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Call for postersSummer InstituteINITIATIONS? THE EXPERIENCE OF MODERN WAR (1853-2013)Organized by:- International Research Center, Historial de la Grande Guerre (Péronne,France)- Institut Historique Allemand (Paris, France)- Université Blaise Pascal / CHEC (Clermont-Ferrand, France)- EHESS (Paris, France)- Université Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens, France)- Université du Luxembourg (Luxembourg)In partnership with:- Université franco-allemande- Mission du centenaireFrom June 30 to July 5, 2014, the Historial de la Grande Guerre will hostboth an international conference and a Summer Institute for youngresearchers at the masters and doctoral levels.The conference, “Initiations? First Moments in the First World War” willbe held from June 30 to July 2. The Summer Institute will run from June 30through July 5.The conference welcomes 30 specialists of the First World War, and theInstitute provides the opportunity for 30 young scholars to join them inPéronne.The Summer Institute seeks to broaden the themes introduced by theconference by widening the temporal scope to include all modern conflicts,from the Crimea through the wars of the 21st century.Beginnings, foundational experiences, initiations, inauguralpractices—each of these terms opens different frames for possibleinterpretation. By encouraging analysis at both the individual andcollective level, the goal of the conference—and, more broadly, of thesummer institute—is to rethink wartime experiences. How do historicalactors use their first experience in these “modern” conflicts to perceive,endure, and, later, “construct” their war?We hope to encourage social and cultural histories that are intrinsicallycomparative and open to the influence of other fields in the socialsciences—such as anthropology, psychology, and law.Behind the question of the “initiation” to modern war, is thus aninterrogation of the “power of beginnings.” The Institute will endeavor toplace the Great War within the longer history of modern conflicts.RequirementsInterested students should submit: a one-page summary of their relevantcurrent research; and a one-page CV. Those selected for the summerinstitute will participate in all scheduled events and will also present aposter (in A1 format, this equals 841 mm x 594 mm or 23.4 Inches x 33.1Inches). A tutorial for the realization of posters will be provided.Contributions and posters that examine questions related to “other fronts”are encouraged.The working languages of the Institute will be French, English, and German.Participants must be fluent in one of these languages and have a goodknowledge of at least one of the others.The age limit for consideration is 35. Candidates must be enrolled asmasters or doctoral candidates at an accredited university.25 candidates will be selected from this call. The five remaining spotswill be filled by this year’s winners of the Gerda Henkel research grantfrom the International Research Center.The date for submission of abstracts is 31 March 2014, by email, to:peronne2014@ehess.frAdditional informationThe conference will house the successful candidates in Péronne and provideall the meals. Travel costs to Péronne can be defrayed up to a maximum of150 Euros for students from France and 200 Euros for students from abroad.There are no registration fees for the Institute or the conference.Certificates of participation that might be needed to obtain a university(for instance ECTS) credit can be provided if requested in advance.Provision scheduleSunday, June 29Afternoon: Welcome. Guided tour of the museum by the founding members ofthe research center.Evening: Dinner buffet at the museum. Display of posters and workshopintroducing the Summer Institute (1 hour). Working groups.Monday, June 30Morning and afternoon to 6:00PM: Conference: Sessions 1 and 2.6:00-7:00PM: Award of Gerda Henkel research grants from the InternationalResearch Center of the Historial de la Grande Guerre.8:30-10:00PM: Keynote lecture: Annette Becker, “The Great War and ExtremeViolence Against Civilians: An Initiation?” Tuesday, July 16:30AM-12:00PM: Commemoration of July 1 on the battlefields (La Boiselleand Thiepval or Beaumont-Hamel).2:00-6:30PM: Conference: Session 3.8:00-10:00PM: Screening of La Cicatrice, a new film by Laurent Veray(Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3).Wednesday, July 2Morning and afternoon: Conference: Sessions 4 and 5Thursday, July 3Morning: Workshop and feedback: critique and discussion of the conferenceled by the students and the organizing committee. Working groups presentand discuss their findings from the conference.Afternoon: Session of posters, with the historians of the InternationalResearch Center.Evening: Keynote lectureFriday, July 4Morning: “Literary” visit to the battlefields of the Somme, with NicolasBeaupré (Université Blaise Pascal – Clermont-Ferrand)Afternoon: seminar and workshops: “Digital humanities and the First WorldWar”Evening: Concluding workshopSaturday, July 5Departure of participantsInternet presenceThe conference and the Summer Institute are supported by the InternationalResearch Center’s multilingual “research forum” on hypotheses.org.Conference and Institute participants may find useful information there,and the forum also provides First World War news, links, documents,archives, brief articles, and editorials…See: 1418.hypotheses.orgOr on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crhistorialOr Twitter: @cr_historialOrganizing committeeNicolas Beaupré (UBP Clermont-Ferrand, CIRHGG, IUF), Caroline Fontaine(CIRHGG), Franziska Heimburger (EHESS), Benoît Majerus (Université duLuxembourg), Nicolas Patin (Institut Historique Allemand, Paris), ManonPignot (Université de Picardie-Jules-Verne, IUF), Emmanuel Saint-Fuscien(EHESS), Alexandre Sumpf (Université de Strasbourg), Gene Tempest (BostonUniversity), Arndt Weinrich (Institut Historique Allemand, Paris).Scientific committeeThe scientific committee includes all the members of the board of theInternational Research Center. For more information please see:http://www.historial.org/Centre-international-de-recherche/Presentation.