacyBratislava,19th and 20th September 2019In the autumn 1918, after four years of the greatest conflict in thehistory of mankind until then, the armies of Entente and its allies fought outthe definitive victory against the Centrals Powers. However, the period ofstability didn’t come immediately, mainly in Central Eastern Europe, where theaftermath of the World War One took much longer than in the Western countries.The end of the War and the following reconstruction of Central Europeanregion was one of the most important political, diplomatic and militarymilestones in 20th century. The creation of successor states openedthe question of drawing the new frontiers and thus the disputes among thosecountries. We would like to continue the discussion that started at the fourprevious conferences about the Italian front organised in 2014-2018. Italyambitioned the position of great power mainly in the Balkan that it regarded asits sphere of influence but also in Central Europe. Rome had its own militarymission in Czechoslovakia, was part of the Allied Commission in Hungary,annexed several former Habsburg territories etc. In other words, Italy hadactive policy towards the successor states. Although Italian ambitionsinterfered mainly with the Yugoslav ones, they also clashed with those of USAand France. This new period of instability finished later in early 1920s. TheItalian ambitions weren’t fulfilled, from where comes the expression “mutilatedvictory”.However, the relations between Italy and the Post-Habsburg CentralEurope go far beyond the political, diplomatic or military history. Greatnumber of former POW had to come back home from Italy to the new born statesand vice versa. Refugees from occupied territories returned as well. Thedemilitarization of the society was one of the main tasks of immediateaftermath of the war. The situation on local level often contradicts the bignarrative and the bottom-up perspective of this transition period enables us tosee new interesting points of view. The attitude of local people andauthorities in the regions, that had switched from one state to another, couldhave been rather prudent as they didn’t know how long the administration ofthat time would last. The relations between locals and new occupants or theexpectations of ordinary people from the new states and governments is also animportant subject to be analysed.Language of theconference: English Deadlines:Submission of paper abstracts 28thFebruary 2019. Notification onacceptance 31st March 2019. Abstracts shouldbe submitted by email to the contact michal.ksinan@gmail.com and shouldinclude: author, name and affiliation with full contact details. Abstractsshould not exceed 300 words.The conferenceorganisers cover accommodation. Travel expenses have to be covered byparticipants. The PhD students and young scientists may ask for the refund oftheir travel costs from organisers. They will be refunded according to theavailable funding.The conference is supported by: Institute of History, Slovak Academy ofSciences; Labex, ENHE, Axe 5; Slovak Historical Society; Istituto Italiano diCultura, BratislavaScientific committee: Juraj Benko, ÉtienneBoisserie, Gabriela Dudeková Kováčová, Matej Hanula, Catherine Horel, BorutKlabjan, Michal Kšiňan, Marco Mondini, Rok StergarOrganising committee: Juraj Benko, GabrielaDudeková Kováčová, Matej Hanula, Michal Kšiňan