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First World War: New Perspectives

A series of short introductory talks from experts in the field presenting new perspectives on the First World War. Produced by the University of Oxford.

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First World War: New Perspectives
Moving from War to Peace from 2016-11-29T13:08:29

The 3rd Keynote of the War Time 2016 conference held 9-11 November 2016

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Time-frames of the Great War from 2016-11-29T13:03:38

The 2nd Keynote of the War Time 2016 conference held 9-11 November 2016

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The long and the short of it: time and strategic planning in the First World War from 2016-11-28T15:47:43

Keynote lecture given at the War Time 2016 conference

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A Wordly War: Battle Experiences through the Eyes of African Cultures from 2016-11-10T11:44:12

Examining the First World War through the lives of African soldiers and labourers. This podcast examines the First World War through the lives of African soldiers and labourers. Based on historica...

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Remembering before the End: Death and the Great War' from 2016-11-10T11:42:03

Examining the many inventive and moving ways in which people began to mourn and commemorate their loved ones while WW1 was still ongoing and before official acts of public memory were established. ...

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Shot at Dawn from 2013-07-18T20:18:18

How a contemporary photographer is addressing one of the conflict's most sensitive topics. To commemorate the centennial of the First World War, the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art has commis...

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Les Permissionnaires from 2013-02-20T14:33:11

A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War (in French). Dr Emmanuelle Cronier, Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Birmingham, examines this key war-time ex...

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Les Permissionnaires (Transcript) from 2013-02-20T14:33:11

A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War (in French). Dr Emmanuelle Cronier, Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Birmingham, examines this key war-time ex...

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Soldiers on Leave from 2013-02-20T14:29

A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War. Dr Emmanuelle Cronier, a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Birmingham, examines the experiences of service lea...

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Soldiers on Leave (Transcript) from 2013-02-20T14:29

A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War. Dr Emmanuelle Cronier, a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Birmingham, examines the experiences of service lea...

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The Sandwich that Sabotaged Civilisation from 2013-01-10T12:39:42

Myths and Mistakes. How a well known photograph and an infamous lunch break have shaped our memory of the Sarajevo assassination. Dr Paul Miller is a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Birming...

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Popular fiction in World War One from 2012-12-10T11:52:38

An argument for a more nuanced assessment of the popular literature consumed by the wider public during the First World War. Dr Jane Potter, Senior Lecturer in Publishing at Oxford Brookes Universi...

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Wartime Art and Grief from 2012-12-10T11:35:05

German women and the aesthetics of loss portrayed through art during the First World War. Presented by Dr Claudia Siebrecht, Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Sussex.

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Morality in Wartime Britain from 2012-12-10T11:22:40

Dr Edward Madigan from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission considers the issue of morality and the role of the British clergy during the First World War.

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Conflict Culture from 2012-10-29T16:19:23

How much do we really know about the experience of the average individual soldier? Matthew Leonard, University of Bristol, discusses the unique conflict culture that developed among soldiers fighti...

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The Better Part of Valour from 2012-10-29T16:14:48

Combatant Courage on the Western Front. No human characteristic has a greater impact on the outcome of military endeavour than courage. Dr Edward Madigan from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission...

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Surplus Women from 2012-10-29T16:10:33

The First World War and its impact on emigration, work and marriage. Dr Rosemary Wall, University of Hull, explores how the deaths of 700 000 British men affected the lives of the country's women f...

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The Indian Sepoy in the First World War from 2012-10-29T16:05:37

The role of India and the Indian Sepoy in the First World War. Dr Santanu Das, reader at Kings College London, considers the global and colonial dimensions of the first world war, namely India's in...

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Rethinking British Volunteerism in 1914: A Rush to the Colours? from 2012-10-29T16:00:21

The British response to the outbreak of War in 1914. Dr Catriona Pennell, Lecturer in History at the University of Exeter, explains how the reaction to the outbreak of the first world war was much ...

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The Historian and the Centenary from 2012-10-29T15:55:40

Important questions, problems, and challenges pertaining to the role historians and scholars will play in the centenary of the First World War. Presented by Dr Pierre Purseigle, Senior Lecturer in ...

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