The Past Speaks

Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex, April 28th-30th, 2015

The UK campus of Ontario’s Queen’s University’s (see picture above)  is hosting a conference entitled “Canada and the Great War”. The conference will take place in April of 2015, 100 years after the first use of gas by Germany at the Second Battle of Ypres. The conference will explore a broad range of subjects associated with Canada’s role in WWI and the war’s impact upon a young nation at a crossroads. Established scholars, graduate students and professionals are all invited to submit proposals on topics related, but not limited to, any of the following:

• Canada and Mobilization
• The Canadian Experience in the Trenches
• Canada and the Literature of the Great War
• Canada’s Role in Relation to Its’ Place within the British Empire
• Provincial Differences in commitment to the War Effort
• Newfoundland and the Great War
• The Battles of Ypres, Vimy and Passchendaele
• The Canadian Homefront
• Canadian Training and Leadership
• Canadian Identity and the Great War
• The Canadians in Britain

Proposals (250 word Maximum) should include a working title and brief overview of the paper’s aims and objectives, along with a short biographical note. The deadline for submissions is October 15th, 2014. Proposals for full panels (3-4 papers) and round tables are welcome. It is expected that a selection of the papers will appear together in published form.

Proposal submissions and requests for further conference details should be sent to: 

Dr. Scott McLean, Queen’s University – Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux Castle

Hailsham, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN27 1RN

Email: s_mclean@bisc.queensu.ac.uk