'From the personal to the global: Lived experiences of the Second World War'

Keynotes: Andrew Buchanan (Vermont), Ruth Lawlor (Cornell), and Susan Grayzel (Utah State)

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In 1997, a seminal collection of essays edited by Paul Addison and Angus Calder was published, 'Time to Kill: The Soldier's Experience of War in the West 1939-1945'. Now, a quarter of a century later, this conference reconsiders the themes of this landmark book and extends them to include the experiences of civilians/non-combatants and men and women who served in air forces, navies and auxiliary services as well as armies. Its geographic focus will extend beyond Europe and North Africa and encompass the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. Following the ‘global turn’ in the historiography of the Second World War, the conference aims to recover the lived experiences of men and women transnationally, integrating national histories with global perspectives and addressing local, regional, national, racial, ethnic and gender dynamics. A key focus of the conference is to critically discuss the research agenda for the sub-discipline of Second World War Studies over the next decade as we approach key anniversaries of the conflict.

The intention is to publish an edited collection based on the conference. Further information will be published her as it is available.

You can find the conference programme below, and registration is by Eventbrite.

The Second World War Network (Scotland) is funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.