Conference Schedule, December 4-7, 2014 and

Post-Conference Lecture, October 9, 2015

All sessions will take place in HG 1030, unless otherwise noted.
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Dec. 4 | Dec. 5 | Dec. 6 | Dec. 7 | Oct. 9

December 4, Thursday: 3-4:40

Opening Remarks by Dean Georges Van Den Abbeele

The Beginning of War in the Balkans and Russia

Introduction by John H. Smith

The Collapse of the European Concert: Great Power Politics in the Balkans prior to the First World War → Abstract, Video
Ekaterina Romanova, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Russia’s “Union Sacrée” at the Beginning of the First World War and Russian Nationalism → Abstract, Video
Nikolay Yudin, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Animated Propaganda: Visualizing the Great War in Russia → Abstract
Lora Mjolsness, UC Irvine

Thursday: 4:40-4:50

Break to walk over to SSPA 1100

Thursday: 5-6:20 (SSPA 1100)                                                                                         
Keynote Speaker: Annette Becker

Sponsored by the International Studies Public Forum and the Consulate General of France in Los Angeles

Welcome by Cecelia Lynch
Introduction by Deputy Cultural Attaché Antonia
Rigaud, Consulate General of France in Los Angeles

A Great War Too Long Forgotten: Civilians as Targets → Abstract
Annette Becker, University of Paris West, Nanterre

Thursday: 6:30 (HG 1030 patio)

Dinner
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Dec. 4 | Dec. 5 | Dec. 6 | Dec. 7 | Oct. 9

December 5, Friday: 8:15-9

Breakfast

Friday: 9-10:45

War Narratives

Sponsored by the Consulate General of France in Los Angeles

Introduction by Eve Morisi

Social Encounters in the French Trenches → Abstract
Nicolas Mariot, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris

The Female Front: Gender and Nation in Texts about World War I Nurses → Abstract
Elisabeth Krimmer, UC Davis

Butchered Belgian Babies:  Atrocities, Propaganda and National Identity → Abstract
Georges Van Den Abbeele, UC Irvine

Friday: 10:45-11

Coffee

Friday: 11-11:50 (in HIB 100)

Humanities Core Course Forum

Introduction by Carol Burke

Intellectuals, the State, and the World: Legacies of the Great War → Abstract, Video: Part 1, Part 2
Russell Berman, Stanford University

Friday: 11:50-1:15

Lunch

Friday: 1:15-3
From the Great War to the Cold War
           
Introduction by Susan Morrissey

World War I, Wilsonianism, Anti-imperial Challenges in US Empire → Abstract, Video
Emily Rosenberg, UC Irvine

Unlikely Allies: Lenin, Wilson, and the First Steps toward a New World Order → Abstract, Video
Sergei Plekhanov, York University, Toronto

World War I: Laying the Roots of Our Deterrence and Arms Control - and their Failures → Abstract
Pat Morgan, UC Irvine

Friday: 3-3:15

Coffee

Friday: 3:15-4:30

The War in the Middle East                                    

Introduction by Anke Biendarra

Losing the War and Fighting the Settlement: Post-Ottoman Activism and the Legacy of the Great War in the Middle East → Abstract
Michael Provence, UC San Diego

Kulturarbeit and Ideology in The Great War: Germany’s Role in the Formation of Iranian Nationalism → Abstract
Mohammad Rafi, UC Irvine

Friday: 4:30-5

Coffee

Friday: 5-6:45

Keynote Speaker: Etienne Balibar

Welcome by Jane O. Newman

Introduction by Dean Georges Van Den Abbeele

1914: Beginning of the European Civil War and/or End of the European Manifest Destiny
→ Abstract, Video: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Etienne Balibar, Columbia University

Friday: 6:45

Dinner
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Dec. 4 | Dec. 5 | Dec. 6 | Dec. 7| Oct. 9

December 6, Saturday: 8:15-9

Breakfast

Saturday: 9-10:15

The Trajectory of Universalism in Europe

Introduction by Kai Evers

Universalism at the Threshold of Modernity:  A Short Genealogy → Abstract
Kevin Olson, UC Irvine

Weltbürgertum Need Not Imply Universalism:  World War I as Transformative Episode in the Political and Moral Thought of Friedrich Meinecke
→ Abstract
Joseph Bendersky, Virginia Commonwealth University

Saturday 10:15-10:30

Saturday: 10:30-11:45

Cosmopolitanism in Asia

Introduction by James T. Chiampi

Rethinking the Crisis of Universalism since World War I: Toward a Pluralistic Orientation of Cosmopolitanism → Abstract
Wang Ning, Tsinghua University, Beijing

Overcoming Modernity in Versailles: The Japanese Racial Equality Proposal → Abstract
John Kim, UC Riverside

Saturday: 11:45-1:30

Lunch

Saturday: 1:30- 2:45

Civilians in War

Introduction by Herschel Farbman

Kafka’s Next War: Experiments with Spatiality, Temporality, and Imperceptible Warfare in “The Burrow” → Abstract
Kai Evers, UC Irvine

The Promise of Peace through International Mental Health → Abstract
Annessa Stagner, UC Irvine

Saturday: 2:45-3:00

Coffee

Saturday: 3:00-4:15

Violence and Sovereignty

Introduction by Gail Hart

World War I and the History of 20th Century Violence → Abstract , Video
Frank Biess, UC San Diego

World War I and the Transformation of Sovereignty → Abstract, Video
David T. Pan, UC Irvine

Saturday: 4:15-4:45

Coffee

Saturday: 4:45-6:30 

Keynote Speaker: Susan Grayzel
Sponsored by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Los Angeles

Welcome by David T. Pan

Introduction by Consul General, Dr. Bernd Fischer, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Los Angeles
           
Modern Warfare, the State, and the Civilian Body in Imperial Britain and France in the Aftermath of World War I→ Abstract
Susan Grayzel, University of Mississippi

Saturday 7:00

Dinner at the Hilton (by invitation)

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Dec. 4 | Dec. 5 | Dec. 6 | Dec. 7 | Oct. 9

December 7, Sunday: 9:00

Breakfast Roundtable Discussion at the Hilton (by invitation)

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Dec. 4 | Dec. 5 | Dec. 6 | Dec. 7 | Oct. 9

October 9, 2015, Friday: 11:00

Welcome by David T. Pan

Universal Expectations, Particular Experiences: The First World War in Perspective→ Abstract, Video: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Jörn Leonhard, University of Freiburg