Saturday 4 June 2016, 9.15am - 5pm

FIRST WORLD WAR STUDY DAY

This event, coming on the centenary of Lord Kitchener's

death and in the run up to the 100th anniversary of the

Battle of the Somme, aims to showcase some of the high level

research being conducted by historians at Sheffield Hallam

University.

Venue: The Atrium, Level 2,

City Campus

Sheffield Hallam University,

Howard Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB

www.shu.ac.uk

Main image: For King and Country © IWM (Art.IWM ART 6513)

Book your place at:

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Enquiries: gateways@kent.ac.uk

www.gatewaysfww.org.uk

Supported by:

A free study day organised by Sheffield Hallam University’s Department

Humanities Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University

8.45am Stall Holders and student volunteers arrive

9.15am Day Opens

9.45am Welcoming addresses (Peak Lecture theatre)

Chris Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam University)

Alison Fell (Gateways to the First World War / University of Leeds)

10.00am Session 1 (Peak Lecture Theatre)

Chris Corker: ‘Sheffield in World War I’

Nicola Verdon: 'War in the Countryside: Agriculture and Food Production'

11am Break

11.30am Session 2 (Peak Lecture Theatre)

Bruce Collins: ‘Kitchener: From Colonial Campaigns to Industrial Warfare’

Merv Lewis: ‘From the Somme to Victory: Lloyd George and the Generals, 1916 -18’

12.30pm LUNCH + further opportunity to look at stalls

1.30pm Session led by Helen Peacock, Development Officer for the

Heritage Lottery Fund, Yorkshire and Humber Region

(Peak Lecture Theatre)

2.00pm Session 3 (Peak Lecture Theatre)

Matthew Stibbe: ‘Enemy Aliens in Wartime: Sheffielders in the Ruhleben Camp in

Germany, 1914-1918’

Gertie Whitfield: ‘Looking Into a “Quiet Life”: Developing Materials for Use in

Schools on Enemy Aliens in Wartime’

3pm Break

3.30pm Film screening. 1916 British Documentary: The Battle of

the Somme (The Void). Introduced by Martin Carter

5pm Study Day ends

PROGRAMME