Enemy at the gate: dissent and conformism during the two world wars

The conference aims at analyzing two often interrelated phenomena: dissent and conformism. The conference aims at analyzing two often interrelated phenomena: dissent and conformism. Already from the mythological creation of Europe and the Ancient Greeks and Romans dissent and conformism acted as a key factor in structuring the institutions and shaping the people’s attitudes. Dissenting from the underlying Athenian social values led Socrates to hemlock poisoning, while conforming to Roman values turned many foreigners into defenders of the Empire. The conference welcomes proposals from a variety of disciplines, history, literature, cultural studies, political sciences, philosophy, social sciences, semiotics, etc.