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Yale historian Jay Winter: War is a Pandora’s Box

By Guest PostAugust 19, 2014Politicsberlin, body image, celebration, elektromagnetische Welle, episiotomy, first world war, gepotidacin, giuseppe sansone, istanbul, komplexe lichtwellenformen, lichtpulse, pandoras box, Paris, solithromycin, war, warsaw, yale historian, zoliflodacin

Jay Winter, the Charles J. Stille Professor of History and editor of the recently published three-volume “Cambridge History of the First World War,” recently spoke to YaleNews about how WWI has impacted the 20th century, what lessons can be learned from the conflict, and the emergence of a global history of the so-called “Great War.” The following is an edited version of that conversation.

One of your areas of study is the remembrance of war in the 20th century, such as memorial and mourning sites. What led you to study this topic?

My mother’s family was wiped out in the Holocaust, and its shadow haunted my childhood. Writing about mourning practices in the aftermath of the First World War was an indirect way of confronting indirectly part of my childhood. (more…)

Report shows lack of knowledge about World War One’s global impact

By Guest PostFebruary 21, 2014Politicsahrc, british council, catriona pennell, centenary battlefield, conflict, consequences of war, egypt, first world war, france, global impact, historian, Israel, john worne, lack of knowledge, lasting legacy, middle east, nazis in germany, ottoman empire, palestinians, russia, tours project, united nations, university of exeter, western front, world war one, ww1

A widespread lack of understanding of the global scale and impact of the First World War has been revealed in a new report. Research by the British Council in the UK and six other countries shows that knowledge of the conflict – which began 100 years ago – is largely limited to the fighting on the Western Front.

University of Exeter historian, Dr Catriona Pennell, acted as historical consultant to the report ‘Remember the World as well as the War’. It explores people’s perceptions and knowledge about the First World War and highlights the truly global nature of the conflict and its lasting legacy. This links closely with Dr Pennell’s various research projects, including the ‘First World War in the Classroom’, an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project that seeks to establish how the First World War is taught in English Literature and History classrooms in England, and will provide the data set that will inform the nature and content of the Institute of Education’s WW1 Centenary Battlefield Tours Project. (more…)

Unpublished WW1 novel shares secrets of the past with a new generation

By Guest PostNovember 6, 2013Culture, Politicsa romance, acts of courage, analysis, dcm, distinguished conduct medal, egalitarian belief, first world war, forest of dean, frederick william harvey, gloucestershire regiment, gloucestershire soldier, grant repshire, herbert howells, ivor gurney, new generation, poetry, prisoner of war, roger deeks, semi autobiographical novel, severnvale, soldier, university of exeter, unpublished ww1 novel, will harvey, world war

A heroic World War One soldier’s previously unknown semi-autobiographical novel has come to light following the completion of a project to archive and make public the manuscripts, poems and correspondence of Frederick William Harvey.

F W Harvey’s papers are now available to the public thanks to a major collaborative project between the University of Exeter and the Gloucestershire Archives.

The Gloucestershire soldier became well known nationally for his poetry and his acts of courage. Despite having trained as a solicitor, he enlisted in the ranks and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal before being made an officer. Found among Harvey’s papers was an unpublished novel titled ‘Will Harvey – A Romance’, which is a fictional, but semi-autobiographical, novel which covers the early lives and school-days of two brothers. The story then follows them into the trenches of WWI, where Eric is killed (as was F W Harvey’s brother in real life) and Will is captured (again as in real life). There were several attempts to have it published however it seems that the post-WWI public was no longer interested in reading about the war. (more…)

Largest Analysis of Public Opinions at Outbreak of World War I Challenges Popular Myth

By Guest PostJuly 16, 2012Politics1914, a kingdom united, august 1914, british, catriona pennell, dublin, first world war, france, Germany, irish, keith jeffery, outbreak, popular myth, public opinion, scotland, the, times higher education, trinity college, united kingdom, university of exeter, wales, war, war enthusiasm, world war

A groundbreaking book presents new evidence that challenges the way we understand British and Irish responses to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.

Almost 100 years since its outbreak, A Kingdom United presents the first ever fully-documented study of British and Irish popular reactions to the outbreak of the First World War. University of Exeter historian Dr Catriona Pennell has explored UK public opinion of the time and successfully challenges the myth of British ‘war enthusiasm’ and Irish disengagement.

Treating the UK as the state that it was in 1914 – the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland – the research is based on a vast array of contemporary diaries, letters, journals and newspaper accounts from across the country. The book explores what people felt and how they acted in response to an unanticipated and unprecedented crisis. (more…)

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Yale historian Jay Winter: War is a Pandora’s Box

Report shows lack of knowledge about World War One’s global impact

Unpublished WW1 novel shares secrets of the past with a new generation

Largest Analysis of Public Opinions at Outbreak of World War I Challenges Popular Myth