The armed conflicts on the eastern and southern peripheries of Europe have had a fundamental impact on European collaboration, joint efforts and, through it, on local, national and European identity. There are several well known battles that have a nation-building effect and play a crucial role in the formation of these identities, such as the Battle of Kosovo Polje in 1389 (Serbia), the Battle of Mohács in 1526 (Hungary), the Battle of Udbina in 1493 (Croatia), the Battle of Grunwald in 1410 (Poland) or the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 (Czechia), as well as the sieges of Vienna in 1683 (Austria) or Constantinople in 1453 (Türkiye) among others. From the 19th century onwards, these battlefields and sites have become an important feature of the commemorative landscape through (often competing) memorialization of different nation-states, ethnic groups, religious or other communities etc. It is particularly interesting to examine the way in which the different political groups relate to these battles and the physical imprint they left on the commemorative landscape.

The organizers are waiting for papers on battles, battlefields and memorial landscapes with significant identity-shaping effect on a local, national or European scale from a theoretical approach as well as case studies of individual sites.