War, Culture & Technology Conference 2008

The_Historian · #1 (**permalink**) January 22nd, 2008, 03:07 PM

Call for papers: War, Culture, Technology

I am organising a panel on the theme of 'War, Culture, Technology' as part of the 11th conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI), titled 'Language and the Scientific Imagination'. This is to be held at the University of Helsinki between 28th July and 2nd August 2008. The conference organisers state that their principal aim is to generate a new approach of the Humanities to Science and Technology by re-examining the dialogue between the sciences and the arts, arguing that 'the "two cultures" depend on each other, for human beings give sense to their lives both by doing (Science) and by telling stories (Language)'.

The aim of this panel will be to consider the ways in which cultural representations of warfare have embodied, reflected and contributed to the often problematic dialogue between science and the arts since the advent of mass, industrialised warfare in the late nineteenth century. Proposals for papers dealing with any aspect of this theme from established scholars and postgraduates are therefore invited. These should be no more than 350 words in length and sent to me electronically or to the address below by Friday 17th March:

Dr MJ Hurcombe,
School of Modern Languages,
University of Bristol,
17 Woodland Rd,
Bristol, BS8 1TE
0117 928 8447
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T. A. Gardner · #2 (**permalink**) January 23rd, 2008, 01:19 AM

Gordon, any chance they might be interested in a model for morale based on industrial engineering principles backed by historical evidence found in typical military histories?

The_Historian · #3 (**permalink**) January 23rd, 2008, 09:19 AM

They might well be. Try emailing Dr Hurcombe and see what he says.

The_Historian · #4 (**permalink**) February 5th, 2008, 12:08 PM

Did you ever get an answer to this, TA?

Za Rodinu · #5 (**permalink**) February 5th, 2008, 02:06 PM

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problematic dialogue between science and the arts since the advent of mass, industrialised warfare in the late nineteenth century

I'll be passing this over to The Red Rabbi, I'm sure he'll have some previously non-published works on this subject.

"Socialist Realism before the Industrial Revolution"
"Figurative Depiction of the Vozshd in Czarist times"
"Dialectical Materialism as seen by Marc Chagall"