The centenary of the First World War is described on the British Government’s website as “a significant milestone in world history”. On August 4 it was marked by a range of national commemorative events including services of remembrance.
To coincide with the anniversary of a human conflict that left 1,000,000 dead by the end of 1914, SAS Blogs is running a series of opinion pieces contributed by historians from various universities. They are aimed at anyone interested in modern history and focus on five dates in the World War One timeline – 28 July (Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia), 4 August (Britain joins the war), 19 October (First Battle of Ypres), 22 November (Trench warfare) 8 December (The Battle of the Falkland Islands).
In addition to these, we have also pulled together a number of podcasts that offer varied insights into the global nature of WW1 and its repercussions, which are still felt in areas such as the Balkans and Palestine.
Digitising the First World War: opportunities and challenges
Professor Sir Deian Hopkin (President of the National Library of Wales)
Digital History Seminar Series
Institute of Historical Research
Dona Montefiore and World War One
Ted Crawford
Socialist History Seminar Series
Institute of Historical Research
Bombing and Memory: Britain and France, 1940-45
Professor Andrew Knapp (University of Reading)
Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture
Institute of Historical Research
War and the Female Franchise in Jamaica
Henrice Altink (University of York)
Gender and History in the Americas Seminar Series
Institute of Historical Research
The influence of Architecture in Cold War Literature
Antonia Mackay (Oxford Brookes University & Goldsmiths University of London)
Gender and History in the Americas Seminar Series
Institute of Historical Research
The Great War and masculinity in oral histories of Second World War enlistment
Joel Morley (Queen Mary University of London)
Institute of Historical Research
Senate House at War
Dr Karen Attar and Dr Richard Simpson
Bloomsbury Festival 2013: Senate House at War