Wednesday, February 10, 2016 – 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Radcliffe Humanities Building, Oxford
St Luke’s Chapel

A roundtable discussion to mark the publication of Alice Kelly’s critical edition of Edith Wharton’s First World War reportage Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort (Edinburgh University Press, 2015).

Featuring
Professor Dame Hermione Lee (Wolfson College, Oxford)
Dr Shafquat Towheed (Open University)
Dr Alice Kelly (TORCH, Oxford)

Chaired by Professor Elleke Boehmer (Acting Director, TORCH)

Followed by a wine reception

Women in the Humanities
Audience: Open to all

SEMINAR IN IRISH HISTORY

This will meet every second Wednesday in the Old Library, Hertford College, at 5.00pm

Though this seminar is intended primarily for graduate students, interested undergraduates are warmly welcome

Hilary Term 2016

27 January
Tomas Irish (University of Swansea): ‘To “stand and fall with the fortunes of the country”? Trinity College Dublin and the Irish Revolution’

10 February
Dr Timothy Murtagh (Hertford College, Oxford): ‘Apprenticeship to Revolution: Irish artisans and British radicalism 1798-1820’

24 February
Robin Adams (St Peter’s College, Oxford): ‘Shadow of a Taxman: How and by whom was the Republican Movement financed during the Irish War of Independence (1919-21)?’

9 March
Charlotte Bennett (Wolfson College, Oxford): ‘“For the very foundation of truth, honour and morality”: Irish and New Zealand Boys’ Colleges during the Great War’

Professor Roy Foster
Dr Senia Paseta
Hertford College
January 2016

The International Research Center of the Historial de la Grande Guerre annually awards research grants to students who are currently engaged in research for a Ph.D. on the First World War or a subject directly related to the conflict.

The competition is open to French and foreign postgraduate students from all disciplinary backgrounds.The scholarship will be awarded, for one year, to a candidate whose research is may contribute to the candidate’s career. For Henkel Foundation scholarship, applicants must be 35 years old maximum at the time of the scholarship application.
The deadline for submitting an application is 28 February 2016 . Candidates should submit an application (in French or in English) of not more than 20 pages containing the following:

• a C.V. (indicating the date of birth)
• a covering letter
• a letter from the Ph.D. supervisor
• an annotated bibliography
• an outline of sources consulted or to be consulted
• a summary of the thesis argument
• an outline of the thesis
Please note that it is necessary to submit 14 copies of the application.

Send it by mail:
Caroline Fontaine Centre de Recherche, Historial de la Grande Guerre, Château de Péronne, BP 20063, 80201 Péronne cedex
And one by email: c.fontaine@historial.org

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact:
c.fontaine@historial.org
tel 00 33 (0)3 22 83 54 13