The Russkiy Mir Foundation has reported that a Russian politician has called for a “major academic and political conference” to be held to mark the 100 year anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.
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‘The Advocates of Peace, 1899-1917’ conference, Paris, 2014
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.
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Latest line-up of speakers at the ‘Schools and the Great War Centenary’ Conference at Wellington College, England
Wellington College, Berkshire, England, has updated the agenda for its conference ‘Schools and the Great War Centenary’.
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UK’s Special Representative for the Centenary highlights commemoration plans
The UK Government's Special Representative for the Centenaryhas told a conference that the British Government has "real commitment" to the commemorations.
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‘The Academic World in the Era of the Great War’ conference, Dublin, 2014
The International Society for First World War Studies has announced that the Trinity College, Dublin, will host a conference on the academic world during the First World War.
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UK’s Special Representative for the Centenary tells conference of Government’s commemoration plans
The UK Government’s Special Representative for the Centenary Dr Andrew Murrison tells conference that the British Government has “real commitment” to the commemorations.
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Professor Sir Hew Strachan tells conference of hopes for “re-appreciation of the First World War as a global phenomenon” by 2018
Professor Sir Hew Strachan, Oxford University, emphasises the importance of the First World War as a “global phenomenon”.
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Professor Sir Hew Strachan’s speech at Centenary Conference
Professor Sir Hew Strachan tells a Centenary conference held at Wellington College of his hopes for "a re-appreciation of the First World War as a global phenomenon".
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Peter Francis of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission speaks at Centenary Conference
Peter Francis, Head of External Communications at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission discusses education, memory and the role of the Commission in marking the Centenary of the First World War.
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Centenary Conference ‘A Century in the Shadow of the Great War’ underway at the National World War I Museum, Kansas, USA
National World War I Museum, Kansas, USA is to host an “international centennial planning conference”, from 22nd – 24th March 2013.
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