Numerous publications, written from different perspectives and different academic disciplines, appeared during the centenary years of 2014 to 2018, consolidating the image of the First World War as one of the most significant turning points of the twentieth century. European societies were unsettled by the war events, the hitherto unprecedented escalation of violence, deprivation and hardship as well as by political and revolutionary repercussions in the aftermath of the collapsing multi-ethnic empires and the subsequent
rise of the concept of the nation state. These developments needed to be processed and given meaning at both the collective and individual levels that were expressed by several commemorative narratives or cultures in the interwar period. The latter will be the focus of the Conference “Images of Remembrance and the Construction of Memories. The Legacy of the First World War in Central Europe (1918–1939)”.