[POSTPONED to June 2022] International colloquium about the crucial role of violence in political and social conflicts that shaped the twentieth century. Call ends 15 June 2020 1 Sepetember 2020

 

IV International Colloquium on Political Violence in the Twentieth Century

 

 

In March 2015, the International Colloquium on Political Violence in the Twentieth Century was held at the Institute of Contemporary History (IHC) of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. The meeting was supposed to draw attention to the crucial role of violence in political and social conflicts that shaped the twentieth century. Another purpose was to broaden the perspective on various forms of political violence. The presence of a large number of historians and scholars from other areas of the humanities and social sciences encouraged thought-provoking debate, and led to the creation of the International Network on Political Violence. Since then, this network has been organizing biennial colloquiums. In June 2017, the meeting in Niterói (Brazil) was hosted by the Centre for Contemporary Studies (NEC) of the Universidade Federal Fluminense. In April 2019, the colloquium was held at Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Argentina). It took place under the auspices of the Network for Studies of Repression and Political Violence (RER) and coincided with the IV Working Sessions of the RER. In order to continue this enriching scholarly exchange, the IV International Colloquium on Political Violence in the Twentieth Century will be held in Barcelona from 16 to 18 June 2021.

 

Call for panels and papers (📎 PDF)

 

Thematic core areas

 

• Armed conflicts
  Twentieth-century wars are definitely no longer just conflicts between armies. They affect entire populations, who find themselves either under occupation or in the rear. Occupation usually has a strong effect on the resilience of defeated armies and the civilian population (concentration camps, forced labour, etc.). Occupying forces seek to benefit from the resources of occupied countries in order to boost their war effort. In the rear, governments aim to suppress any dissent that might affect internal unity. Thus, the exercise of violence tends to grow exponentially..
• State and state-sponsored violence
  In addition to repressive legal practices controlled by justice systems, states (especially undemocratic ones) draw on a whole set of illegal practices, which consist of covert activity of state agencies and security forces, and the use of networks of formal and informal civilian collaborators, who can be either part of co-ordinated activities or act autonomously.
• Riots and armed uprisings
  Violence by non-state actors has been a constant feature of conflicts throughout the twentieth century. This thematic core area aims to bring together contributions that study all kinds of political and social violence of this particular type: from riots and insurrections to guerrillas and other instances of armed violence.
• Gender and political violence
  Recently, the gender perspective has become increasingly important in the study of different contemporary phenomena. Research related to political violence is certainly part of this trend. This thematic core area is supposed to bring together contributions that take on this perspective, e. g. studies focusing on violence against women and research concerned with women participating and taking the lead in violent practices.
• Memory, conflict resolution, justice and reparation
  In societies with traumatic and violent historical experiences, the process of public memory building is an area of dispute, and occasionally of consensus. The debate about the politics of public memory is an expression of these tensions. At the same time, various mechanisms of conflict resolution help overcome these experiences and their effects, as do the measures of transitional justice and reparation for victims. This thematic core area will include contributions related to this broad topic.

 

Submission of papers and panels

 

The process of proposal submission is now open. Proposals must be related to one of the topics mentioned in the five thematic core areas. They
may include:

— Individual papers;
— Panels with three or four participants who present papers on related topics.

The final texts and panels that are accepted by the Scientific Committee will be assigned to the sessions that structure the colloquium. The deadlines are as follows:

• Presentation of paper and panel proposals: until 15 June 2020 1 September 2020— Paper proposals must include the following data: surname and first name of the author, area of study or work, work or research centre, e-mail, phone, title of the paper and an abstract (maximum 200 words).— Panel proposals must include in a single document: a title, a brief presentation (maximum 150 words), a contact person, and the details of each individual paper as specified in the previous point.The Scientific Committee will evaluate the submitted proposals. The acceptance notification will be sent no later than 15 July 2020.
• Paper submission: until 15 January 2021.The text must be submitted in Word format, with a maximum length of 8,000 words, including notes. Further format requirements will be specified in the second circular. The Scientific Committee will evaluate the submissions and send the acceptance notification no later than 15 February 2021.

 

The second circular will also contain information about the terms and modalities of registration for participating in the colloquium.

Paper and panel proposals, as well as the full text papers, can be submitted in Catalan, English, Portuguese and Spanish. All papers accepted and presented at the colloquium will be published in colloquium proceedings with an ISBN.

Paper and panel proposals and the full text papers must be sent to the following e-mail address: cedid@uab.cat.

 

 

Scientific Committee

 

Daniel Aãrao Reis (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Luciano Alonso (CESIL / Universidad Nacional del Litoral)
Ernesto Bohoslavsky (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento – CONICET)
Pilar Calveiro (Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México)
Xavier Domènech (UAB)
Norberto Ferreras (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Jordi Font (Director, Memorial Democràtic de la Generalitat de Catalunya)
Marina Franco (Universidad Nacional de San Martín – CONICET)
François Godicheau (Université Toulouse 2 – Jean Jaurès)
Gutmaro Gómez Bravo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Manuel Loff ( Instituto de História Contemporânea – NOVA FCSH; Universidade do Porto)
Daniel Lvovich (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento – CONICET)
Jordi Mir (UPF)
Carme Molinero (UAB)
Jordi Rabassa (Vereador, Regidoria de Memòria Democràtica de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona)
Manel Risques (Universitat de Barcelona, UB)
Javier Rodrigo (UAB)
Fernando Rosas (Instituto de História Contemporânea – NOVA FCSH)
Verónica Valdivia Ortiz de Zárate (Universidad Diego Portales, Chile)
Francesc Vilanova (UAB)
Ricard Vinyes (UB)
Pere Ysàs (UAB)
Mercedes Yusta (Université Paris 8)

 

Organising Committee

 

Gabriela Águila (Universidad Nacional de Rosario – CONICET)
David Ballester (UAB)
Pau Casanellas (Instituto de História Contemporânea – NOVA FCSH)
Janaína Cordeiro (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Ana Sofia Ferreira (Instituto de História Contemporânea – NOVA FCSH)
Santiago Garaño (CONICET-UNTREF-UNLa)
Gennadi Kneper (UAB)
João Madeira (Instituto de História Contemporânea – NOVA FCSH)
Lívia Magalhães (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Martí Marín (UAB)
Ricard Martínez i Muntada (UAB)
Pablo Scatizza (UNCO)
Javier Tébar (Fundació Cipriano García; Universitat de Barcelona)

 

 

Organising Institutions

 

Rede Internacional sobre Violência Política / International Network on Political Violence
Centre d’Estudis sobre Dictadures i Democràcies / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (CEDID-UAB)
Fundació Cipriano García – CC OO de Catalunya
Memorial Democràtic de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Regidoria de Memòria Democràtica de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona

Instituto de História Contemporânea – Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (IHC – NOVA FCSH)
Instituto de História (IHT) e Núcleo de Estudos Contemporâneos (NEC) / Universidade Federal Fluminense
Red de Estudios sobre Represión y Violencia Política (RER)

Centre d’Estudis sobre Moviments Socials (CEMS) / Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Escola de Cultura de Pau / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

 

Image adapted from: (1971), “As Armas do Povo”, nº 1, June 1971, Mário Soares Foundation / DRO – Mário Rodrigues’ Documents (Source)