From Thursday, November 08, 2018
To Friday, November 09, 2018

About The Event

Imperial Implosions: World WarI and its Global Implications

California State University at Channel Islands, Camarillo, California, and the History Department are pleased to announce that it will host a conference commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I on November 8th and 9th, 2018. The focus of the conference is Imperial Implosions:  The Global Implications of World War I.

Featured speakers at the conference will be Professor Sean McMeekin of Bard College and the author of The Russian Revolution (2017) and The Ottoman Endgame:  War, Revolution and the Making of the Modern Middle East (2015)  and Professor Pria Satia, of Stanford University and the author of Empire of Guns:  The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution (2018) and The Great War and the Cultural Foundations of Britain's Covert Empire in the Middle East (2008)

Presentations will extend over both days and will include informative talks and educational displays. Speakers and contributions dealing with many aspects of the war, throughout the world, will deal with the significant historical implications and reverberations of World War I. Contact P. Scott Corbett, scott.corbett@csuci.edu or Michael Powelson michael.powelson @csuci.edu for more information.  

Contact : scott.corbett@csuci.edu
Category: Conferences, Shows & Panels, California, Education