The New Faces Of War
A Conference for Historians and Activists
Baltimore, Maryland
5-7 April 2013
Historians Against The War
National Conference
5-7 April 2013
Baltimore, Maryland
“The New Faces Of War”
A Conference for Historians and Activists
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Historians Against the War invites you to our upcoming national conference at Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland, April 5-7, 2013 (Friday evening through Sunday morning), co-sponsored by the Towson University College of Liberal Arts.
The theme “The New Faces of War” highlights the many ways that war-making has changed in recent decades, especially in the early 21st century. Here is a sampling of the confirmed panels:
- “Distancing Acts: Imperial War from Counterinsurgency to Drones”
- “Standing for Civil Freedoms on Crumbling Constitutional Grounds”
- “Understanding and Responding to the Asia-Pacific Pivot”
- “The New Conscientious Objectors: Soldiers Who Refuse to Commit War Crimes in a Particular War”
- “The Politics of Drone Warfare and the University”
- “Teaching the War on Terror”
- “Indefinite Detention and War Against Iran: How Are These Two Strands of US Foreign Policy Connected?”
The keynote speakers on Friday evening, April 5 are
- Alfred McCoy of the University of Wisconsin, much-published author on US policies
- Col. Ann Wright, former US military officer and diplomat, prominent antiwar activist
Among those who will speak on Saturday and Sunday, either in plenary sessions or on breakout panels, are
- Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University
- Nick Turse of TomDispatch.com
- Phyllis Bennis of Institute for Policy Studies
- ex-CIA official Ray McGovern
- Irene Gendzier of Boston University
- Judith Le Blanc of Peace Action
- David Swanson of War Is a Crime.org
- Jerry Lembcke of College of the Holy Cross
- Vinay Lal of UCLA
- Paul Joseph of Tufts University
- Carolyn “Rusti” Eisenberg of Hofstra University.
- John Prados of the National Security Archive
Click here for the complete program.
The registration fee is $50 (or $30 for students or low-income).
Call for proposals (deadline is now past)
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Historians Against the War is a network of history teachers, scholars, and activists seeking to bring historical analysis to bear on U.S. foreign policy and its social/political impact. To find out more, visit the HAW website at www.historiansagainstwar.org.
The first HAW conference "Empire, Resistance, and the War in Iraq: A Conference for Historians and Activists" was held at the University of Texas, Austin, February 17-19, 2006.
The second HAW conference "War And Its Discontents: Understanding Iraq And The U.S. Empire" was co-sponsored with the Peace History Society and held in Atlanta, Georgia, April 11-13, 2008.