Hi Tony,

Thanks for this.  Did you want me to pass it on to other lists, or are you going to post it on the black studies list?

All the best,
Pat

Dr Patricia Noxolo,

Senior Lecturer in Human Geography

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences,

University of Birmingham,

Edgbaston,

Birmingham

B15 2TT

UK

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Sent: 01 August 2018 13:17
To: Patricia Noxolo (Geography)
Subject: Bristol AHRC project and 2019 Festival: Commemoration, Conflict & Conscience

Dear Dr Noxolo

I am a member of the British Black Studies list, but as yet I have only made one post, so apologies if my message is somewhat out of the blue.

I am taking the liberty of sending you details of the Bristol AHRC project and its 2019 National Festival, ‘Commemoration, Conflict & Conscience’, just in case the project - and/or small grants along with funding support attached to it – may be of interest to the network.

Overview:
I am currently on the Advisory Board for a year-long Bristol-based WW1-themed AHRC-funded project called Commemoration, Conflict & Conscience.

The project leads to a 2 day National Festival next April attached to which are some small funding opportunities to allow projects with new and/or existing work to participate in the Festival. Where possible the project will also support funding bids for new work – e.g. Arts Council, HLF.... I have copied the project details below, but if the Festival/funding support might interest you and/or groups and orgs you know or work with, have a look at the project’s website for details of how to apply. A pdf of the project leaflet is attached, I also have hard copies if you’d like some – just send me a preferred postal address.

The project/funding:
COMMEMORATION, CONFLICT and CONSCIENCE is a year-long project, which culminates in a national festival in Bristol, 27-28 April 2019. The project looks at hidden or lesser known stories of the First World War, legacy, peace-building & alienation from commemoration. We are: uniting existing community groups and researchers, focusing on their work to date & generating new research; showcasing existing artistic work and performances and fostering new creative projects. The project is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council through the Everyday Lives in War Centre at the University of Hertfordshire. It is led by Lois Bibbings, Professor of Law, Gender and History (University of Bristol), working with Dr Corinne Painter (University of Leeds) and the Remembering the Real World War 1 group in Bristol and supported by an Advisory Board.

The Festival will bring together community groups, local historians, academics, campaigners and activists, artists and performers in a free, open access weekend event timed to coincide with the centenary of the release of many absolutist conscientious objectors in April 1919. The MShed in Bristol (part of Bristol Museums) will be the festival hub, with talks, film showings, exhibitions and performances – but linked events will take place in other parts of the city over the course of the weekend and also leading up to and following it.

Focusing on the First World War then and now, the project will look at, for example, conscientious objectors to military service, strikes, mutinies, desertion and absenteeism, the men executed by the British military and the Shot at Dawn campaign which fought for them to be pardoned, the global reach of the war, colonial and commonwealth experiences, women’s peace activism, along with legacy, peace-building and & alienation from commemoration.

The project includes some seed corn funding specifically for community groups to undertake research and/or bring their work to the festival (details) of the funding application process are available on our website).

We are also supporting bids to other funders. Including the Heritage Lottery Fund and, for instance, the Arts Council. Please get in touch with either Professor Lois Bibbings or Dr Corinne Painter if you would like more information about this possibility. (Note that bid support is not restricted to community groups)

www.everydaylivesinwar.herts.ac.uk/ccc/ <http://www.everydaylivesinwar.herts.ac.uk/ccc/>


Best wishes

T

Tony T
Oral historian and producer: arts, learning and heritage


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