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FWW Network

@FwwNetwork

AHRC-funded PhD and ECR network, bringing together researchers with an interest in the First World War.

 United Kingdom
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Joined March 2015
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If you're around the Egham area on Monday evening, please join us for what should be a really moving Armistice Day service at the beautiful @RoyalHolloway College Chapel, organised by @HistSocRHUL and the Jane Holloway Choir. @FWWsoc @FwwNetwork @greg_jenner
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Ian Alderman@IAlderman7 Nov 2019
The amazing letter box carved by #WW1 soldiers into the wall of a chalk cave near Vimy, France. #recoveringthepast #acenturyon For a unique contemporary take on the #FWW visit acenturyon.com | recoveringthepast.com
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Replying to @JuliaGSpencer
This summer I had the opportunity to attend The First World War: Past, Present, and Future put on by @FwwNetwork in Edinburgh. I was there to talk about jackpeirs.org a Digital Humanities project. It was great to talk to archives users. @jackpeirs #AskAnArchivist
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Very excited to see how this piece from our artist ambassador @Paine_Proffitt develops. Be sure to follow Paine to see the final composition! #sportingheritageandarmedforces @BSATrust @TJGodden @armymuseumsuk @FwwNetwork @footballandwar #NSHD2019
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I have just published “The First World War on the streets: Buenos Aires and New York”, coauthored with Ross J. Wilson academia.edu/40466567/_The_F… vía @academia @FWWbib @FWWsoc @FwwNetwork @urbanhist @GlobLocOx @HNetWar
“The First World War on the streets: Buenos Aires and New York”

“The First World War on the streets: Buenos Aires and New York”

The outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 brought ethnic, cultural and political identities into conflict on the battlefields of Europe, but on the city streets of New York and Buenos Aires,...

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A #BookReview of my research on humanitarian action and neutrality is now available online (in German) infoclio.ch/de/rez?rid=28955… @FWWsoc @FwwNetwork @FWWbib @Resilienthum @FabianMKlose #twitterstorians

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Hugh Dan MacLennan discusses the impact of the #FirstWorldWar upon the Island's and Highlands population, language and the sport of #Shinty in our latest #sportingheritageandarmedforces podcast. Give it a listen 🎧 bit.ly/2kgsnhK @armymuseumsuk @FwwNetwork #Camanachd
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PGCA2019@pgca20194 Sep 2019
We're very proud to include a small but excellent #WW1 panel in our programme for #pgca2019 in #glasgow next month. Featuring presentations by @SimonVerdegem @Conflict_arch & @LouBell. Perhaps of interest to members of @FwwNetwork, @TheWFA and @FWWsoc pgca2019.wordpress.com/atten…
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General Information The Sixth Postgraduate Conference in Conflict Archaeology is open to the public and anyone with an interest in the papers being presented may register to attend. For a full over…

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Anyone know where these incredible papers found their home? .. #WW1 #Armistice #History #Research #museums #Compiegne @IWM_Centenary @GuildofBG @TheWFA @herts_at_war @CVHISTORYFEST @UCL_FWWCBTP @FwwNetwork – at East, England
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@ChristiesInc12 Dec 2018
#AuctionUpdate A collection of Captain Jack Marriott's letters, typescript and other ephemera give a remarkably vivid account of the atmosphere and personalities of the Armistice negotiations. These eye-witness materials achieve £15,000 at today's auction. #Christies #London
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Maybe move onto WWII, this year being the 75th Anniversary of the Kohima Battle, often referred as the Stalingrad of the East, interest in the Burma Campaign in our region is picking up.
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Better late than never. Thank you @FwwNetwork for having me. To all the people I interacted at the Conference, a big thank you. Taken home memories of good people
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Replying to @Kensingtons @FwwNetwork @ChrisKempshall
Such a pleasure to have met you all...
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Replying to @CulturalRecall
@CulturalRecall Thanks for posting about my paper at the @FwwNetwork conference - I only just found it. Please do contact me - Kathy Flatter
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Part of my presentation at First World War @FwwNetwork Conference in Edinburgh at end of June
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Katherine breaks there to now show the contrast with examples from the Nazi era, including relevant music!
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Lovely feedback on my paper at the First World War @FwwNetwork conference in Edinburgh at the end of June
Rob Page (@CulturalRecall) profile pictureRob Page@CulturalRecall27 Jun 2019
Really loved this paper tracing German memorialisation through the inter-war years. Plenty of questions for Katherine. @FwwNetwork #FWWPPF
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Skipton POW@skiptonpow13 Jul 2019
Fantastic evening yesterday at the opening of our information board. Massive thanks to Wolf Kahler for coming up to Skipton. Thanks to @FwwNetwork for the grant!
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Lovely unveiling @skiptonpow & @CravenFWW's new interpretation board for the German POWs held at #RaikeswoodCamp - so important to emphasise this shared heritage now! #ww1 – at Skipton, England
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CALL FOR PAPERS: We are excited to announce the #CFP for the Modern Conflict Research Symposium 2.0. Researchers from all disciplines and professions are invited to submit abstracts of 300 words relating to the theme ‘Re-interpretations’ THREAD 1/3
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Rob Page@thepagey3 Jul 2019
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@FwwNetwork @GatewaysFWW @LegaciesofWW1 @FWWsoc @FWWbib @FWWLives @RUSI_ArmyFellow @Barney065 @wavellroom @SWWresearch @SWWStudiesEdin @DefenceResearch @KCLSecurity
modernconflict2.0 (@modernconflict1) profile picturemodernconflict2.0@modernconflict13 Jul 2019
CALL FOR PAPERS: We are excited to announce the #CFP for the Modern Conflict Research Symposium 2.0. Researchers from all disciplines and professions are invited to submit abstracts of 300 words relating to the theme ‘Re-interpretations’ THREAD 1/3
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Replying to @tonythorne007 @belgianrefugees @ProfPeterDoyle @DavidUnderdown9 @VeroniqueDuche @LanguagesFWW @FwwNetwork @19141918online @TheWFA @ww1lives
Australian newspaper evidence for this from 1890s. Not much from the decade of the war but found this humorous 'letter' from 1918.
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