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1	What is a War Poem?	In this Open Day taster lecture, Kate McLoughlin explores how we might define a war poem,...	Kate McLoughlin
2	The Sandwich that Sabotaged Civilisation	Myths and Mistakes. How a well known photograph and an infamous lunch break have shaped our...	Dr Paul Miller
3	Wartime Art and Grief	German women and the aesthetics of loss portrayed through art during the First World War.	Claudia Siebrecht
4	Conflict Culture	How much do we really know about the experience of the average individual soldier?	Matthew Leonard
5	Rethinking British Volunteerism in 1914: A Rush to the Colours?	The British response to the outbreak of War in 1914.	Catriona Pennell

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1	Edmund Blunden	Margi Blunden, daughter of Edmund Blunden, talks about her father and his work.	Margi Blunden
2	Impact of the 1914 – 1918 Poets	Adrian Barlow looks at the impact of World War One poets in the years immediately following the...	Adrian Barlow
3	'Earth Voices Whispering’: Reading Ireland’s Poetry of WWI: An Introduction	Professor Gerald Dawe relates the Irish poetry of World War One to the history of Ireland itself...	Gerald Dawe
4	David Jones	Often overlooked, Dr Stuart Lee introduces David Jones and his seminal work 'In Parenthesis'....	Stuart Lee
5	Isaac Rosenberg: ‘Fierce Imaginings’ – the Private and the Poet	Author and editor, Jean Liddiard, presents the life and work of Isaac Rosenberg.	Jean Liddiard
6	Ivor Gurney: A Poet born out of War	Dr Philip Lancaster presents the life of literary musician Ivor Guney, and introduces some the...	Philip Lancaster
7	Manuscripts	In this short talk Dr Stuart Lee introduces some of the primary sources of World War One poetry...	Stuart Lee
8	Edward Thomas: Edwardian War Poet	Dr Guy Cuthbertson takes an in-depth look at the poet Edward Thomas.	Guy Cuthbertson
9	Popular Poetry	Dr Stuart Lee discusses the popular poetry of the War years and the formation of the canon in...	Stuart Lee
10	‘On your lips my life is hung’: Robert Graves and War	Dr Charles Mundye takes a look at how Robert Graves' experiences and feelings about War that...	Charles Mundye
11	Poetry vs. History	What place do the poets and their work have in the historical analysis of the War? Dr Stuart Lee...	Stuart Lee
12	Georgians and Others	Dr Stuart Lee gives a short introduction to the poetry movements that led up to the War.	Stuart Lee
13	The Early Poets	Dr Alisa Miller looks at the popular poets in the early years of the War and the way that the...	Alisa Miller
14	Poetry of the Empire	World War One was a conflict of empire, not of nation. In this lecture Dr Simon Featherstone...	Simon Featherstone
15	Siegfried Sassoon	Meg Crane looks at the war poems of Siegfried Sassoon, framed by the first and last (non-war)...	Meg Crane
16	Wilfred Owen	Professor Jon Stallworthy, editor and biographer of Wilfred Owen, introduces one of the most...	Jon Stallworthy
17	Women Poets	Dr Jane Potter looks at a range of women poets who wrote during, and in the years that followed...	Jane Potter
18	War Poetry	Dr Mark Rawlinson explores the relationship between War and War Poetry using Owen's famous '...	Mark Rawlinson
19	From Owen's Doomed Youth, to his doomed youth	Lecture at the event 'Wilfred Owen: From Doomed Youth to the Battle of the Sambre'....	Jean Moorcroft Wilson
20	The Last Phase	A discussion on the last phase of the First World War. A talk given at 'Wilfred Owen: From...	Max Egremont
21	The Sandwich that Sabotaged Civilisation	Myths and Mistakes. How a well known photograph and an infamous lunch break have shaped our...	Dr Paul Miller
22	Popular fiction in World War One	An argument for a more nuanced assessment of the popular literature consumed by the wider public...	Jane Potter
23	Wartime Art and Grief	German women and the aesthetics of loss portrayed through art during the First World War.	Claudia Siebrecht
24	The Better Part of Valour	Combatant Courage on the Western Front.	Edward Madigan
25	Rethinking British Volunteerism in 1914: A Rush to the Colours?	The British response to the outbreak of War in 1914.	Catriona Pennell

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