First World War: New Perspectives
By Oxford University
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Description
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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Moving from War to Peace | The 3rd Keynote of the War Time 2016 conference held 9-11 November 2016 | 29 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Time-frames of the Great War | The 2nd Keynote of the War Time 2016 conference held 9-11 November 2016 | 29 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The long and the short of it: time and strategic planning in the First World War | Keynote lecture given at the War Time 2016 conference | 28 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Mancunian Crusaders? | Exploring the chasm which existed between the crusading rhetoric of clergymen and the ways in which soldiers in the Manchester Regiment rationalised their involvement in the First World War. This podcast was shortlisted for the TORCH and Academic IT Se | 10 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Wordly War: Battle Experiences through the Eyes of African Cultures | 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 historical fact, it discusses fictional poetry and letters that c | 10 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Remembering before the End: Death and the Great War' | 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. The winning entry of the TORCH and Academic IT Services | 10 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Shot at Dawn | 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 commissioned the young British photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews | 18 7 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Les Permissionnaires | 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 experience and the vital role it played in social cohesion | 20 2 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Les Permissionnaires (Transcript) | 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 experience and the vital role it played in social cohesion | 20 2 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Soldiers on Leave | 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 leave during the First World War and the vital role it play | 20 2 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Soldiers on Leave (Transcript) | 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 leave during the First World War and the vital role it play | 20 2 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Sandwich that Sabotaged Civilisation | 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 Birmingham (UK) and Associate Professor of History at McDaniel | 10 1 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Popular fiction in World War One | 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 University, looks beyond the War Poets at the important role tha | 10 12 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Wartime Art and Grief | 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. | 10 12 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Morality in Wartime Britain | 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. | 10 12 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Conflict Culture | 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 fighting on the front lines during the First World War. | 29 10 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Better Part of Valour | 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, explores how frontline soldiers in the First World War | 29 10 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Surplus Women | 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 following the First World War. With over 1/2 million more | 29 10 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Indian Sepoy in the First World War | 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 involvement in the conflict and asks how the war continues | 29 10 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Rethinking British Volunteerism in 1914: A Rush to the Colours? | 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 more complex than traditional accounts would lead us to | 29 10 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Historian and the Centenary | 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 Modern History at the University of Birmingham and Presi | 29 10 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 Items |
- Free
- Category: Education
- Language: English
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