Centenary News' Peter Alhadeff reports from the launch event of the Heritage Lottery Fund's new six million pound grants programme for the Centenary, held at the House of Commons.
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International conference begins in Hungary: Women in the aftermath of the First World War
Centenary News’ Dawn Kemp is attending an international conference being held in Hungary, which focuses on the experience of women during and after the First World War.
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An international conference is to be held in Hungary.
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Swansea University to lead ‘Cartooning the First World War in Wales’ digital Centenary project
Swansea University, Wales, has received almost £70,000 in Heritage Lottery Funding to digitise the wartime work of an influential Welsh newspaper cartoonist, J M Staniforth.
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Australian War Memorial Centenary digitisation project ‘ANZAC Connections’ underway
The Australian War Memorial is currently undertaking a digitisation project “to create a comprehensive digital archive of the ANZACs and their deeds, and of the wider Australian experience of war”.
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Scottish schools receive funding for First World War battlefield visits
A £1 million fund by the Scottish Government will help every secondary school in Scotland to cover the costs of sending students on educational visits to European battlefields to mark the Centenary.
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Academics, actors and politicians are among those who criticise Britain’s plans to mark the Centenary of the First World War
A wide ranging group of British public figures have signed an open letter, criticising the nature of national Centenary plans in Britain.
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Interpreting Telecommunications in the Great War: A workshop for museum interpreters, archivists and historians
A workshop focusing on telecommunications during the First World War is to be held at the University of Leeds, England, on 28th June 2013.
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Belgium announces commemoration plans for the Centenary of the First World War
Belgium has announced its plans to mark the Centenary of the First World War at regional and national levels.
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British Government responds to criticism over First World War Centenary plans
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has responded to an open letter criticising the nature of national plans to mark the Centenary in Britain.
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