International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II and its Consequences; National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow); German Historical Institute (Moscow); Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, DC); with additional support from a number of other institutions

Time: 03.-05.06.2014
Place: Moscow, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Deadline: 15.09.2013

The conference marks the centenary of the First World War, this “suicide of Europe” that shaped the history of the 20th century. The Russian Empire shared the experiences of other European nations in a war that profoundly affected its economy, social relations, politics and culture. At the same time, in Russia the consequences of war were markedly different. Only recently, scholars started to analyze this war on its own account as a crucial event in Russian history, not just as a  … read more and source.

Feldpostsammlung Berlin (Web) der Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation (Web)

Die Museumsstiftung besitzt die umfassendste Feldpost-Briefsammlung Deutschlands. Die ältesten Feldpostbriefe stammen aus dem frühen 18. Jahrhundert. Aus dem 19. Jahrhundert sind Briefe aus den Befreiungskriegen 1813/15 und dem Deutsch-Französischen Krieg 1870/71 vorhanden. Den großen Schwerpunkt der Sammlung stellen die Briefe aus dem Ersten und Zweiten Weltkrieg dar. Die Gesamtzahl der Feldpostbriefe beträgt 90.000, alle Quellen sind durch ein digitales Findbuch erschlossen.

In einer Online-Sammlung stehen 1.400 Feldpostbriefe aus der Zeit des Zweiten Weltkriegs zur Verfügung. Die Veröffentlichung einer Auswahl von Briefen aus dem 1. Weltkrieg ist in Vorbereitung und für Mai 2014 geplant.

Ansprechspartner: Thomas Jander M.A., Museum für Kommunikation Berlin, Telefon: +49 (0)30 713 017 19, E-Mail: t.jander@mspt.de

EFG1914 Project (Deutschland) (Web)

EFG1914 is a digitisation project focusing on films and non-film material from and related to World War I. 26 partners, among them 21 European film archives, are working towards the following main goals:

• To digitise 661 hours of film and ca. 5.600 film-related documents on the theme of the WWI
• To give access to the material through the European Film Gateway and Europeana
• To build a virtual exhibition using selected objects digitised in EFG1914

The project covers all the different genres and sub-genres relevant in that time: newsreels, documentaries, fiction films, propaganda films. Moreover, it will also give access to anti-war films (weiterlesen …)

IrelandWW1: A new website to link researchers and community projects during the Decade of Commemoration, created by Richard Grayson and Catriona Pennell (Web)

The edotors have both been involved in a number of events which have flagged the amount of work going on around centenary commemorations. During these discussions, they have become aware that there are many connections which could be made between academics and community groups, but which have not yet been made.

Richard Grayson and Catriona Pennell are doing something about this through this website which acts as an information hub. They hope it will be useful for academics and community groups, collating information about whatever is happening in relation to the subject of Ireland in the era of the First World War. That could be current or future: research projects, doctorates, (weiterlesen …)

International research group with historians from Russia, the US and UK as well as Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland and Canada (Web)

As the one-hundredth anniversary of the First World War approaches, public attention will increasingly turn to The Great War’s significance in shaping human history. Centennial commemorations will provide scholars with a singular opportunity to engage and educate general audiences regarding the conflict and its meanings. This is an opportunity of particular importance for historians of Russia.

For most of the twentieth century Russia’s Great War was a historical afterthought. Overshadowed by the Bolsheviks’ revolution, Civil War, and consolidation of power, the War took (weiterlesen …)

Zu den zahlreichen internationalen VeranstalterInnen, Website and English version

Datum: 26.03.-28.03.2014
Ort: Botschaft von Rumänien/Embassy of Romania, Dorotheenstraße 62, 10117 Berlin
Deadline: 30. September 2013

Die Menschen in den Ländern Mittel- und Ostmitteleuropas erlebten und beurteilten den Beginn des Ersten Weltkrieges sehr unterschiedlich. In Deutschland wurden weitgreifende hegemoniale Kriegsziele insbesondere im östlichen Europa propagiert. Österreichische und ungarische Politiker der Doppelmonarchie waren sich zunächst einig in ihren territorialen Ansprüchen. Im geteilten Polen gab es teilweise gegenläufige strategische Konzepte zur Wiedererlangung der staatlichen Einheit. Auch unter Tschechen, Slowaken, Slowenen, Kroaten und Angehörigen anderer Nationen herrschten unterschiedliche Vorstellungen hinsichtlich ihrer nationalen Aspirationen. Weiterlesen … (Web)

Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für Kriegsfolgen-Forschung (Web)

Internationale Konferenz zum Ersten Weltkrieg als wissenschaftliches Begleitprogramm der Ausstellung „Jubel & Elend. Leben mit dem Großen Krieg 1914–1918“ auf der Schallaburg 2014 (Web)

Zeit: 12.-14.09.2013
Ort: Donau-Universität Krems
Deadline: 16.06.2013

The weaknesses and fractures of European and non-European societies at the beginning of the 20th century were clearly shown by World War One. This war was a “central element of a European crisis of civilisation” (W. Kruse 2009). The four years of bellicose struggle started out with wide spread elation which enthused thousands of people all over Europe and ended in misery for nearly all social strata. Read more (German/English) and Source …