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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. Women's Work: women's employment in the First World War and Interwar Years

    Event

    Women’s Work: women’s employment in the First World War and Interwar Years Friday 27 January 2017, 10.00-16.00

    Women in work

  2. CALL FOR PAPERS: 'FAITH AND WAR IN RETROSPECT: REMORSE, RECONCILIATION AND RENEWAL'

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    International Network for the Study of War and Religion in the Modern World

    Eighth Annual Conference

    Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre, Amport House, Hampshire

    Wednesday 12- Friday 14 July 2017

  3. HOW MANY HOPES LIE BURIED HERE MOTHER

    Blog Post

    A blogpost by Roelof Bakker giving some background information about why he made How Many Hopes Lie Buried Here Mother, an unbound book of photographs showing ages documented on the headstones of fallen Commonwealth...

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  4. BREAKING THE MYTHS - WORLD WAR 1 AND AFRICA

    Event
    Supported by Gateways to the First World War

    Breaking the Myths is a Heritage Lottery Funded project examining the geographical, geopolitical and cultural impacts of WW1 on...

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    Still - World War one and Africa

  5. PORTSDOWN U3A SHOWS THE SILENT FILM, THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

    Event
    Supported by Gateways to the First World War

    This year, the Imperial War Museum and members of its First World War Centenary Partnership are working together to show the UNESCO listed film, The Battle of the Somme, to audiences across the world.

    Portsdown Film Screening photo by Duncan Shepherd
    Portsdown Film Screening photo by Duncan Shepherd
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