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No Man’s Land: Women’s Photography and the First World War
Impressions Gallery, Bradford Until 30 December 2017 Curated by Dr Pippa Oldfield, No Man’s Land brings together rarely seen photographs made by women during the First World War, alongside contemporary works made by female artists a century later. Admission is free and more details, including links to press and a downloadable exhibition guide, can be seen here: Pippa is also speaking about No Man’s Land at the Beyond the Battlefields conference at Library of Birmingham on Saturday 18 November to coincide with the exhibition of work by German First World War photographer Käthe Büchler.More info can be found here:
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Commemoration of the Battle of the Somme 1916
Amiens, June 6-10, 2016 The four days will be devoted to the first centennial of the Battle of the Somme. We will focus on the consequences brought about by the shock produced on the peoples of the main protagonists on the French battlefield : the United Kingdom, France and Germany. As a matter of fact their troops faced one another on July 1st 1916 which happened to be a watershed for the United Kingdom and its Empire. Only the United Kingdom and Germany will be taken into account. Two main points will be studied 1- the period before « the Big Push » 2- the shock waves produced by the…
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CFP: Pack Up Your Troubles. Performance Cultures in the First World War
Wednesday 27th – Friday 29th April 2016, University of Kent Gateways to the First World War, an AHRC-funded centre for public engagement with the centenary of 1914-1918, is pleased to announce a conference Pack Up Your Troubles: Performance Cultures in the First World War to be held at the University of Kent in Canterbury Wednesday 27th – Friday 29th April 2016. From the popular to elite, amateur to professional, a wide range of performative genres had a significant impact on the fighting spirit of servicemen and civilians in all combatant countries. Yet this vital area of the conflict has yet to be subject to in-depth academic attention. This conference will…
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CFP: The First World War: Commemoration & Memory
One Day Symposium 27 February 2016: Imperial War Museum, North Keynote Speakers: Professor Jay Winter (Yale University) – ‘Remembering the Great War: A Trans-National Approach’ Professor Maggie Andrews (University of Worcester) – Gendering Remembrance: The Home Front in Contemporary Media and Community Engagement with the First World War’ The centenary anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War has initiated a wave of commemorative activities which impact on how the conflict is understood and remembered. This marks the latest phase in processes which began while the war was underway and which have been fought and re-fought in the intervening century. This symposium follows the pioneering lead of scholars including Jay…
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The Media and WWI
Panel Discussion Thursday 26 February 2015, 6:15pm In the Studio at The Hive, Worcester, WR1 3PD The centenary of the First World War has resulted in a plethora of related television and radio programmes: from Peaky Blinders to the Radio 4 drama Home Front. This panel discussion will bring together both media professions and academics that have been involved in these productions to discuss and answer questions on way the contemporary media has responded to WWI. Participants include: * Jessica Dromgoole is the Editor of Radio 4 drama series Home Front. * Nicola Goodwin is a broadcast journalist with BBC Hereford and Worcester and is one of the producers for the…
