Observing the First World War, London, 3 Nov. 2015

Franco-British perspectives on the History & Memory of the Great War 3 November 2015 *** Organised by the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni in collaboration with British and French Universities   Organising committee:  Ludivine Broch (Westminster), Alison Carrol (Brunel), James Connolly (Manchester), Emmanuelle Cronier (Université de Picardie), Pierre Purseigle (Warwick) and Catherine Robert (IFRU) *** Welcome address by Catherine […]

Through the Fog of War

My introduction to Aftermath. Legacies and Memories of War in Europe, 1918–1945–1989 (Ashgate: 2014), co-edited with two of my favourite former colleagues at Birmingham, Nick Martin and Tim Haughton.

Aftermath. Legacies and Memories of War in Europe, 1918–1945–1989

Edited by Nicholas Martin, University of Birmingham, UK, Tim Haughton University of Birmingham, UK and Pierre Purseigle, University of Warwick, UK December 2014 254 pages 978-1-4094-4428-2 Focusing on three of the defining moments of the twentieth century – the end of the two World Wars and the collapse of the Iron Curtain – this volume […]