Events - Annual Conference

This conference examines the depiction and simulation of military violence across various historical contexts. It explores how war is represented through military training exercises, digital simulations, historical reenactments, and commercial games, investigating connections between forms of "playing war" and the imaginations and realities of military violence.

Conference organizers: Dr. Kerrin Langer (TU Dortmund), Jon-Wyatt Matlack (LSC), Dr. Frank Reichherzer (ZMSBw), Prof. Juliane Tomann (Universität Regensburg)

Keynote: Anders Engberg-Pedersen (Odense) – "Operational Aesthetics: On War as an Art Form"