A report by Centenary News contributor Dr. Jillian Davidson on the recent conference in London: “Schools and the Great War Centenary: How Schools Should Best Prepare.”
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How secondary schools can teach pupils to learn about First World War’s legacy
A report by Centenary News contributor Dr. Jillian Davidson on the recent conference in London: “Schools and the Great War Centenary: How Schools Should Best Prepare.”
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‘The Great War and the Moving Image’ conference in Kent starts
A conference exploring the First World War and how it is represented through forms of moving images, including cinema, television and computer games, is under way.
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Margaret MacMillan Lecture: 1914 was the “perfect storm” of circumstances for war, but conflict was not inevitable
Margaret MacMillan has delivered the Boeing Commemorative Lecture 2014 at the Australian War Memorial, where she argued that the First World War was not inevitable and that the origins of the conflict still “haunt us”.
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Margaret MacMillan Lecture: Choice or accident? The outbreak of the First World War
Margaret MacMillan has delivered the Boeing Commemorative Lecture 2014 at the Australian War Memorial, where she argued that the First World War was not inevitable.
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Margaret MacMillan Lecture: Choice or accident? The outbreak of the First World War
Margaret MacMillan has delivered the Boeing Commemorative Lecture 2014 at the Australian War Memorial, where she argued that the First World War was not inevitable and that the origins of the conflict still "haunt us".
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PEN promotes writers of the Great War among its voices On The Edge
Centenary News’ Dr. Jillian Davidson reports on the 10th Annual World Voices Festival of International Literature in NYC (April 28-May 4), organised by PEN.
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PEN promotes writers of the Great War among its voices On The Edge
Centenary News' Dr. Jillian Davidson reports on the 10th Annual World Voices Festival of International Literature in NYC (April 28-May 4), organised by PEN.
Continue readingCanadian symposium to mark First World War Centenary
The World Heritage Tourism Research Network at Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada, is hosting a two day symposium on "the First World War, Remembrance, Commemoration and Perspectives in the 21st Century".
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World Heritage Tourism Research Network holds First World War Symposium in Halifax
Dr. Jillian Davidson reports for Centenary News on a symposium held in Halifax, Canada, about how the First World War is remembered in the 21st century.
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