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Gallipoli: a ridge too far, 5–6 August 2010, Canberra (AUS)

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In August 2010, the Australian War Memorial will convene an international conference to mark the 95th anniversary of the climactic battles of the Gallipoli campaign. In early August 1915, after months of stalemate in the trenches on Gallipoli, British and Dominion troops launched a series of assaults in an all-out attempt to break the deadlock [...]

World War I and the Modern World, Moscow, 26-27 May 2010

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A conference organized and sponsored by
International Independent University of Environmental and Political Sciences (IIUEPS Academy)
Russian Association of World War I Historians (RAWWH)
Russian State Historical Museum
Russian State Archive of Military History
Polish Academy of Sciences’ Permanent Representative at the Russian Academy of Sciences
Tibbits Historical Foundation (USA)
The Moscow International Conference “World War I and [...]

Conference Directions Section Now Updated

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The directions section of the conference pages has been fully updated, with links and information about the conference venues, accommodation and dinner locations. You can reach these pages directly by clicking here.

‘Remember Belgium’ – Poetry as Propaganda during the First World War

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Kluge Fellow, Geert Buelens, presents Remember Belgium – Poetry as Propaganda during the First World War, 17 July at 12:00 in Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building,
Library of Congress. This talk will address the use of poetry as propaganda, using First World War poems about Belgium by poets  …
Contact: lckluge@loc.gov
URL: www.loc.gov/loc/kluge//news/news2008.html#buelens