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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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Gateways at Broadwater Farm and Not Far from the Front.

  1. Zeppelins over London Film

    Project

    ‘Zeppelins over London’ is a Heritage Lottery funded educational and creative media project on the impact of Zeppelin bombing of London during the First World War.

  2. CALL FOR PAPERS: Extended Deadline - Unheard Voices - British, Anzac and Turkish Poetry of the Gallipoli Campaign

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    One-day conference funded by the AHRC-funded Gateways to the First World War public engagement centre

    Bronze sculpture Turkish soldier carrying a wounded Anzac soldier
    Bronze by Prof. Tankut Oktem: Turkish soldier carrying wounded Anzac soldier

  3. Gateways Film

    News

    On November 11th 2016, The Gateways team, along with some of its collaborators, held an all day event on the Canterbury campus to celebrate the launch of the second phase of the Gateways project, which will run from 2017...

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  4. Dancing with a Bully: Occupied Populations

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    Supported by Gateways to the First World War

    Leverhulme Lecture Series: Sophie De Schaepdrijver

    Grimond Lecture Theatre 2

    German soldiers watching a female lacemaker at work in German occupied Belgium
    © IWM Q87606. German soldiers watching a female lacemaker at work in German occupied Belgium

  5. Campaigns 'Away from the Western Front' explored with help from the National Lottery

    Project

    Away from the Western Front, a registered charity, is delighted to announce that it has received a grant of £99,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its dynamic First World War centenary project which will explore...

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