by Talking Humanities | Oct 30, 2014 | Research & Resources, Uncategorized
The centenary of the First World War is described on the British Government’s website as “a significant milestone in world history”. On August 4 it was marked by a range of national commemorative events including services of remembrance. To coincide with the...
by aseifert | Oct 13, 2014 | Events
The New Zealand-United Kingdom Link Foundation in association with The Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Imperial War Museum warmly invites you to the NZ-UK Link Foundation Inaugural Annual Lecture. Speaker: Professor Sir Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of...
by guestblogger | Jul 28, 2014 | Features
By Dejan Djokić Squeezed between the centenaries of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 – which inspired a recent media frenzy, numerous academic conferences and even political events – and the Great...
by aseifert | Jun 30, 2014 | Events, Uncategorized
Fought across the world, the First World War struck deepest at home. Few neighbourhoods, villages, towns or regions emerged untouched by the global conflict on 1914-18. This year’s Anglo-American conference takes as its theme the impact of the First World War on the...
by bcoleman | Feb 24, 2014 | Events
A local history workshop organised by British Association for Local History (BALH) and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. We are connected to the First World War through our family and community histories, and...
