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War, Death and Memory: Beyond 1914- The University of Sydney and the Great War
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An expert panel on 'War, Death and Memory' with leading Australian historians explores consequences of the Great War on individual lives and the national psyche. The panel discussion marked the launch of the new University of Sydney 'BEYOND 1914' website, an interactive biographical database of students, staff and alumni who served in the First World War. Panellists: Joy Damousi, Professor of History University of Melbourne; Professor Stephen Garton, Provost and Deputy Chancellor University of Sydney; Associate Professor Julia Horne, the University Historian and co-organiser of 'Beyond 1914 – The University of Sydney and the Great War'; Brad Manera, Executive Manager of the ANZAC Memorial, Hyde Park; Assoc Professor Mark McKenna, ARC Future Fellow in the Department of History University of Sydney; Kerry Neale, Curator at the Australian War Memorial; Dr Tamson Pietsch, ARC DECRA Fellow in School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry University of Sydney. For more info and speaker's biography see this page: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2014/beyond_1914_forum.shtml
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An expert panel on 'War, Death and Memory' with leading Australian historians explores consequences of the Great War on individual lives and the national psyche. The panel discussion marked the launch of the new University of Sydney 'BEYOND 1914' website, an interactive biographical database of students, staff and alumni who served in the First World War. Panellists: Joy Damousi, Professor of History University of Melbourne; Professor Stephen Garton, Provost and Deputy Chancellor University of Sydney; Associate Professor Julia Horne, the University Historian and co-organiser of 'Beyond 1914 – The University of Sydney and the Great War'; Brad Manera, Executive Manager of the ANZAC Memorial, Hyde Park; Assoc Professor Mark McKenna, ARC Future Fellow in the Department of History University of Sydney; Kerry Neale, Curator at the Australian War Memorial; Dr Tamson Pietsch, ARC DECRA Fellow in School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry University of Sydney. For more info and speaker's biography see this page: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2014/beyond_1914_forum.shtml
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