High Life Highland and the University of the Highlands and Islands are co-hosting this open and free study day with the First World War Centenary Partnership, led by Imperial War Museums, Gateways to the First World War, Living Legacies 1914-18 and Reflections on the Centenary of the FWW. The aim of this event is to bring community and academic audiences together to learn more about current research on Women and Work in the First World War, the archival and digital resources available to those planning to conduct their own research and centenary funding opportunities for community projects. It will also provide an opportunity for organisations to reflect on centenary activity so far in order to shape and inform future work, and will provide opportunities for discussion about best practice, planning for forthcoming anniversaries and networking.
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Programme
10:15 Registration
10:30 Welcome and introductions: Lorna Steele (High Life Highland) and Liz Robertson (IWM)
10:45 Panel 1 – Women and Work in the First World War: Prof Lucy Noakes (University of Essex), Dr Emma Hanna (University of Kent) and Dr Helen Brooks (University of Kent), chaired by Dr Sam Carroll (Gateways to the First World War)
11:30 Coffee break
11:45 Panel 2 – Women and Medicine in the First World War: Dr Patricia Whatley (University of Dundee) and another speaker TBC chaired by Dr Iain Robertson (University of the Highlands and Islands)
12:30 Lunch – and a chance to look at exhibition displays and tour the archive. Tours are limited and pre-bookable and are available at 12:45 and 13:15
13:45 Film screening and talk: on the MARRI (Medals All Round Research Initiative) Project, including female stories uncovered and dramatized: Dr Michelle Young (Living Legacies)
14:10 1914 monologue and Q&A session: ‘Extract from the 1914 play The Hem of the Flag by Kenelm Foss, with discussion’: Dr Helen Brooks (University of Kent)
14:30 Workshops – attendees have a choice from selection:
Reflections on the First World War: focus group and discussion of centenary activities – Prof Lucy Noakes (University of Essex)
FWW Community heritage project development and funding workshop – Dr Sam Carroll (Gateways to the First World War)
Interpreting historical research into a digital resource – Elaine Reid (Living Legacies)
Researching women in the First World War through Lives of the First World War – Catherine Long (IWM)
15:30 HLF presentation – funding First World War community heritage projects
15:45 Closing remarks: Katie Childs, IWM
16:00 End
https://www.highlifehighland.com/archives-service
https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en
www.1914.org/partnership
http://www.gatewaysfww.org.uk
http://www.livinglegacies1914-18.ac.uk
http://reflections1418.exeter.ac.uk
