News – Page 104 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

“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.

End Date: 13 Nov 2014

November 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Event 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.

End Date: 13 Nov 2014

November 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Conference at Austrian Parliament pays tribute to the women of First World War

A conference at the Austrian Parliament on October 30th 2014 heard a call for women to be remembered for their role in the First World War.

November 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: First Anzac convoy remembered in Albany, Australia

Tens of thousands of people joined First World War commemorations in Albany, Western Australia, from October 30th-November 2nd 2014, marking the departure of the first Australian and New Zealand troop convoy in 1914.

November 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Barcelona, neutral zone (1914-1918)’ Exhibition at the Joan Miró Foundation

The Joan Miró Foundation of Barcelona presents ‘Barcelona, neutral zone (1914-1918),’ an exhibition that aims to represent the visual Barcelona during the period of the First World War.

November 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Catch 2039’: a campaign to reform historic copyright

UK cultural institutions are displaying blank paper in their exhibitions to protest restrictive copyright protection laws. The campaign is calling on the UK Government to reduce the term of copyright protection in certain unpublished works.

November 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

British Future study finds a ‘strong appetite’ for learning about WW1 history

The independent think tank, British Future, says that ‘an appetite remains to learn more’ about Britain’s First World War history.

November 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Flanders Fields Memorial Garden opens in presence of Queen Elizabeth and King Philippe

The Flanders Fields Memorial Garden was dedicated in London on November 6th 2014, at a ceremony attended by Queen Elizabeth, and King Philippe of the Belgians.

November 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Stonehenge & the First World War – English Heritage Centenary exhibition

English Heritage opened a special exhibition at Stonehenge on November 5th 2014, telling the story of how soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth trained for the First World War near this prehistoric site.

November 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Thousand Voices for peace’ – international choirs unite for Centenary concert in Brussels

More than 1,000 singers from countries involved in the First World War come together to perform a concert for peace in Brussels on November 9th 2014.