The First World War started in Europe, and quickly spread to encompass large parts of the world. Throughout the war, European Powers used their territorial possessions outside Europe as rich sources of material and manpower. Most of the warring parties, from Britain to the Ottoman Empire, made extensive use of their citizens and subjects from around the globe in their war efforts. This mass participation of soldiers and labourers from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Australasia in the war in Europe, either of their own free volition or by coercion, both strengthened and complicated the link between the metropolitan centre and the periphery of each empire.

On the occasion of the First World War Centenary the editors invite authors to submit their manuscripts to this special issue of "The New Zealand Journal of Research on Europe". The issue will be dedicated to the exploration of these relations between centre and periphery through the perspective of individuals and groups that took part in the First World War. Topics can touch upon any aspect of these relations, including: the hopes and motivations of rank-and-file soldiers, the decisionmaking process of officers and politicians, the encounters and experiences of soldiers and civilians throughout the war and their impact on the relationships between European Powers and their colonies and dominions around the world.

For more information, please contact Ayelet Zoran-Rosen (ayelet.rosen@auckland.ac.nz).

For submission instructions and to see the journal’s style guide, please visit: http://www.europe.auckland.ac.nz/en/publications.html

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Contact:

Ayelet Zoran-Rosen

Assistant Editor

New Zealand Journal of Research on Europe

ayelet.rosen@auckland.ac.nz