Capturing Commemoration - Reflections on the First World War Centenary in Britain

An exacting study of the activities that marked the First World War Centenary within the UK from 2014 to 2018 that considers how this period shaped national identity and the increasingly collaborative field of public history.

Info autore

Lucy Noakes is the Rab Butler Chair and Professor of Modern History at the University of Essex. She researches the experiences and memory of the twentieth-century’s two total wars in Britain and is President of the Royal Historical Society.

Catriona Pennell is Professor of Modern History and Memory Studies at the University of Exeter. She is interested in the socio-cultural history of modern conflict and empire, with a particular focus on youth, education, and the transmission of cultural memory. 

Emma Hanna is a Senior Lecturer in British Military History at the University of Kent. She has published widely in international journals and edited collections about the history and memory of the First World War. 

Lorna Hughes is Professor in Digital Humanities at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Her research focuses on the creation of digital cultural heritage, and the use and re-use of digital collections for research, teaching, and public engagement.

Chris Kempshall is a public historian and the current President of the International Society for First World War Studies. He has written widely on the First World War, the portrayal of warfare in computer games, and the use of history in the Star Wars franchise.

James Wallis is currently the (Acting) Head of Commemorations Casework at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Between 2017 and 2021, James acted as Research Fellow on the ‘Reflections on the Centenary of the First World War’ project, based at the University of Essex.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Emma Hanna, Lorna Hughes, Lucy Noakes, Lucy Pennell Noakes, Noakes Lucy, Pennell Catriona
• Editore: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9781836952572
• ISBN: 978-1-83695-257-2
• Pagine: 188
• Serie: Explorations in Heritage Studies
• Categorie: Guide e manuali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; NON-CLASSIFIABLE, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, Museology and heritage studies, Stationery and miscellaneous items, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Miscellaneous items, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I