First World War Centenary News Archive

April 2, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

European Museums during the First World War conference, 2014

The H Art-Hist network has announced that a conference focusing on museums during the First World War will be held at Technische Universität, Berlin, in 2014.

April 2, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

New First World War Novel ‘Harvard 1914’ to be subject of talk by author at Harvard University

A novel centred around the First World War will be the subject of talks at Harvard University and in London in April and May 2013.

April 2, 2013 CN Editorial TeamOrganisations

1914-1918 Online International Enyclopedia Of The First World War

1914-1918 Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War is an international project developing an “English-language virtual reference work on the First World War”.

April 3, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Anzac Advisory Council established in New South Wales, Australia

An Anzac Advisory Council has been established in the Australian state of New South Wales.

April 3, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘Not All Quiet on the Ottoman Fronts’ – International Conference, Istanbul, 2014

An international conference will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2014, exploring the Ottoman dimension of the First World War.

April 3, 2013 CN Editorial TeamEvents

Biscuit based art exhibition by Kingsley Baird, Museum of the Great War, France

A new temporary art exhibition by Kingsley Baird, entitled 'Tomb', will see a tomb in honour of those who fell at the Battle of the Somme made of biscuits, at the Museum of the Great War, France.

April 4, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Black Watch statue to be unveiled in Belgium for Centenary

The BBC reports that a statue dedicated to the 8,000 Black Watch officers and soldiers who died in the First World War will be unveiled in Belgium in 2014.