This conference will address the impact of the ‘Home Front’, including espionage and intelligence, the role of propaganda and social upheaval in the British Empire and the Middle East.
Bringing together various theatres of conflict, this conference will discuss how the First World War shaped societies, national identities and political narratives, and which continue to have present day ramifications.
The conference will take place:
5 November 2014 from 08:15-17:30
Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
Participants include:
Dr Fred Anscombe, Head, Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London
Professor Stephen Badsey, Professor of Conflict Studies, University of Wolverhampton
Dr Santanu Das, Reader in English Literature, King’s College London
Dr Adrian Gregory, Fellow and Tutor in History, Pembroke College, University of Oxford
Dr Helen McCartney, Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies, Defence Studies Department, King’s College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College
David Olusoga, Historian, Broadcaster and Filmmaker
Dr Catriona Pennell, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Exeter
Professor Peter Waldron, School of History, University of East Anglia
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