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J. R. R. Tolkien and G. B. Smith: Two Forgotten War Poets?

Stuart Lee talks about Tolkien's recently published war poetry in the context of G. B. Smith.
The Global History of Capitalism

Wrap up and reflection part 2

Patricia Clavin (Professor of International History, Oxford) gives a lecture on history and public policy.
Rothermere American Institute

Merchants of Death? The Nye Commission, the Business of War, and the Politics of Memory

Professor Christopher Capozzola specializes in the political and cultural history of the United States from the late nineteenth century to the present. His research interests are in the history of war, politics, and citizenship in modern American history.
Rothermere American Institute

‘O Say Can You See?’ Art, Propaganda and the First World War

A public lecture by Professor David Lubin (Wake Forest University) as part of a series on the history of the United States and World War One.
Rothermere American Institute

“Deeds Not Words”: American Social Justice Movements and World War One

A public lecture on the United States and World War One
First World War: New Perspectives

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
First World War: New Perspectives

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.
First World War: New Perspectives

A Wordly War: Battle Experiences through the Eyes of African Cultures

Examining the First World War through the lives of African soldiers and labourers.
First World War: New Perspectives

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.
Engage: Social Media Talks

Bringing WW1 History into the Present with Twitter

Mechthild Herzog discusses how Twitter can be harnessed to engage large audiences with WW1 history in a range of creative ways.
Alumni Weekend

Choice or Accident? The outbreak of the First World War

The causes of the First World War have long been controversial and remain so. The Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford, and author of The War that Ended Peace (2013) brings us up to date on the debate.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

The Meaning of 1914

A conversation between Professor Sir Hew Strachan and Professor Margaret MacMillan, chaired by Professor Patricia Clavin.
Running a Community Collection Online

RunCoCo: how to run a community collection online

Find out about “the Oxford Community Collection Model” used for successful crowdsourcing since 2007. The RunCoCo service at the University of Oxford University shows how you can run a community collection online and engage with your community.
Running a Community Collection Online

What is a Roadshow?

Find out about roadshows - face-to-face engagement – part of “the Oxford Community Collection Model” used for successful crowdsourcing, e.g. Europeana 1914-1918. RunCoCo shows how you can run a community collection online and engage with your community.
Alumni Weekend

The Ottoman Front: The First World War in the Middle East

Drawing on European and Middle Eastern sources, historian Eugene Rogan provides an overview of the Great War in the Middle East from both sides of the trenches.
"British" World War One Poetry: An Introduction

Edmund Blunden

Margi Blunden, daughter of Edmund Blunden, talks about her father and his work.
"British" World War One Poetry: An Introduction

Impact of the 1914 – 1918 Poets

Adrian Barlow looks at the impact of World War One poets in the years immediately following the War, in late 20s and early 30s, and as we embark on the 100 year anniversary of the conflict.
"British" World War One Poetry: An Introduction

Poetry of the Empire

World War One was a conflict of empire, not of nation. In this lecture Dr Simon Featherstone looks at four distinctive poets who provide a version of empire that is much more nuanced than the imperial rhetoric of the established canon.
"British" World War One Poetry: An Introduction

Siegfried Sassoon

Meg Crane looks at the war poems of Siegfried Sassoon, framed by the first and last (non-war) poems of his literary career.
"British" World War One Poetry: An Introduction

'Earth Voices Whispering’: Reading Ireland’s Poetry of WWI: An Introduction

Professor Gerald Dawe relates the Irish poetry of World War One to the history of Ireland itself and explores why the first anthology of Irish WW1 Poetry was only published in 2008.

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