CFP: Chinese Historical Review/"War and Memory..." (journal; 31 Dec 2007; 2008)

The Chinese Historical Review (CHR) is calling for contributions to a
special forum on "War and Memory in Modern China," tentatively scheduled to
be published in 2008. We are looking for papers that critically reflect on
the issues related, but not limited, to the China-Japan War (1937-1945),
especially its interpretations and ramifications in domestic and
international politics in Asia and beyond. More than 60 years have passed
since the end of World War II and yet the question of Japan's wartime past
continues to carry an enormous emotional weight and to engender important
and sometimes contentious scholarly debates. With the new patterns of
international relations looming large in the region and world, we feel that
the time is right for a reexamination of the meanings of the war period and
a rethinking of the ways they have been created and used.

We particularly invite papers on the following topics:

1) Specific aspects of the war, both military and civilian.

2) The historiographical development of studies of the war period, including
questions of sources and their availability.

3) The debates within the international scholarly community over the war and
its meanings, and on how such debates shed light on the role of historians
in the public sphere.

4) The war in an international context, particularly studies that deal with
the way war memories have been created and dealt with in different societies
inside and outside of Asia.

Please limit the length of the paper to 7,000-8,000 words. The deadline for
submission is December 31, 2007. Papers can be sent in hardcopy to: The
Chinese Historical Review, Keith 225, Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
Indiana, PA 15705, U.S.A., or electronically (WORD Format) to:
ch-review@iup.edu.

Please send all inquiries about the forum or queries about the
appropriateness of a particular topic to the above-mentioned addresses.