Resources
Resource: ‘Beyond Commemoration: Community, Collaboration and Legacies of the First World War’
On 13, Dec 2021 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
Beyond Commemoration: Community, Collaboration and Legacies of the First World War is an AHRC funded project which aimed to make visible the work of citizen historians involved in commemorative activity between 2014 and 2019. Read more…
Film: Voices of War and Peace
On 30, Nov 2020 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
You can now watch the final Voices of War and Peace film on YouTube. The film reflects on the Centre’s activities from 2014-2019.
Film by Iconic Productions
@Iconic_Director
Resource: Making Histories, Sharing Histories
On 23, Nov 2020 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
The Voices of War & Peace and Everyday Lives WW1 Engagement Centres have now published an open-access research guide to university-community collaboration.
Project: Combat Stress 100
On 21, Oct 2020 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
This Armistice Combat Stress is launching a ground-breaking new campaign: Combat Stress 100 – a true insight into the impact of living with military trauma. Unfiltered, unguarded and profoundly moving accounts from UK veterans highlight the agony of living with PTSD and the toll this, and other complex mental health conditions, can have on veterans and their families.
Book: Who Does Want to Kill Anyone
On 20, Jun 2018 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
WHO DOES WANT TO KILL ANYONE: The Story of Conscientious Objection in Mid-Staffordshire and the Black Country in WW1 by Gerry Barton and John Babb Read more…
The Unremembered: The British Story
On 14, Jun 2018 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
The Unremembered: The British Story
Book: First World War Military Service Tribunals, Warwick District Appeal Tribunal, 1916-1918
On 04, Nov 2017 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
Records of the Warwick District Appeal Tribunal, 1916-1918
Edited by Philip & Julie Spinks
Exhibition: They Also Served
On 30, May 2017 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
New exhibition: They Also Served
Read more…
Project: World War One & Muslim and Loyalist Identity
On 09, May 2017 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
World War One & Muslim and Loyalist Identity
This ground-breaking project in Belfast aimed to create better integration and understanding between the city’s Muslim and Loyalist communities through the unlikely medium of the First World War centenary.
First World War Memorials Programme
On 25, Feb 2017 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
First World War Memorials Programme: conserving and protecting UK War Memorials
Real baking challenges from the past!
On 04, Nov 2016 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
The commemoration of the First World War has seen a plethora of activity from media, museums, and community groups, much of it supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Living Memory project
On 11, Jul 2016 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
The Living Memory project remembers the forgotten front – the 300,000 war graves or commemorations right here in the UK.
New book: South Staffords at War, August 1914-December 1915
On 08, Jun 2016 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
Andrew Thornton, who has previously contributed to the Voices website, has recently published a new book, South Staffords at War: August 1914-December 1915.
Report: The First World War – Commemoration and Memory conference report
On 06, Apr 2016 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
On the 26 & 27 February 2016, IWM North played host to the inaugural event organised by the First World War Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers Network (FWW Network).
Free chapter download, The Acceptable Face of Feminism
On 08, Jan 2016 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
‘The WI: A legacy of the Great War’, Chapter Two from The Acceptable Face of Feminism by Prof Maggie Andrews, can now be downloaded for free on the Lawrence & Wishart website.
See previous blog for more details.
A Black Volunteer in Birmingham’s WWI, Small Heath
On 17, Dec 2015 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
Back when I was working in Birmingham Central Library on a wide range of heritage projects, a lot of my time was spent researching city collections that hadn’t been used or looked at for many years.
Courage without Glory: The British Army on the Western Front 1915
On 10, Dec 2015 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
Courage without Glory: The British Army on the Western Front 1915
Edited by Spencer Jones
Published by Helion & Co. (http://www.helion.co.uk/new-and-forthcoming-titles/courage-without-glory-the-british-army-on-the-western-front-1915.html)
New edition of The Acceptable Face of Feminism
On 20, Nov 2015 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
The Acceptable Face of Feminism: The Women’s Institute as a Social Movement
Maggie Andrews
New and revised edition
Published by Lawrence & Wishart
Oxford DNB updates
On 19, Oct 2015 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
The September 2015 update of the Oxford DNB adds biographies of 112 men and women who shaped British history from the 13th to 21st century. The update includes a special focus on the First World War during the year 1915. Among the new biographies is that of John Brodie, creator of the ‘Brodie helmet’ which was approved for production in September 1915.
New Resource from the University of Glasgow
On 13, Jul 2015 | In Exhibitions, Resources | By Voices
A special exhibition on the Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Foreign Service, curated by MSc Museum Studies postgraduate student Bethany Lane, is now showing through to the end of August in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel. Read more…
Starting soon, WW1: Aviation Comes of Age
On 02, Jul 2015 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
World War 1: Aviation Comes of Age
The University of Birmingham has teamed up with the BBC to offer a free online distance learning course marking the centenary of the First World War.
The Last Post Resource Pack now available
On 12, Mar 2015 | In Resources | By Nicola Gauld
Superact has just launched a free WWI music and history Resource Pack suitable for nurseries, schools, colleges and community groups.
New Films on ‘Human Battles on the Home Front’
On 15, Dec 2014 | In Exhibitions, Resources | By Voices
Eight short films have been produced for an exhibition on ‘John Galsworthy and Battles on the Home Front’. The University of Birmingham’s Cadbury Research Library holds the Galsworthy papers and was a major contributor of material to this exhibition at the Rose Theatre in Kingston.
Rare Film Footage Shows Life on the Home Front
The North West Film Archive opens its vaults to share compelling footage of life on the home front in North West England. Drawing on rare archive footage we feature amongst others, the Accrington Pals, the Lancashire Fusiliers and the Cheshire Regiment as they prepare for active service on the Western Front.
