In this seminar, Helen Parr talked about the lives and experiences of British paratroopers before, during and after the short but symbolic 1982 Falklands war.
Focusing on the experiences of the elite Parachute Regiment in the 1982 Falklands War, this seminar examined the social backgrounds of men who joined its ranks in the late 1970s, looked at how they were trained to become soldiers, and at how they experienced battle and its aftermath.
The lives of these men open a window to the relationships between society and the military, between masculinity, regimental identity and the experiences of combat, and between Britain's military past and its present.
The seminar was based on Helen Parr’s book, (Allen Lane, 2018).
This was the first event of the "Cultures of War" seminar series, co-convened by Matthew Jones and Tarak Barkawi. In this seminar series scholars and practitioners examine and discuss the experience of war and conflict and the new conceptual approaches and insights, across the humanities and the social sciences, which now feature in new work in this field. This seminar series provides a forum for new directions in war studies, military history, strategic studies, conflict studies, and related areas.
Previous seminars in the series:
12 February 2020: Mediating Militarism through Affect: the politics of sacrifice in the Pakistan army with Professor Anders Engberg-Pedersen (University of Southern Denmark)
is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Keele University.
Matthew Jones is Professor of International History at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and Head of Department.
is Professor of International Relations at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
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