China’s ambassador to France, Mr. Kong Quan, honours Chinese workers who died during the First World War in a service held at a French cemetery.
Continue readingWWI Centennial Network
The WWI Centennial Network is an American based organisation, which focuses on commemorating the First World War.
Continue readingVejas Liulevicius discusses the Eastern Front at the Kansas City Centennial conference
The National World War I Museum in Kansas City has started uploading videos from its March 2013 conference, 'A Century on the Shadow of the Great War'.
Continue readingCity of Sydney requests designs for Indigenous war memorial for Anzac Day 2015
The City of Sydney has called for designs for a new monument dedicated to Aboriginal and Strait Islander service men and women, to be unveiled on Anzac Day 2015.
Continue readingNational Archives of Finland and Russian Historical Society agree to further co-operation
A “memorandum of cooperation” between the National Archives of Finland and the Russian Historical Society could see research projects for the Centenary of the First World War.
Continue readingThe Royal United Services Institute considers how it will mark the Centenary of the First World War
Ashlee Godwin, Deputy Editor of the RUSI Journal at the Royal United Services Institute, discusses the Centenary of the First World War at a national and international level, and the role the Institute will play.
Continue readingProfessor Michael Neiberg lecture ‘The Outbreak of War in 1914: A New Look at an Old Problem’
Professor Michael Neiberg addresses 'A Century in the Shadow of the Great War' conference, held at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, March 2013.
Continue readingThe Royal United Services Institute considers how it will mark the Centenary of the First World War
Ashlee Godwin, Deputy Editor of the RUSI Journal at the Royal United Services Institute, discusses the Centenary of the First World War at a national and international level, and the role the Institute will play.
Continue readingFrance and Germany to fund Centenary events in Sarajevo
The French Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina has announced that a programme of events to mark the Centenary of the First World War in Sarajevo has been submitted.
Continue readingTensions between Brussels and Liege over Centenary plans in Belgium
RTBF info highlights continuing tensions within regionalised Belgium over Centenary commemorations.
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