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First World War Poetry Digital Archive

From Owen's Doomed Youth, to his doomed youth

Lecture at the event 'Wilfred Owen: From Doomed Youth to the Battle of the Sambre'. Imperial War Museum, 10th November 2012.

First World War Poetry Digital Archive

From Mametz Wood to The General

Lecture on Siegfried Sassoon given at the Imperial War Museum, London, 12th November 2011.

First World War: New Perspectives

Les Permissionnaires

A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War (in French).

First World War: New Perspectives

Soldiers on Leave

A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War.

First World War Poetry Digital Archive

The Last Phase

A discussion on the last phase of the First World War. A talk given at 'Wilfred Owen: From Doomed Youth to Battle of the Sambre', Imperial War Museum, 10th November 2012.

First World War: New Perspectives

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.

First World War: New Perspectives

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.

First World War: New Perspectives

Wartime Art and Grief

German women and the aesthetics of loss portrayed through art during the First World War.

First World War: New Perspectives

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.

First World War: New Perspectives

Conflict Culture

How much do we really know about the experience of the average individual soldier?

First World War: New Perspectives

The Better Part of Valour

Combatant Courage on the Western Front.

First World War: New Perspectives

Surplus Women

The First World War and its impact on emigration, work and marriage.

First World War: New Perspectives

The Indian Sepoy in the First World War

The role of India and the Indian Sepoy in the First World War.

First World War: New Perspectives

Rethinking British Volunteerism in 1914: A Rush to the Colours?

The British response to the outbreak of War in 1914.

First World War: New Perspectives

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.

St John's College

Why are we still trying to understand the outbreak of World War One?

In this St John's College Research Centre 2012 Annual Lecture, Professor Margaret MacMillan examines the reasons why this question has remained important over the last 100 years and suggests some possible explanations for the outbreak of the war.

Case Studies In Innovative Practice

Europeana 1914-1918: Community Collection

Alun Edwards, Manager for RunCoCo, University of Oxford, discusses the value of crowd-sourcing and public engagement in the Europeana 1914-1918 project to digitise First World War memorabilia.

Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Beyond 2011 - A Road Movie

Alun Edwards and Stuart Lee (Oxford University Computing Services) present their experiences of running public participation days in Germany to gather everyday objects from World War I.

First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Tim Kendall: 'Ivor Gurney: First War Poet'

Professor Tim Kendall considers what composer and poet Ivor Gurney understood by the phrase 'war poet' and how he saw his own work as belonging to (and eminent amidst) a tradition of writing about war.

First World War Poetry Digital Archive

An interview with Colin Hughes

Colin Hughes, author of David Jones: the man who was on the field (1979), discusses his friendship with poet and artist David Jones and his research on the Battle of Mametz Wood.

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