The ‘Beyond the 1914-1918 Centenary’ initiative is organising a series of lectures in Brussels to mark the Centenary of the First World War. The next lecture in this series will concern 'The Commission for the Relief of Belgium'/C.R.B.
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Centenary focus for Imperial War Museum’s 2014 short film awards
Films drawing on the Imperial War Museum's First World War archives are given prominent billing in IWM's Short Film Festival, which has a Centenary focus on the weekend of 8/9th November 2014.
Continue readingTideswell Male Voice Choir Present ‘Never Forget’ A Remembrance Spectacular
The Tideswell Male Voice Choir presents a musical tribute to the centenary of the First War World.
Continue readingTC Squared Theatre Company announces New York premiere of the Great War Theatre Project
The TC Squared Theatre Company in New York presents ‘The Great War Theatre Project: Messengers of a Bitter Truth’ on Sunday, November 9th 2014 6.30pm.
Continue readingRemembrance Sunday: Ireland to take part in UK Cenotaph service
The Irish Government will a wreath for the first time at the Cenotaph Remembrance Sunday ceremony in London on November 9th 2014.
Continue readingPublic Lecture: The Nature and Character of Military Medicine from the First World War to Today’s Conflicts
Northumbria University will be hosting a public lecture featuring Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Jowan Penn-Barwell on Tuesday 11 November. The lecture will be centred on the Navy medics role in the First World War, as well as the advances in medicine from WWI until the present.
Continue readingArmistice Day: France inaugurates international memorial at Notre Dame de Lorette
A First World War memorial to all soldiers killed on the battlefields of northern France will be inaugurated at Notre Dame de Lorette on Armistice Day 2014.
Continue readingEvent at Flanders House in New York – screening of Pershing’s Last Patriot
Pershing’s Last Patriot, The Story of Frank W. Buckles, America’s Last Veteran of World War I, directed by David DeJonge, is to screen at Flanders House in New York on Thursday, November 13th 2014 at 6.30pm.
Continue reading“A Sociedade e a Grande Guerra” – “The Great War and Society” seminar at Lisbon University
An international seminar, “A Sociedade e a Grande Guerra" or "The Great War and Society” will take place at the Faculty of Letters, Lisbon University, Portugal, on November 13th 2014.
Continue readingLes Enfants Terribles presents The Trench theatre performance
The Trench has been inspired by the story of miner who was trapped in a tunnel during the First World War. The Trench combines music, puppetry and theatrical performance.
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