UQ and the Centenary of WWI: What have we learnt?
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Room: W331 (West Wing), Forgan Smith Building (1)
The current centenary of the 1914-18 conflict has stimulated a major public conversation about the meaning of the ‘Great War’. Attention has been directed to the war’s significance as a vast historical event, its cost in human and social terms, and its place in Australian identity and myth-making.
Research and engagement activities undertaken by UQ’s History staff and affiliates have contributed to this conversation, from formal research projects and doctoral theses to symposia, exhibitions and even a theatre production. Join us to hear key figures in these research and commemorative activities discuss what the University community has learnt in remembering WW1.
PROGRAM
- Dr Geoff Ginn (UQ), introduction (5 minutes)
- Dr Mark Cryle (UQ) UQ during WWI: Loyalism, Duty and Sacrifice. (25 minutes)
- Dr Romain Fathi (Flinders U): Remembering the War: Somewhere in France (25 minutes)
- Michael Futcher, playwright: The Blood Votes: The Conscription Debates on Stage (25 minutes)
- Discussant: Associate Professor Martin Crotty, followed by audience Q&A (20-30 minutes)