Wolverhampton First World War Conference Report
Centre member Jim Beach (University of Northampton) provides a retrospective of the ‘The End of the War & the Reshaping of a Century’ that took place in Early September. One symptom o...
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The Important Man
“If the people you cared about the most were in danger what would you do?” ‘The Important Man’ is about belief being tested, set at a time when the advances in scientific discoveries, lik...
The First World War: Past, Present, Future
Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus: 27 & 28 June 2019 In the wake of the centenary of the First World War, The First World War Network seeks to build upon the success of its inaugu...
Significant Figures: remembrance through making
Mary Crabb, who was part of the First World War Basketry Then and Now project, is exhibiting in Chichester this autumn. For a glimpse of her work and remarkable vision, do watch Mary’s films on...
Aspects of Representation of the People Act 1918
In Beyond the Trenches latest Blog post, Dr Nick Mansfield looks at the profound and far reaching aspects of the Representation of the People Act, 1918, outside that of women’s right to vote. This bl...
Shell Shock Stories & Beyond
Are you a Community Researcher Engaging with Trauma Narratives as part of your First World War Centenary Project? Professor Nigel Hunt and Dr Larissa Allwork at the University of Nottingham have be...
2019 WW1 Engagement Centres Festival – ‘Legacies of the First World Wa...
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Reappraising the Representation of the People Act, 1918
Day Conference on Friday 14th September, 2018, Livesey Building, Room 013, UCLan, Preston, PR1 2HE 2018 marks the centenary of the Representation of the People Act (RPA). Passed in the last year of t...
Heritage Lottery Fund 1-on-1 Advice Sessions
Wednesday 18th July, 11.00am – 3pm. Watford Palace Theatre, 20 Clarendon Road Watford, WD17 1JZ If you have any ideas for a heritage project or would like to learn more about our funding pleas...
Harwich Haven – Surrender & Sanctuary
Harwich Haven – Surrender & Sanctuary is a two-year project of volunteer research and heritage interpretation around the Harwich Haven ports of North East Essex and East Suffolk (notably Ha...