On 22nd June, Year Five students from Stonelow Junior School, Derbyshire visited the History department at the University of Nottingham and the University’s Digital Humanities Centre. The students spent time with Centre for Hidden Histories Community Liaison Officer, Mike Noble, who used artefacts from the World War One era, such as British army caps, former artillery shells, spoons used in the trenches and medals awarded to British and German soldiers in order to tell students about the history of the First World War. This was from the perspective of the men who served in the trenches and the women who worked in armaments factories on the Home Front.
This, the second of Manchester Metropolitan University’s two evening sessions to mark the centenary of the momentous events in Russia in 1917, will be led by Dr. Catherine Danks.
Buy 5 1/2% bonds – War Bonds for Victory.” The twin-headed eagle was the Russian Tsar’s Imperial standard during WWI
At the beginning of the First World War in 1914 the warring peoples and nations of Europe were each consumed by their own fanatical patriotism. They saw the war as an opportunity to test their virility. A major outpouring of Russian patriotism, fed by the vast machinery of Tsarist propaganda, reached its climax between the outbreak of the war and the abdication of the Tsar in February/March 1917. The attempts to persuade the Russian people to support the war effort were made through such innocuous tools of media as photographs, prints, post cards and even paper toys.
Dr. Catherine Danks, Senior Lecturer in History at the Manchester Metropolitan University, is a specialist in Russian Studies, working on Russia-related aspects of a major historical project Hidden Histories of World War One. An active member of the Manchester-St. Petersburg Friendship Society, she has intimate knowledge of St. Petersburg historical archives.
Thursday, May 11, 2017, 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm
Room G 33, Lecture Theatre 4 (Ground Floor)
The Business School and the Student Hub
Manchester Metropolitan University
Admission Free, but a donation of £2 in aid of the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity will be greatly appreciated.
Free car parking under the Mancunian Way, behind the business School and the Student Hub. Entrance through Chester Street.
If you interested in doing something to commemorate the centenary of the First World War in the South East of England or if you want to find out more about unfamiliar parts of the war, and how you can get help from researchers to investigate aspects of the conflict, then this event is for you.
If you have thought of applying to the Heritage Lottery Fund’s First World War: Then and Now grant programme and need help shaping a project, or if you are coming to the end of a funded project and are looking for inspiration for another, then you will find lots to interest you here.
The session will involve presentations from:
Professor Mark Connelly (University of Kent) on The Battlefields Revisited Project.
Dr Chris Kempshall (East Sussex County Council and Goldsmiths, University of London) on The impact of the First World War on the South East.
Susanne Crosby (Sound Architect Creative Media) on two HLF funded projects ‘The Day Sussex Died and Twelve and Sixpence’.
Catherine Harvey (Hastings Museum) on the Hastings Remembers project.
Sarah Wicks (HLF South East) on The First World War: Then and Now Grant.
Mike Noble (Hidden Histories) on the Hidden Heroes of Empire project
Liz Robertson (First World War centenary partnership)
There will also be an opportunity to discuss project ideas with engagement centre colleagues, HLF development staff and other community partners in the afternoon.
Booking is essential and can be done here. We might be able to offer help with travel expenses for community groups to attend this event. You can make a request for this when booking.
Gateways and Hidden Histories are two of five First World War Engagement Centre centres based in universities across the UK. They welcome enquiries from individuals or groups wherever they are located and are especially keen to reach out across the South East for this event. They can connect you with university researchers, recommend archives and resources, advise on documenting and sharing your project and direct you to relevant training. Each centre has areas of particular expertise. You can find out more on the First World War Engagement Centres website.
