The Sounds of War

Conference at Freie Universität Berlin will investigate the soundscape of war and the significance of sound for how war is experienced and remembered. What do wars sound like and how do their sounds shape how we experience and remember war? These are some of the questions that historians and researchers from a wide variety of other disciplines will be debating as part of the three-day conference, "The Sound of War." Experts from across Europe and North America will be presenting and discussing their research. The conference will take place at Freie Universität Berlin's Department of History and Cultural Studies from September 27-29, 2023. This is the first conference of its kind and is organized by the Arbeitskreis Militärgeschichte e.V., a working group dedicated to the academic research of military history and war from social sciences and cultural studies perspectives. Those interested in attending are asked to register in advance by sending an email to geschaeftsstelle@portal-militaergeschichte.de by September 10, 2023, at the latest. War is an extremely aural experience, filled with the sounds of weapons and the cries of wounded people and animals. It is not only inseparable from violence, but also from sound.