In Flanders Fields Museum and the School of History/Gateways to the First World War,University of Kent present a sixth series of eight seminars on Thursday evening, free and open to all.
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10 October |
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‘Demographic evolution of the population of Ypres, before, during and after the Great War’ with Pieter Trogh |
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24 October |
‘Notes and Swearies: Blasphemy and Obscene Language in Soldiers’ speech and song, 1914-1919’ with Professor Mark Connelly |
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7 November |
‘Refugee relief during the First World War: Belgian refugees in Birmingham’ with Jolien De Vuyst |
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21 November |
‘Returning Veterans, Pilgrimage and British War Cemeteries of the Western Front’ with Tim Godden |
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16 January |
'"An elegy of mud, blood and darkness" : Australian war writing and the third battle of Ypres’ with Matt Haultain-Gall |
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30 January |
‘Reconstructing Flanders fields after the Great War’ with Dries Claeys |
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13 February |
'Imagining the West Indian soldier: from empire to multicultural commemoration' with Richard Smith |
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27 February |
‘Preparing the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for the next hundred years: horticultural challenges in a changing environment.’ with Gareth Hardware |