The Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies together with the Ministry for Culture & Heritage is holding a multidisciplinary conference, on ‘rethinking war’, and has made a call for papers.
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98th anniversary of Gallipoli landings marked in London
The 98th anniversary of the start of the First World War Gallipoli Campaign was marked with services at Hyde Park Corner, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Cenotaph and Westminster Abbey in London on 25th April 2013.
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Three Choirs Festival to mark Centenary of the First World War
The Three Choirs Festival is to create its own “choral memorial to the men who died on both sides and to those in each community left behind”, to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
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‘The Sunday Times’ reports UK may begin Centenary commemorations in cemetery with equal numbers of British and German war dead
The Sunday Times reports UK may mark start of the Centenary with a service at a cemetery with equal numbers of UK & German war dead.
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Couple undertake “Great War Pilgrimage” of Belgium and France’s burial grounds
The Western Front Association has received word from Steve and Nancy Binks, a couple who are visiting all “Commonwealth Great War Burial Grounds” in Belgium and France.
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New musical ‘The Front’ to be launched in time for the Centenary of the First World War and Anzac
South Australian writer, Lane Hinchcliffe, has written a new musical, The Front, which will be launched “in time for the Centenary Commemorations of ANZAC and the First World War”.
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Portuguese Universidade Nova de Lisboa to host ‘Africa and the First World War’ conference
The Portuguese Instituto de História Contemporânea, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, is to host a conference exploring the role Africa played in the First World War.
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Accrington Pals Centenary project receives initial funding support from Heritage Lottery Fund
Plans to commemorate the Accrington Pals have received “initial [funding] support” from the Heritage Lottery Fund, as part of a wider plan to restore the Accrington town centre, Lancashire, England.
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Massey University Foundation receives $500,000 grant for three volumes of Centenary History of New Zealand
The Massey University Foundation has received a $500,000 grant in lottery funding towards three volumes of ‘the Centenary History of New Zealand and the First World War’ project.
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London’s Cenotaph under restoration in preparation for First World War Centenary
English Heritage has announced that it is restoring the Cenotaph in London in preparation for the Centenary of the First World War next year.
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