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What: 'The First World War and the Americas: from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego'
When: Saturday 1 July
Where: The National Archives, Kew
Cost: £30 (including lunch and refreshments)
Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-first-world-war-and-the-americas-from-the-arctic-circle-to-tierra-del-fuego-tickets-32153747725
As part of our First World War Centenary programme The National Archives is hosting a conference on the Americas, which will address the impact of the conflict across the length and breadth of the two continents.
Speakers will discuss the conflict experiences of those living far from the battlefield, including war enthusiasm, loss and the longer term impact on memory and national identity. They will also consider some of the other ways in which the conflict affected the Americas, notably through trade and economic development. In doing so the event will explore some of the war's untold stories far away from the Western Front and highlight why it was a truly global conflict.
PROGRAMME
9:30 Registration, tea and coffee
9:45 Introduction
10:00 Keynote lecture
Prof Ian Beckett, University of Kent
'1917: Year of Decision'
11:00 Break
11:15 Session 1: 'Associated Powers'
Dr Sam Edwards, Manchester Metropolitan University
'The Great War and the Great Republic: the American Experience of the First World War'
Dr Rory Miller, University of Liverpool
'War, Business and Uncertainty in South America: A Bumpy Ride on the Periphery'
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Session 2: 'Empire'
Dr Bonnie J. White, Memorial University of Newfoundland
''Sorrow, Gratitude, and Pride': Newfoundland's Cultural Memory of the Great War'
Dr Kent Fedorowich, UWE Bristol
''The True North Strong and Free'? Canada's War at Home, 1914-1919'
Dr Richard Smith, Goldsmiths, University of London
''That our national and allied hopes be speedily realized': West Indian war experiences and aspirations during 1917'
15:00 Break
15:30 Round Table
16:00 Wine Reception
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