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Gateways to the First World War is a centre for public engagement with the Great War centenary, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Our aim is to encourage and support public interest in the centenary through a range of events and activities such as open days and study days, advice on access to materials and expertise, and signposting for other resources and forms of support.
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  1. Internment during the First World War: A Mass Global Phenomenon

    Event

    A two-day conference at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester. Organised by the History Research Group at De Montfort University in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum North.

  2. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Commemoration of World War I in English music and poetry

    Event
  3. Home Fires Oral History Drop In

    Event
    Organised by East Sussex County Council First World War Commemorations

    Drop in reminiscence session with Dr. Sam Caroll (University of Brighton, Centre for Research in Memory, Narrative and Histories & Spoken Memoirs)

  4. Unofficial truces take place at various points on the Western Front over the Christmas period.

    Event

    Read more about the 1914 Christmas Truce in this blogpost by Gateways' Dr Emma Hanna.

  5. The Battle of the Falkland Islands.

    Event

    A Royal navy task force sinks three German cruisers that were victorious at the Battle of Coronel in November. Only the SMS Dresden escapes.

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