The Changing Face of War

The next Wiley-Blackwell Exchanges Online Conference, entitled "The Changing Face of War", promises to set the benchmark for events within the social sciences and humanities communities. As before, the conference is free to all, and will take place online over the course of one week. The conference will bring together academics from the disciplines of history, policy, philosophy, peace studies, religious studies, sociology, politics, cultural studies and more.

The conference will cover the following thought-provoking themes:

• Theory and Philosophy of War
 - Is war essential for humanity?
• Evolution of Warfare - 
Are we witnessing ‘new’ kinds and locations of war in the 21st century?
• From Home Front to Front Line
 - What can military historians learn from social and cultural historians, and vice versa?
• War in Cultural Context
 - Styles of warfare: the West and the Rest
• Peacemaking, Reconstruction and Nation-Building
 - How are wars absorbed and resolved, both physically and mentally?

Information:
wileyblackwellexchanges.com