Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Events
  • Projects
  • Blog
  • Resources
  • Team
  • Volunteer
  • Contact Us

About Us

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.
Read more
Watch our short films:
Gateways at Broadwater Farm and Not Far from the Front.
  1. Seminar: ‘Returning Veterans, Pilgrimage and British War Cemeteries of the Western Front’ - Tim Godden

    Event
    Gateways Event

    ‘To anyone who knew this territory as it appeared after the battle, it is fascinating to stand at a point such as Dantzig Alley Cemetery, near Mametz, and take into view a wide sweep of country’, observed Captain H.A.

  2. Seminar: 'Refugee relief during the First World War: Belgian refugees in Birmingham’ - Jolien De Vuyst

    Event
    Gateways Event

    During the First World War, 1.5 million Belgians or one fifth of the total population fled the country. 250.000 were welcomed in England, which still accounts for the largest refugee movement in British history.

  3. Seminar: 'Notes and Swearies: Blasphemy and Obscene Language in Soldiers’ speech and song, 1914-1919' - Professor Mark Connelly

    Event
    Gateways Event

    British veterans of the First World War often commented on the obscene language and blasphemy they experienced in the army. This talk will examine the extent to which this reputation was deserved.

  4. Seminar: 'Demographic evolution of the population of Ypres, before, during and after the Great War' - Pieter Trogh

    Event
    Gateways Event

    The First World War had a far-reaching impact on the civilian population of and in Ypres. When the city saw the arrival of fighting armies in the autumn of 1914, thousands of refugees had sought refuge within its walls....

  5. Shalom Sussex Symposium - Jewish people in Sussex in WWI

    Event
    Supported by Gateways to the First World War

    Strike a Light - Arts & Heritage is hosting a one day symposium for the Shalom Sussex – Jewish People in WWI project on 10th December 2-7pm.

    This event is free to attend.

  • « first
  • ‹ previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • next ›
  • last »
  • Supported by:

Newsletter Signup

Please use the form below to sign up to our email newsletter. By submitting this form you agree to our Privacy Policy.

* required field

Copyright © 2014-2020, Gateways to the First World War, All Rights Reserved.

Website design & development by We Write the Web Ltd. Fine pixelcraft from Canterbury, Kent.