On the 11th November Britain will be commemorating Remembrance Day. To mark the event Brad Beaven and Mel Bassett will be talking about their research project ‘Mapping Jutland casualties’ at a ‘Gateways to the First World War’ Conference at the University of Kent. See the programme here: 11th-november-programme This project investigates the impact of the Battle […]
Professor Albert Grundlingh: Mutating memories & the making of a wartime myth. Remembering the SS Mendi Disaster, 1917-2007 This year, the Gateways to the First World War centre is delighted to welcome Professor Albert Grundlingh (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) as a visiting researcher. At events at the University of Kent and the University of Brighton […]
Port Towns and Urban Cultures’ Dr Brad Beaven (also a co-investigator for Gateways to the First World War) is on the advisory panel for a Heritage Lottery Funded bid obtained by the partnership of Portsea Parish and Fratton Big Local. The project will focus on the men listed on the war memorials in St Wilfrid’s Church, George […]
Port Towns and Urban Culture’s Dr Brad Beaven’s new blog post for the Gateways to the First World War project is now live. In the post, Brad reflects on Portsmouth City Museum’s First World War Researchathon held on 24 January 2015. “The clock was ticking. The tension in the room was palpable. Could we finish […]
Port Towns and Urban Cultures (PTUC) are pleased to announce this new vacancy from the University of Kent as part of The Gateways to the First World War, an AHRC-funded centre, of which PTUC’s Project Leader, Dr Brad Beaven is a co-investigator of. The project is designed to ensure public engagement with the First World War […]
