Finding Identities: Lancashire and the First World War Conference 23-34 November 2013
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Registration is open for:
Finding Identities: Lancashire and the First World War Conference, 23-34 November 2013
Organised by the University of Central Lancashire, Preston
Keynote speaker: Andy Robertshaw
‘The 1st Lancashire Fusiliers on 1st July 1916 in films and photographs’
Conference Background and Aims
On the eve of the centenary of the First World War interest in the conflict has grown - as have debates over local identities, recruitment, the war effort, memorialisation, and the historical sources. As home to many Pals battalions, and a focus of Lord Derby's recruitment efforts, Lancashire is arguably at the heart of these matters. Moreover as the result of the successful Preston City Council bid to refurbish the town memorial, and extensive new research into rarely seen film, new and fascinating evidence of the war and its impact is now coming to light. Of interest to academic researchers, professionals in the heritage and educational sectors and the interested amateur, Finding Identities will include both keynote speakers, and opportunities to visit the Harris Museum and the newly restored Preston Cenotaph; the recently opened First World War gallery in the Museum of Lancashire and the Lancashire Infantry Museum at Fulwood Barracks.
Conference programme has now been drafted, full details can be found on the conference website:
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/conference_events/finding_identities_lancashire_first_world_war.php
We'll be presenting about the Oxford Community Collection model, our work with Europeana 1914-1918, and of course with so many literary connections to be made to the area - the First World War Poetry Digital Archive http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/
Best wishes, Ally
// Europeana 1914-1918 www.europeana1914-1918.eu/ RunCoCo: How to Run a Community Collection Online http://runcoco.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ | The Great War Archive www.thegreatwararchive.com/