The deadline for the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership between the IWM and Queen Mary University of London has been extended. The studentship topic is A review of the worldwide effects and impact of Spanish Influenza, 1918-1919, based on IWM’s medical collections and will commence on 1 October 2015.
Download the advertisement: IWM CDP Spanish Influenza
There is more information here.
The deadline for applications is Friday 8 May, 2015 at 5pm.
Dr Robert Johnson will be leading a staff ride for the Rifles regiment in April 2015 to Ypres, and the commemoration of Geoffrey Woolley’s VC (the first Territorial Victoria Cross) will be filmed.
On the strength of a conference at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) this year, Alan Jeffreys (Imperial War Museum) will produce a volume for Helion Press later in 2015 on the first year of the First World War, entitled East, West and South of Suez: the Indian Army in the First World War. Dr Rob Johnson has written a chapter on the Indian Army (1914-1915).
More details will be posted to the Books page of this site, when available.
The Changing Character of War (CCW) and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) will run a joint event on the First World War in the Middle East on 20-22 April 2016.
For further details please contact Rob Johnson.
Historic England: First World War Northumbrian practice trenches, as revealed by aerial reconnaissance.
The carnage and misery of trench warfare is for many the abiding image of the First World War. Practice trenches, built by soldiers in training, are among the more emphatic monuments to that conflict to remain visible in the English landscape. A complex of such sites in Northumberland throws light on the achievements of one such group of soldiers, known as the 1st Tyneside Pioneers.
Further information here.
Centre for the History and Philosophy of Physics, St Cross College, Oxford
Saturday, June 13 2015, 10.30 am – 5.30 pm
Arguably the First World War saw the greatest advent of new science and technology and the role of science in warfare than any conflict hitherto. On land the innovations of barbed wire, machine guns and eventually, tanks changed the nature of land battles. At sea, radio communications changed operation of surface fleets and the introduction of submarine warfare changed the nature of war at sea. This war saw also the advent of aerial warfare which was to change the nature of all future wars. This conference seeks to review the key ways in which physics and its mathematics changed the nature of conflict from various points of views: technical, historical and sociological.
Further information here. Download the poster: Physics and the Great War Poster
Registration to attend this conference is free, but must be confirmed using the Conference booking form by Monday 8th June.
IT Services and Age Exchange are pleased to invite you to a screening of the film installation ‘Children of the Great War’.
Thursday 23rd April, 5- 6:30 pm at IT Services, 13 Banbury Road.
The film is based on memories and experiences of children and grandchildren of those who lived through the First World War. The material was collected and collated by the reminiscence arts charity Age Exchange as part of their project ‘Children of the Great War’. The screening will be preceded by a short presentation about the project and followed by a Q & A with the artists involved. Wine and nibbles will be provided.
The event is free, but places are limited. For catering purposes, we would be most grateful if you could kindly confirm whether you can attend by booking online at http://tinyurl.com/COGWFilm or by calling: 01865 273253; or by emailing Sarah Wilkin at IT Services directly.
You can find out more about the Children of the Great War project here.
The focus of the 18 month project has been on memories and experiences of the Great War passed down through families and across communities. The project, funded by the Lottery Heritage Fund, has included a range of activities such as reminiscence projects, intergenerational workshops, filming and recording of group and individual interviews sharing personal heritage. A series of open days have also been held where the public have been invited to contribute family history, images and text to the Europeana 1914-18 International archive. The Education Enhancement team, University of Oxford, has had the pleasure to provide training and support to project staff and be involved in some of the collection events.