In occasion of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the 100th anniversary of World War I
Symposium
Programme15.00 Reception/coffee 15.15 – 15.30 Opening speeches Chairman of the symposium: Alessandro Vanoli (University of Bologna) First panel 15.30 Emilio Gentile (La Sapienza University of Rome), The Great War as Apocalypse of Modernity 15.50 Gabriela Dudeková (Institute of History of Slovak Academy of Sciences), Survival strategies in the homeland: Austria-Hungary´s war regime from the perspective of Slovak historiography 16.10 Tomáš Kykal (Military History Institute in Prague), Conflict of Conscience and Duty – Czechs in the First World War 16.30 Zafer Toprak (Boğaziçi University), Home Front in Turkey: War Economics & Society as part of Deglobalization 16.50 Tibor Balla (Military Archives and Museum in Budapest), The Austro-Hungarian Soldiers on the Turkish Front of the First World War 17.10-17.40 Discussion / Q&A 17.40 – 18.00 Coffee Break Second panel 18. 00 Silvana Rachieru (“Dimitrie Cantemir” Romanian Cultural Institute in Istanbul), Years of Neutrality, Years of War: The Case of the Royal Legation of Romania in Constantinople 18.20 Gudrun Harrer (Austrian Diplomatic Academy), Dividing the Spoils of the Ottoman Empire: European Powers in the Middle East 18.40 Pablo Martín Asuero (Cervantes Institute in Istanbul), The Count of Ballobar and the Consulate of Spain in Jerusalem during World War I19. 00 Anne Bostancı (British Council), Remember the World as well as the War – why the global reach and enduring legacy of the First World War still matter today 19.20 – 20.00 Discussion Italian/Turkish/English simultaneous translation will be provided.