Oxford University is to host a conference entitled 'The Great War and Global History' in January 2014.
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‘The Advocates of Peace, 1899-1917’ conference, Paris
The International Society for First World War Studies has announced that the University of Paris-Est and the German Historical Institute will host a conference on “the downfall of peace” in the early twentieth century.
Continue readingConference: ‘The Collapse of Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires: Patterns and Legacies’, Vienna
A conference held at the Institute for East European History, University of Vienna, will examine the social and political causes for the collapse of two of the Central Powers.
Continue reading‘Black Diggers’ theatre production, Sydney
The Queensland Theatre Company and Sydney Festival have developed a theatre production about Aboriginals who fought during the First World War to mark the Centenary.
Continue readingExhibition in European Cultural Capital – Riga, Latvia – to explore the First World War
An exhibition about the First World War has opened in Riga, Latvia, as part of the city’s programme to mark its status as European Capital of Culture 2014.
Continue reading‘The British Empire & The Great War’ conference, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, is to host a conference exploring the colonial societies and cultural response within the British Empire to the First World War.
Continue readingInternational conference and photographic exhibition: ‘War and Colonies 1914-1918’
A conference exploring the impact of the First World War on colonial peoples will be held in Dhaka to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
Continue reading‘The Great War in Portraits’ exhibition, The National Portrait Gallery, London
The National Portrait Gallery in London will be holding an exhibition – The Great War in Portraits.
Continue readingLecture: Rosenberg and Sassoon
A talk by Dr. Jean Moorcroft Wilson about First World War poets Rosenberg and Sassoon will form part of Jewish Book Week 2014.
Continue reading‘Experiences of World War One: strangers, differences and locality’ workshop, University of London
The British Association for Local History and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies are organising a workshop about the First World War.
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