Call for papers: Conflict landscapes and archaeology from above (Ypres, Belgium, May 2014)

*Conference - Call for papers and participation*

Conflict landscapes and archaeology from above

Ypres, Belgium – 15-17 May 2014

The study of the archaeology of the First and Second World Wars has rapidly
expanded over the last decade, not the least because of the approaching
centennial of the First World War in 2014-18. These conflict landscapes and
their surviving archaeological remains are mainly studied from two
different approaches: either using contemporary historical aerial
photographs or with modern day prospection techniques (oblique aerial
photographs, Lidar, geophysical prospection techniques, etc…).

This conference will focus on these two approaches and aims to bring
together researchers from different disciplines (archaeologists, historians
and geographers) studying conflict landscapes over a wide geographic range
and time period, including, but not limited to the World Wars.

The conference, which is organised within the framework of ArcLand (
*http://www.archaeolandscapes.eu* take place over two days (15/16 May 2014), followed by a field trip in the
Ypres Salient (former battlefields of the First World War) on 17 May. The
conference venue is the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres (Belgium) (
www.inflandersfields.be).

*Proposals for papers are invited on the following themes:*

- *Uses of historical photographs* for study of conflict landscapes
and archaeology

- *Archaeological prospection* of conflict archaeology at *landscape
scales*

- *Combination and integration* of techniques



Deadline for proposals for papers is *20 February 2014* (send to:
birger.stichelbaut@ugent.be). More information about important dates,
venue, registration and programme on the conference website
www.conflictlandscapes2014.ugent.bewhich will be launched soon.


The organising committee

Birger Stichelbaut, Piet Chielens, Annick Vandenbilcke, Jean Bourgeois