Workshop/Conference October, 4th, 2024 Researching War Veterans in Contemporary Societies: New Approaches

Workshop/Conference October, 4th, 2024

Researching War Veterans in Contemporary Societies:

New Approaches

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Split

Room P 14

Poljička cesta 35, 21000 Split

PROGRAMME

Friday, 04 October 2024

08:30 Registration and Coffee

08:55 Welcome Address

Prof. Dr. Nikša Varezić, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Aleksandar Jakir (Split)

09:00 Dolores Britvić (Split): On the Treatment of Croatian War Veterans with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSP)

09.30 Blanka Matković (Warwick): New approaches to the 20th-century conflicts research: The applications of modern conflict archaeology methods and frameworks to the exploration of the Homeland War and the post-war experiences of the Croatian Army veterans

10:00 Discussion

10:30 Julija Barunčić Pletikosić/Ivan Radoš (Zagreb):

Collecting Personal Memories at the Croatian Homeland War Memorial and Documentation Centre: Structured Interviews as one of the Sources for Reconstruction of Events from the Homeland War Period

11:00 Coffee

11:30 Katherine Albertson (Sheffield): Methodologies, Methods & Moments: Identifying key comparative potential by reflecting on a decade of research with the UK Armed Forces community

12:00 Kevin Albertson (Manchester): A Relational Analysis of UK Ex-Forces Discharge Experiences: Lessons for Veterans and Civilians

12:30 Discussion

13:00 Lunch buffet at the Cafeteria of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciencs

14:00 Tomislav Šulj (Zagreb): The Phenomenon of Foreign volunteers of the Homeland War - Revived Memory Using Memoirs

14:30 Closing Discussion

15:00 End of Conference