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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. Black African Soldiers in WW1

    Event

    Where: Community House, 311 Fore Street, Edmonton, London, N9 0PZ

    FREE EVENT

    The Kongolese Children's Society has been working on a HLF funded project, supported by Gateways.

    African Soldiers WW1
    African Soldiers WW1

  2. Mind, Body and Soul: The Salvation Army and YMCA on the Western Front, 1914 - 1918

    Event
    Gateways Event
    Supported by Gateways to the First World War

    Research Centre, Reading Room, In Flanders Fields Museum, Sint-Maartensplein 3, 8900 Ieper

    Ottoman wounded after Tikrit 1917 Copyright: IWM Q 24439
    Ottoman wounded after Tikrit 1917 Copyright: IWM Q 24439

  3. CALL FOR PAPERS: International Conference - Thinking Sex after the Great War

    News

    Deadline 15/12/2017 (Conference 17-18 October 2018, Brussels)

  4. First World War Seminar Series 2017-18 delivered in Canterbury, UK and Ieper, Belgium

    News

    FREE AND OPEN TO ALL

    Gateways to the First World War and In Flanders Fields Museum, Iepers, Belgium are delighted to present their 2017-18 First World War seminar series:

    Belgian Refugees in Folkestone during WW1
    Belgian refugees in Folkestone during WW1

  5. The Stories Behind the Pictures: Colonial Troops in the First World War

    Event

    We are pleased to invite you to join us at our launch event for our project “The Stories behind the Pictures: Colonial Troops in the First World War’’.

    A Chinese worker with a model junk at the Chinese Labour Corps Camp at Caestre, 14 July 1917’
    © IWM (Q 5900) A Chinese worker with a model junk at the Chinese Labour Corps Camp at Caestre, 14 July 1917’
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