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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. 'Forbidden Zones: War Nurses in Hollywood 1931-32', a talk by Prof. Michael Hammond

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    Gateways Event
    Organised by Gateways to the First World War

    In 1929 Mary Borden published The Forbidden Zone, a book of poems and short stories drawn from her experiences as a volunteer nurse with the French Army.

    June Walker and Anita Page in “War Nurse” (1930). Credit: http://classicmoviestills.com/
    June Walker and Anita Page in “War Nurse” (1930). Credit: http://classicmoviestills.com/
  2. Theatre in the First World War

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    Supported by Gateways to the First World War

    This extended session supported by Gateways to the First World War will explore the ways in which the theatre industry contributed to the war effort and examine how wartime drama depicted the British experience of the the...

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  3. Nursing at the Front: Edie Appleton's War Diary

    Project

    In 2015 Prof Alison Fell (University of Leeds) embarked on a new AHRC-funded research project, supported by Gateways to the First World War, focusing on Sister Edie Appleton’s...

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    Sister Edie Appleton
    Sister Edie Appleton
  4. ' "A Path of Glory leading toward the Stars": Film and the Great War in the Air', a talk by Prof.dr. Luc Rasson

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    Gateways Event
    Organised by Gateways to the First World War

    A paper by Prof.dr Luc Rasson for the First World War Seminar Series organised by In Flanders Fields Museum, Gateways to the First World War and the University of Kent.

  5. Professor Albert Grundlingh: Mutating memories & the making of a wartime myth. Remembering the SS Mendi Disaster, 1917-2007

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    Professor Albert Grundlingh (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) will be giving talks at the University of Brighton (3 February) and the University of Kent (4 February) exploring the ways in which the 1917 sinking of...

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