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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. Mutating Memories and the Making of a Wartime Myth in South Africa: Remembering the SS Mendi disaster, 1917-2007

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    In February 2016 Professor Albert Grudlingh visited the UK from Stellenbosch University, South Africa and gave talks at the University of Brighton and the University of Kent about the SS Mendi disaster of 1917.

  2. First World War Study Day

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    Organised by Gateways to the First World War

    This study day, coming on the centenary of Lord Kitchener's death and in the run up to the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, aims to showcase some of the high level research being conducted by historians at...

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    For King and Country © IWM (Art.IWM ART 6513)
    For King and Country © IWM (Art.IWM ART 6513)
  3. From Lawrence of Arabia to ISIS: The Archaeology of a Desert Insurgency, 1916-2016

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    A Research Seminar hosted by the Department of History and Politics at the University of Chichester.

  4. 'Discipline in the Belgian Army (1914-1918)', a talk by Senior Captain Tom Simoens

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    Gateways Event
    Organised by Gateways to the First World War

    Between 1914 and 1918, discipline in the Belgian army was deeply modified by the extreme living, working and fighting conditions of the trenches.

    Belgian troops marching past King Albert I of the Belgians at Houthem, 2 July 1918. © IWM (Q 9017)
    Belgian troops marching past King Albert I of the Belgians at Houthem, 2 July 1918. © IWM (Q 9017)
  5. The Day that Sussex Died

    Project

    Bishop Bell School in Eastbourne is beginning an exciting new First World War project about The Royal Sussex Regiment in the Battle of Boars Head thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £9,200 for Eastbourne PALS.

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