The University College Dublin Centre for War Studies and the Helsinki Collegium of Advanced Studies are pleased to co-host a one-day symposium to take place in Helsinki on Friday, 19 September 2025.
The symposium will focus on the (comparative) history of “post-civil-war societies”, bringing together panels on themes such as
- cultural demobilization
- memory
- transitional justice
- exile
The main geographical and chronological focus will be on those European societies that experienced episodes of civil war between the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and the end of the Greek Civil War in 1949 but we also welcome proposals from those working on non-European civil wars, such as the ones that occurred in Mexico and China. Particularly welcome will be proposals for papers that open up new comparative and/or transnational perspectives on the history of civil wars.
The workshop is part of “The Age of Civil Wars in Europe, c. 1914–1949” ERC Advanced Grant Project (2022–2027, www.civil-wars.eu), led by Prof. Robert Gerwarth at the Centre for War Studies at University College Dublin (www.ucd.ie/warstudies).
Economy-class travel and accommodation costs of speakers and panel chairs / commentators will be covered by the ERC Advanced Grant Project “The Age of Civil Wars in Europe, c. 1914–1949” (2022–2027).
Please submit a short abstract of the proposed paper (300 words), and a short bio (150 words) by 10 March 2025, sending them to, Anna Laakkonen, UCD Centre for War Studies: anna.laakkonen@ucd.ie
Selected speakers will be contacted in mid-April and will need to confirm their participation by 1 May 2025.