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First World War: New Perspectives
by Oxford University
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.
Episodes
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Moving from War to Peace
The 3rd Keynote of the War Time 2016 conference held 9-11 November 2016
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Time-frames of the Great War
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
Keynote lecture given at the War Time 2016 conference
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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 could have been written by Africans involved…
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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 WW1 Research Competition 2016.
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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 to produce a new body of work, the outcomes...
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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 during the conflict.
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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 played in social cohesion during the conflict.
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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 College (US). In this short talk, he…
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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 that books, publishers and the book trade…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 conceived combatant courage on the Western...
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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 unmarried women in 25-34 age group, many...
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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 to resonate for diaspora communities in...
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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 believe.
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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 President of the International Society for First...
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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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