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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>We have pleasure in informing you of a forthcoming international multidisciplinary conference on <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">"Children and War: Past and Present"</B>, to be held at the University of Salzburg, Austria, on 30 September – </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Month="10" Day="2" Year="2010"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>2 October 2010</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>Helga Embacher (</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>University</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> of </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>Salzburg</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>)<BR>Dieter Steinert (</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><?xml:namespace prefix = u1 /><u1:place><u1:PlaceType>University</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB></u1:PlaceType> of </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><u1:PlaceName>Wolverhampton</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB></u1:PlaceName></u1:place>).<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Children and War: Past and Present</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">International multidisciplinary conference to be held at the University of Salzburg, Austria, on 30 September – 2 October 2010. Organised by the University of Salzburg and the University of Wolverhampton (UK).</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">In recent years the volume of international research on ‘Children and War’, carried out by academics, governmental and non-governmental organisations and institutions as well as the media, has continually increased. At the same time there has been a growing public interest in how children experience military conflicts and how their lives have been affected by war and its aftermath.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Research topics are as varied as the disciplines and interests involved – often acting independently of each other. Therefore it seems time to review current research and to open new perspectives for future work by bringing together scholars from various academic disciplines, practitioners in the field, representatives of governmental and non-governmental institutions and the media.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">All proposals which focus on any topic and theme on ‘Children and War’ are welcome, ranging from the experience of war, flight, displacement and resettlement, relief and rehabilitation work, gender issues, persecution, trafficking, abuse and prostitution, trauma and amnesia, the trans-generational impact of persecution, individual and collective memory, educational issues, films and documentaries, artistic and literary approaches, to remembrance and memorials, and questions of theory and methodology.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Specific conference themes anticipated are:</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">- Children as witnesses and victims of war and conflicts</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">- Holocaust, genocides and forced labour</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">- Child soldiers, partisans and resistance fighters</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">- Army mascots</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">- Deportations and displacements, refugees and asylum seekers</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">- War crimes, trials and human rights</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Please send an abstract of 200-250 words, together with biographical background information of 50-100 words by 31 December 2009 to: </FONT><A href="mailto:J.D.Steinert@wlv.ac.uk"><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">J.D.Steinert@wlv.ac.uk</FONT></A></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">All proposals are subject to a review process.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Conference language: English.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The organising team: Wolfgang Aschauer (Salzburg), Helga Embacher (Salzburg), Darek Galasinski (Wolverhampton), Olga Kozlowska (Wolverhampton), Albert Lichtblau (Salzburg), Grazia Prontera (Salzburg), Johannes-Dieter Steinert (Wolverhampton).</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Fees: EUR 100 for speakers. The fee includes admission to all panels, lunches, coffees and teas. Further information and registration details will be made available early in 2010. All participants need to secure their own funding to participate in this conference.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">It is intended to publish a selection of conference papers.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Helga Embacher (University of Salzburg) & Dieter Steinert (University of Wolverhampton)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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