James Krull, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Wednesday 19th July (Day 0)
14.00–16.00
Visit to the Yorkshire Air Museum with Chair of the Trustees, Rachel Semlyen (Booking required, £5 fee)
Thursday 20th July (Day 1)
09.15–10.00
Registration (Tea/coffee)
10.00–10.15
Welcome
10.15-11.15
Keynote
Natasha Danilova: “The Second World War: Challenges of Remembrance and Nostalgia”
11.15–11.40
Break (Tea/coffee/biscuits)
11.40–13.20
Paper Session 1 – Memorials
Werner Suppanz: “Perpetrators in a positive sense”. The window of opportunity for memorials to deserters in the “young” 21st century in Austria
Rhiannon Seymour: “The evolution of memorialisation and the role of local authorities – a case study from Rhondda Cynon Taff” [online]
Tim Grady: “Constricted Remembrance: British War Memories and the Enemy Dead”
Tanja Kilzer: “Remembering the once forgotten. Memorials and culture of remembrance for the victims of Nazi “euthanasia” crimes in Germany in the 21st century”
13.20–14.15
Lunch (sandwiches)
14.15–15.45
Paper Session 2 – Colonial Legacies
Elisabeth Haines and Iqbal Singh: “Identity, translation and silence – linguistic legacies at the intersection of colonialism and the military in the Second World War”
Shreya Sharma: “Rest in Paper: India and the Second World War” [online]
Lucky Igohosa Ugbudian: “Commemorating World War Two: The Nigerian Perspective” [online]
15.45–16.15
Break (Tea / Coffee / Cake)
16.15–17.45
Paper Session 3 – Media Representation
Martin Tschiggerl: “Did my grandfather storm the beaches of Normandy for this shit?” Mnemonic Wars in Digital Games about the Second World War”
Daniel Cowling: “Re-remembering The Great Escape in 21st-century Britain”
Pia Schlechter: “#nowar – but which war? Voices of Ukrainians in Selfies on Instagram in The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin”
Friday 21st July (Day 2)
09.15–09.45
Registration (Tea / Coffee)
09.45–09.55
Welcome
09.55–11.25
Paper Session 4 – Commemorative Politics
Blanka Matkovic: “Politics of War Commemoration in Croatia: From the on-going Historical Debates to the Impact of the recent Wars in the 1990s and current Political Influences” [online]
Natalia Matveeva: “Remembrance of WWII and the defeat of Japan in North Korea and the current Russian political narrative” [online]
Joseph Quinn: Making an “Irish Myth” of another unremembered past: Commemorating the Second World War in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
11.25–11.45
Break (Tea / Coffee / Biscuits)
11.45–13.15
Paper Session 5 – Commemorative Politics II
James Krull: “Undertones of war commemoration: Historical grief and the death of a monarch”
Ben Huntley: “From the Few to the Many: Bomber Command and the National Myth of the Second World War”
Catherine Palmer: “Architecture of Memorialisation: the workings of memory and the Spitfire”
13.15–14.15
Lunch (Sandwiches)
14.15–15.45
Paper Session 6 – Personal Memory and Oral Histories
Harriet Beadnell: “Monty’s Men – British Second World War Veterans and their role in the Commemoration of El Alamein since 1991”
Terry Smyth: “Holding onto Memories in Japan” [online]
Victoria Mutheu: “Soldiers, Wives and The Silent Ones” [online]
15.45–16.15
Break (Tea / Coffee / Cake)
16.15–17.00
Reflective Panel