Turning Point Year: The British Empire at War in 1917



Turning Point Year: The British Empire at War in 1917Royal Military College of CanadaKingston, Ontario6-7 November 2014For the British Empire, 1917 was a year of profound crises. The disintegration of Imperial Russia and the mutinies in the battered French Army placed the burden of defeating Germany increasingly on the military forces of Britain and the Dominions, which suffered severely on the Western Front. At home, conscription crises and ethnic divisions undermined support for the war effort in Canada, Australia and South Africa, while the German u-boat campaign led to food shortages in Britain. These crises provoked significant changes in the conduct of the war. British and Dominion forces progressively developed the technical and tactical means of mitigating the deadly effects of machine guns and artillery on attacking forces. British military authorities set aside longstanding assumptions and prejudices, making Indian sepoys eligible for commissions in Britain's Indian Army. Women entered factories and other work places in huge numbers. “Turning Point Year: The British Empire at War in 1917” will bring together a diverse group of prominent historians, junior scholars and graduate students from across the Commonwealth to undertake a multifaceted examination of the British Empire coalition during what was arguably the most pivotal and dynamic twelve months of the Great War. Confirmed speakers include: William Philpott (King's College London), Ian F.W. Beckett (University of Kent), Matthew Hughes (Brunel University), Jeffrey Grey (University of New South Wales), Tim Cook (Canadian War Museum), Mark Connelly (University of Kent), Serge Durflinger (University of Ottawa), John Crawford (New Zealand Defence Force), and Keith Neilson (Royal Military College of Canada). The conference organizing committee solicits proposals for papers on all aspects of the Imperial war effort in 1917, including the conduct of coalition warfare, military operations and innovation, the experiences of combatants and non-combatants, and the war on the home front. Proposals should include a 200-300 word abstract accompanied by a one-page CV.Proposals should be emailed to 1917cfp@ no later than 15 May 2014.The proceedings of the conference will be published in an edited volume by the University of British Columbia Press. ................
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