By Staff Reports on 1 March 2009
National D-Day Memorial
The Liberty University History Department and the National D-Day Memorial Foundation announce a conference on topics related to the preparation for, the execution of, and the impact of D-Day, June 6, 1944. The conference organizers have welcomed a wide array of paper topics and/or panel proposals and aim to create a forum for collegial discourse with scholars from various perspectives and academic disciplines. Graduate students are welcome to attend.
The conference will feature addresses by Dr. Gerhard Weinberg, author of A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II, New Edition
, and Alex Kershaw, author of The Bedford Boys: One American Town’s Ultimate D-day Sacrifice
. Additionally, there will be separate sessions where D-Day veterans will present their remembrances. The conference will be held at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia on Thursday and Friday, June 4-5, 2009. A commemorative celebration honoring the 65th Anniversary of D-Day will be held at the National D-Day Memorial (http://www.dday.org/) in Bedford, VA on Saturday, June 6.
NOTE: Deadline for papers has passed.
For more information, contact Dr. David L. Snead, Department of History Liberty University, “ddayconference @ liberty.edu” (Remove quotes and spaces).
SEE ALSO: Operation Thank You at Appomattox News.
Posted in Calendar, Conferences | Tagged Alex Kershaw, Gerhard Weinberg, Liberty University, National D-Day Memorial, World War II
[...] NOTE: The Liberty University History Department and the National D-Day Memorial Foundation will present a two-day conference prior to the actual event at Beford with authors, Dr. Gerhard Weinberg, author of A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II, New Edition, and Alex Kershaw, author of The Bedford Boys: One American Town’s Ultimate D-day Sacrifice. Learn more at Appomattox History. [...]