Ypres, Belgium – 15-17 May 2014. The study of the archaeology of the First and Second World Wars has rapidly expanded over the last decade, not the least because of the approaching centennial of the First World War in 2014-18. These conflict landscapes and their surviving archaeological remains are mainly studied from two different approaches: either using contemporary historical aerial photographs or with modern day prospection techniques (oblique aerial photographs, Lidar, geophysical prospection techniques, etc…).
This conference will focus on these two approaches and aims to bring together researchers from different disciplines (archaeologists, historians and geographers) studying conflict landscapes over a wide geographic range and time period, including, but not limited to the World Wars.
The conference, which is organised within the framework of ArcLand, will take place over two days (15/16 May 2014), followed by a field trip in the Ypres Salient (former battlefields of the First World War) on 17 May. The conference venue is the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres (Belgium) (http:/www.inflandersfields.be).
Papers will focus on the following themes:
- Uses of historical photographs for study of conflict landscapes and archaeology
- Archaeological prospection of conflict archaeology at landscape scales
- Combination and integration of techniques
More information about important dates, venue, registration and programme on the conference website http://www.conflictlandscapes2014.ugent.be.
The organising committee
Birger Stichelbaut, Piet Chielens, Annick Vandenbilcke, Jean Bourgeois
ArchaeoLandscapes Europe offers a small range of bursaries/grants to support students and young scholars to participate in the conference. More information will be given on this webpage and on http://www.conflictlandscapes2014.ugent.be in due time. 20th February, 13:00 h Brussels time is the deadline for grant application submissions, notifications will be sent by 3th March the latest.
The project ArchaeoLandscape Europe is funded by the European Union within the framework of the Culture 2007-2013 framework (CU7-MULT7, Strand 1.1 Multi-Annual Cooperation Projects). This website reflects the views of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.