First World War: New Perspectives

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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.

  1. 11/29/2016

    Moving from War to Peace

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

    46 min

  2. 11/29/2016

    Time-frames of the Great War

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

    44 min

  3. 11/28/2016

    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

    49 min

  4. 11/10/2016

    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 Services WW1 Research Competition 2016

    10 min

  5. 11/10/2016

    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 in the war. It looks at WW1 through a global perspective - the interaction of peoples from different parts of the world. What impact that had on their existence and the shifts that it made for better or worse in their perspectives on the world as a whole. This podcast was the runner-up in the TORCH and Academic IT Services WW1 Research Competition 2016

    16 min

  6. 11/10/2016

    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.

    12 min

  7. 07/18/2013

    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 of which will be the subject of a major exhibition and accompanying publication. In this interview Chloe discusses how her photographic collection is addressing one of the conflict's most sensitive topics - the execution of troops for cowardice or desertion.

    6 min

  8. 02/20/2013

    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.

    12 min
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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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  • Creator
    Oxford University
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2016
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Oxford University; the media items are released with a Creative Commons licence
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