| 5-6 June 2026 | 'A Global History of Neutrality during the Second World War' workshop |
| On 5-6 June 2026, the School of History and Centre for War Studies will host a workshop titled ‘A Global History of Neutrality during the Second World War’. This workshop brings together experts on a range of neutral states from Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia to explore what a comparative, transoceanic and transnational approach can tell us about neutrality; how it was understood, utilised and maintained by contemporary state and non-state actors; and the extent to which it was either respected or violated by belligerents of the Second World War. In particular, it analyses the various factors and conditions underpinning neutral policies, the role neutrals played in the war and how that role has been remembered and interpreted in national and international discourses in the decades after the conflict. In doing so, the workshop provides an opportunity to explore the global nature of the Second World War and the temporal framework through which scholars examine the conflict. The event is kindly supported by University College Dublin’s College of Arts and Humanities under the following research strands: Violence and Society; Transnationalising the Humanities; Ireland in the World; and Thresholds of Knowledge. Please find the Call for Papers HereHere. Please direct any queries to Dr Veronica Barry,(opens in a new window)veronica.barry@ucd.ie. |