CfP: Activist Histories of Ireland

The term ‘activist’ was first used to describe groups in the early twentieth century, including Irish nationalists, who were active on behalf of Germany during the First World War, but consolidated its contemporary meaning during the countercultural revolutions of the long 1960s. Conceptually, however, ‘activists’ – those who lead or drive forward movements to enact political change – have played a central role throughout modern Irish history, and continue to do so today.

Senate House Library - Visiting Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers

Senate House Library, in partnership with the Friends of Senate House Library, is inviting postdoctoral researchers to apply for a Visiting Research Fellowship of up to three months that makes use of the Library’s world-class collections. The successful candidate could be awarded up to £10,000. The deadline for applications is midnight on 31st January 2019.

CfP: Gender Relationships between Occupiers and Occupied during the Allied Occupation of Germany (1945-1955)

There is currently a renewed interest in the Allied occupation of Germany after 1945 and in military occupation in general. Concerning the occupation of Germany after 1945, there is a lot of work dedicated to its economic, political and cultural dimensions. More oriented towards the "history from below", current research questions the daily life of military occupation, the places and forms of encounters between occupiers and occupied, covering a whole range of interactions from conflicts or confrontations to various forms of cooperation or fraternization.