War and Emotions Symposium

war and emotions
A symposium in association with Museum Victoria’s
World War I: Love & Sorrow exhibition
Melbourne Museum, Victoria, Australia
17 – 18 September 2015
The highly-acclaimed exhibition World War I: Love &
Sorrow at Melbourne Museum follows eight personal
stories through the chronology of war 1914–18 and
into the long post-war years, revealing the tragic
consequences of the war.
The War and Emotions symposium will extend the
themes and concepts of the exhibition, exploring new
perspectives and understandings of the emotional and
physical impacts of World War I.
Leading academics researching the history of war will:
• discuss the effectiveness of an emotional and emotive
representation of the war through exhibition;
• consider shifts in the representation of World War I
during the centenary of the conflict; and
• reflect on the possibility of a new, more sensitive and
nuanced narrative about the war, in which families
and individuals can take centre stage.
Presentations will include recent research into how
understandings of World War I are shifting since the
last first-hand voices have been stilled; the long-term
impacts of war for service people and their families;
and changing responses to war-related wounds and
psychological disorders.
Frank and Ruby Roberts, c. 1916
Source – Jilba Georgalis
The symposium will feature international keynote
speakers Dr Tracey Loughran of Cardiff University and
Professor Michael Roper of the University of Essex,
as well as:
Professor Barry Conyngham, Victorian College of the Arts
Professor Joy Damousi, University of Melbourne
Dr Marina Larsson, La Trobe University
Dr Ross McMullin, University of Melbourne
Dr Kerry Neale, Australian War Memorial
Professor Bruce Scates, Monash University
Professor Peter Stanley, University of NSW
Professor Alistair Thomson, Monash University
Ms Deborah Tout-Smith, Museum Victoria
Professor Andrea Witcomb, Deakin University
Dr Bart Ziino, Deakin University
The two-day symposium includes free entry to
Melbourne Museum and the Love & Sorrow exhibition,
and an evening reception for speakers and delegates.
Purchase tickets at:
museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/tickets
Email enquiries: aleith@museum.vic.gov.au
dtoutsm@museum.vic.gov.au
Twitter: #WarEmotions
Presented with the generous support of Museum Victoria and the
ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions