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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CleanMoving 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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CleanTime-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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CleanThe 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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CleanMancunian 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. | 10 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA Wordly War: Battle Experiences through the Eyes of African Cultures | Examining the First World War through the lives of African soldiers and labourers. | 10 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRemembering 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. | 10 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe 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. | 29 10 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRethinking British Volunteerism in 1914: A Rush to the Colours? | The British response to the outbreak of War in 1914. | 29 10 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Indian Sepoy in the First World War | The role of India and the Indian Sepoy in the First World War. | 29 10 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSurplus Women | The First World War and its impact on emigration, work and marriage. | 29 10 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Better Part of Valour | Combatant Courage on the Western Front. | 29 10 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanConflict Culture | How much do we really know about the experience of the average individual soldier? | 29 10 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMorality 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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CleanWartime Art and Grief | German women and the aesthetics of loss portrayed through art during the First World War. | 10 12 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPopular 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. | 10 12 2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe 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. | 10 1 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSoldiers on Leave | A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War. | 20 2 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 18 | CleanSoldiers on Leave (Transcript) | A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War. | 20 2 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLes Permissionnaires | A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War (in French). | 20 2 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 20 | CleanLes Permissionnaires (Transcript) | A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War (in French). | 20 2 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanShot at Dawn | How a contemporary photographer is addressing one of the conflict's most sensitive topics. | 18 7 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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