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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. New Focus at Impressions Gallery awarded Heritage Lottery Fund ‘Young Roots’ support

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    New Focus, a dynamic group of young people based at Impressions Gallery in Bradford, has received £34,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) ‘Young Roots’ scheme for No Man’s Land: Young People Uncover Women’s...

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    The grave of Betty Stevenson is tended to by a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in a graveyard at Etaples, France.
    IWM (C) Q8028 The grave of Betty Stevenson is tended to by a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in a graveyard at Etaples, France.
  2. Film Screening: Battle of the Somme

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    Supported by Gateways to the First World War

    The University of the Highlands and Islands Centre for History in partnership with the Highlanders’ Museum, Fort George and First World War Centenary, led by IWM, would like to invite you to a screening of The Battle of...

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    Highlands Somme film flyer
    Image courtesy of IWM (c) Ref Q743
  3. CALL FOR PAPERS: THEIR PAST, THEIR MEMORY?

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    Date: Friday 15 September 2017

    A one day interdisciplinary workshop hosted at King's College, London.

    Members of the 1 Buffs on a trench parapet, December 1914 during the Christmas truce.
    Members of the 1 Buffs on a trench parapet, December 1914 during the Christmas truce.
  4. Postgraduate students guide visitors to unlock historic Ypres

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    Postgraduate students from the University will help guide visitors to the historic Belgian city of Ypres during its commemoration of the WW1 battle fought there.

  5. The Orange Lilies Project - Textile Workshop

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    Supported by Gateways to the First World War

    Textile Workshop Jubilee Library Jubilee Street Brighton

    Part of the Orange Lilies project by Strike a Light Arts & Heritage

    strikealight.org

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