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Ep. 10 – Battlefield tourism on the Western Front – Dr Stephen Miles
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Dr Stephen Miles discusses battlefield tourism on the Western Front based on his new book The Western Front : Landscape, Tourism and Heritage, published by Pen & Sword.
A talk by Professor Mark Connelly 'The game of ghosts: visiting the battlefields of the Western Front, 1919-1939'
Mark Connelly is Professor of Modern British History at the University of Kent. His main research interests are the memory of war, the image of the armed forces in popular culture and aspects of operational military history. During the centenary he was director of the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded, ‘Gateways to the First World War’,…
SEMINAR SERIES '‘The light bulb moment when the penny drops’: Pilgrimage and tourism along the Western Front' with Amy Harrison
Amy Harrison (PhD student, University of Kent) will be giving a talk on pilgrimage and tourism along the Western Front titled ‘The light bulb moment when the penny drops’ Now in its eighth year, the initiative is supported by The Western Front Association. Events alternate between the University of Kent, Canterbury and In Flanders Fields Museum,…