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Gateways to the First World War is a centre for public engagement with the Great War centenary, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Our aim is to encourage and support public interest in the centenary through a range of events and activities such as open days and study days, advice on access to materials and expertise, and signposting for other resources and forms of support.
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  1. Recovering First World War Theatre: An invitation to be part of an exciting new research project

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    Join us and carry out research at the British Library on First World War play manuscripts.

    Are you interested in the First World War?

  2. Teaching the First World War: Continued professional development for teachers

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    Gateways Event

    As part of the University of Kent’s First World War Schools Project, a Continuing Professional Development for Teachers event has been organised for those wishing to find out more about teaching the First World War in the...

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  3. First World War Seminar Series 2015-2016

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    In Flanders Fields Museum, Gateways to the First World War and the University of Kent organize a series of eight seminars, accessible to all.

    Three British soldiers posing in front of the ruins of the Town Hall on the Market Square in Ypres, December 1914. (In Flanders Fields Museum)
    Three British soldiers posing in front of the ruins of the Town Hall on the Market Square in Ypres, December 1914. © In Flanders Fields Museum

  4. World War One plays - A Music Hall Extravaganza!

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    Gateways Event

    Threadbare Theatre Company are delighted to bring to Oxted a collection of First World War plays written between 1915 and 1918, including one little known piece written by A. A. Milne of Winnie the Pooh fame.

  5. Call for Papers: Pack Up Your Troubles. Performance Cultures in the First World War

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    Gateways to the First World War is pleased to announce a conference Pack Up Your Troubles: Performance Cultures in the First World War to be held at the University of Kent in Canterbury Wednesday...

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    Advert for the 5th Division 'Whizz Bangs Concert Party, December 1916
    © IWM (Q 1633) Two British soldiers standing in front of a signboard in Fonquevillers advertising the 5th Division "Whizz Bangs" Concert Party, December 1916. The sign reads 'Whizz Bangs. Ensure bursts of laughter, fun, jollity, frivolity, merriment. No Duds.'
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