Received from Dr. Michelle Moffat (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Dates: 30 – 31 May 2025
Location: Manchester Metropolitan University (All Saints Campus)
Event Overview
As we approach the 80th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War, we turn to consider the lives of those who fought on the frontlines of this, and similar, conflicts. For military veterans, while the battles in which they fought may have finished, their legacies linger long after demobilisation.
The Returning Soldier Network invites you to attend our upcoming conference examining military veterans’ experiences in the post-service landscape. This two day, in-person event will be held at MMU’s campus on Oxford Road, Manchester, and aims to explore the aftermaths of conflict, and its effects on veteran lives, wellbeing, and identities.
Keynote speakers: Professor Simon Wessely (King’s Centre for Military Health Research) will share his research in occupational psychiatry and its links to the health and wellbeing of ex-serving personnel. Second keynote, Professor Angela Wanhalla (University of Otago, New Zealand), will speak of her studies into the post-war activism of veterans of New Zealand’s celebrated 28(Māori) Battalion.
Conference dinner: A three-course meal will be held at the Hyatt Regency Manchester from 6:15pm on Friday 30 May. Tickets are £65 and can only be purchased with a relevant conference ticket. Please specify any dietary requirements you may have, though vegetarian and vegan options will be available.
Ticket options:
– £180 2-day full attendance (/ £245 including dinner)
– £100 1-day attendance (/ £165 including dinner)
Subsidised rates:
– £120 postgraduate attendees or MMU staff (/ £185 including dinner)
– Special rate for ECR/PG speakers – please contact organisers for further information before purchasing your tickets
Registration and ticket purchase
For further information and conference agenda see here. Alternately, contact us via m.moffat@mmu.ac.uk
Past & Present is pleased to support this event and supports other events like it. Applications for event funding are welcomed from scholars working in the field of historical studies at all stages in their careers.
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