Legacies of War Seminar Series
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Recovering West Indian Memories of the First World War
For the second seminar in this term’s Legacies of War calendar, we are delighted to be joined by Dr Richard Smith, Goldsmiths, University of London.
Room: 3.11, Michael Sadler Building
5pm for 5:15 start. Attendance is free and all are welcome. For further information and to join our mailing list, please email Christopher Phillips: C.Phillips@leeds.ac.uk
The Scientists go to War: Consequences, Community and Conscience, 1914-1919
For the first Legacies of War Seminar this year, we are delighted to announce that our guest speaker will be Professor Roy Macleod, University of Sydney.
Religious and Medical Vocations in the Belgian Medical Service
Christine van Everbroeck (Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire, Brussels)
‘Religious and Medical Vocations in the Belgian Medical Service’ – Thursday March 20th, 5:15pm – Baines Wing, G.37
‘Privileged Greatly to Serve his Nation in Days of Mortal Danger’: Sir Eric Geddes and transport management on the Western Front
Chris Phillips (University of Leeds) will discuss the pivotal work of railway official Eric Geddes upon the administration of the British Army during the First World War.
Edward Madigan – 6 February 2014
‘Banded in a Great Crusade: the Clergy and the British War Effort, 1914-1918′
Susan Grayzel and Alison Fell – 5th December 2013
Professors Susan Grayzel and Alison Fell – ‘”Always and Everywhere Stood Apart”: Towards a Nuanced Historical Approach to Women and the First World War’
John Terraine and the Battle for the History of the First World War
Professor Gary Sheffield – ‘John Terraine and the Battle for the History of the First World War’
Stephan Petzold – 14th November 2013
Dr Stephan Petzold – ‘The elusive scholarly consensus: the origins of war 1914 as a site of memory’
Give me a laboratory and I will win you a war: governing invention and research in the British Admiralty, 1914-1919
Dr Don Leggett – ‘Give me a laboratory and I will win you a war: governing invention and research in the British Admiralty, 1914-1919′
Anthony Fletcher – 10th October 2013
Professor Anthony Fletcher – ‘Seventeen Soldiers: Life and Death on the Western Front’