ELIW – Page 2 – Everyday Lives in War

Hidden Histories, Hidden Historians Toolkits

February 24, 2019

The Everyday Lives in War team has often talked about producing a guide to ‘doing history’. But Manchester Histories have produced a toolkit: step-by-step, with lots of practical advice. Includes ora...

The Stomach for Fighting: Food and the British soldiers of the First W...

February 17, 2019

Dr Rachel Duffett will discuss the role of food in the lives of soldiers on the Western Front, both as a physiological necessity and a source of psychological comfort. Food is essential for morale an...

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: FREE NATIONAL FESTIVAL, COMMEMORATION, CONFLICT...

February 13, 2019

The festival organisers are looking for: people and groups to contribute talks activist and community groups to put on stalls Other ways of participating (eg performances or music) will be considered...

The London Irish: a Complex Relationship with the Poppy

February 12, 2019

We are delighted to introduce our collaborative project on ‘Commemoration in Irish Everyday Lives: Exploring the Legacy of the First World War in Diaspora and Irish Communities’ through this first bl...

Fortune-telling in the First World War: an intriguing behind the scene...

February 7, 2019

Owen Davies, member of the Everyday Lives in War team, talks here about his long-standing interest in the history of fortune-telling and his collaboration with theatre group Cap-a-Pie. Their work tog...

‘Germany in the First World War as seen in the Photographs of Kä...

February 1, 2019

On Saturday, 13 October 2018 Dr Helen Boak, former Head of History at the University of Hertfordshire, gave a talk to the Anglo-German Family History Society in London on ‘Germany in the First World ...

Remembering a war after ‘The War’

February 1, 2019

Jim Beach of the University of Northampton reflects on a visit to the Czech Republic. Speaking neither Czech nor Polish, it was with some trepidation that I accepted an invitation to speak at a works...

Barnwell at War: Everyday Lives in Working-Class East Cambridge during...

January 19, 2019

A six-week exhibition that comes from a collaborative project that Everyday Lives in War have funded.

‘Legacies of the First World War’ – Festivals 2019

January 12, 2019

Cross-Centre Festivals 2019 We are delighted to announce the dates for our Legacies of the First World War Festivals, which will be jointly hosted by the five AHRC-funded WW1 Engagement Centres and h...

After the War was over – Dr Julie Moore Contributes to Optima Ma...

December 6, 2018

With the conclusion of the First World War, hundreds of thousands of soldiers returned home with post-traumatic stress disorder. Our Dr Julie Moore provides further insight into this and other post...

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