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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.

The History of Science Museum

Interview: Peter Scott on Marconi and Radio Manufacturing

Professor Peter Scott discusses his research into competitive advantage and innovation in the interwar British radio industry using the Marconi Archive, Britain's most extensive and important archive for the radio and related industries.

The History of Science Museum

Radio Manufacturing in the Interwar Years

Professor Peter Scott (University of Reading) presents the inaugural Douglas Byrne Marconi Lecture based on his research on Marconi and radio manufacturing between the World Wars.

First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Alisa Miller: 'Selling Patriotism: Rupert Brooke in the First World War'

Alisa Miller takes a look at the 'Rupert Brooke cult', examining why this particular poet was so popular during the First World War, both with the general public and the soldier, at home and abroad.

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.

First World War Poetry Digital Archive

WW1 Poetry Digital Archive Project

JISC documentary introducing the WW1 Poetry Digital Archive Project website and providing an overview to the wealth of material available.

First World War Poetry Digital Archive

War Cemeteries

A short video made by the First World War Poetry Digital Archive taking viewers through tracing the burial site of a soldier of the First World War.

First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Kate Lindsay Interview

In a podcast recorded earlier this year, Kate Lindsay, Project Manager for the First World War Poetry Digital Archive discusses the exciting development of the First World War Poetry Digital Archive and The Great War Archive.

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