A New Open Resource for the Centenary
A New Open Resource for the Centenary Kate Lindsay (University of Oxford) World War One: Continuations and Beginnings will surface the highest quality Open Educational Resources (OER) on this historic...
View ArticleAugust 1914: England's Difficulty, Ireland's Opportunity?
August 1914: England's Difficulty, Ireland's Opportunity? Catriona Pennell (University of Exeter) Retrospectively, the summer of 1914 was portrayed as the culmination of the long Edwardian idyll that...
View ArticleArras: The Forgotten Battlefield
Arras: The Forgotten Battlefield Paul Reed () During the late 1980s the author interviewed several hundred British and Canadian veterans who had fought in the First World War. It will be no surprise...
View ArticleTactics and Training - Arras 1917
Tactics and Training - Arras 1917 Stephen Barker (Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust) There had been much tactical experimentation undertaken by the British Army during the Somme battles in the latter half...
View ArticleBronze caribou and Monchy le Preux
Bronze caribou and Monchy le Preux Matt Leonard (University of Bristol) The First World War is often viewed as a monstrous conflict that consumed vast amounts of material and men in grand battles,...
View ArticleMilitary maps of Arras 1917
Military maps of Arras 1917 Pat Lockley (University of Oxford) Blog post contribution to the World War One Centenary,Continuations and Beginnings, University of Oxford...
View Article"War Horse at Monchy-le-Preux“ 11 April 1917
"War Horse at Monchy-le-Preux“ 11 April 1917 Stephen Barker (Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust) Monchy-le-Preux was one of the keys to the northern end of the Hindenburg Line, giving the Germans ideal...
View ArticleTruth-telling versus literary allusion in David Jone's 'In Parenthesis' (1937)
Truth-telling versus literary allusion in David Jone's 'In Parenthesis' (1937) Anna Johnson (University of Oxford) Criticism of the literature of the First World War sometimes finds a place both for...
View ArticleArras Cathedral
Arras Cathedral Pat Lockley (University of Oxford) Arras Cathedral was severely damaged during the war, and became part of a propaganda / recruitment campaign. We've taken some of these propaganda...
View ArticleHitler: Munich to Arras
Hitler: Munich to Arras Pat Lockley (University of Oxford) From a Munich hospital in December 1916 future dictator Adolf Hitler sent a postcard to his comrade Karl Lanzhammer, expressing his desire to...
View ArticleThe Georgians will inherit the earth
The Georgians will inherit the earth Stuart Lee (University of Oxford) When Filippo Marinetti published the manifesto for the Futurist movement on the front page of Le Figaro on the 20th February 1909,...
View ArticleThe First World War of Objects
The First World War of Objects Matt Leonard (University of Bristol) Throughout history, conflicts have always been waged with the incorporation of all the modern technology at the belligerent's...
View ArticleAbsent Parachute
Absent Parachute Melanie Winterton (University of Bristol) Material culture studies brings to the fore all sorts of relations and associations between people and things that go beyond the actual form...
View ArticleUnder a green sea - experiences of gas warfare
Under a green sea - experiences of gas warfare Kate Lindsay (University of Oxford) This 3D simulation introduces you to the experiences of gas warfare in the trenches through interviews with veterans,...
View ArticleArras : Before and After
Arras : Before and After Pat Lockley (University of Oxford) Arras was part of the front line for a large period of the war. Although we focus on Arras in 1917, it was also a site of a battle in 1915...
View ArticleThe King of Albania
The King of Albania Pat Lockley (University of Oxford) Aubrey Herbert was almost blind but served in France, Gallipoli and Mesopotamia in World War One. He was the basis for characters in the work of...
View Article10thWest Yorks at Arras: An Overview of a Forgotten Battalion
10thWest Yorks at Arras: An Overview of a Forgotten Battalion David Stowe The 10th West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) is one of the 'forgotten' battalions of the Great War. Its part in...
View ArticleArras 95 Tweets Map
Arras 95 Tweets Map Pat Lockley (University of Oxford) This resource consists of geotagged tweets to tell the Arras 95 story. There is also a KML layer for the geotagged tweets
View ArticleThe Medals of Arras
The Medals of Arras Pat Lockley (University of Oxford) There is no easy way to compare medals across different armed forces - they remain distinct entities without comparison. Harry Cator won a VC and...
View ArticleArras95: Twitter Archive
Arras95: Twitter Archive Kate Lindsay (University of Oxford) Between the 9th April and the 16th May the author tweeted the Battle of Arras in real time, 95 years after the event took place. With...
View ArticleSlimescapes
Slimescapes Santanu Das (Queen Mary University of London) If the First World War is described as the end of illusion for a whole generation of young men, the horrors of trench mud can be said to be the...
View Article18-Pounder Artillery Shells: The Great War Recycled and Re-Circulated
18-Pounder Artillery Shells: The Great War Recycled and Re-Circulated Melanie Winterton (University of Bristol) The intention of war is to kill, to maim and to destroy using, for example, the agency of...
View ArticleShell-shock on film
Shell-shock on film Fionnuala Barrett (University of Oxford) One of the most vivid resources which the WW1C project has found is this series of videos from the Wellcome Collection depicting...
View ArticleArras95 Tweet Timeline
Arras95 Tweet Timeline Pat Lockley (University of Oxford) A series of resource and information links relating to the Arras timeline in World War 1
View ArticleIntroduction to American Politics
Introduction to American Politics The Saylor Foundation This Saylor course aims to provide a strong understanding of the American political system.
View ArticleIntroduction to Western Political Thought
Introduction to Western Political Thought The Saylor Foundation This Saylor course examines major texts in the history of political thought.A wide variety of political and radical thinkers are...
View ArticleAnnotated employability assessment for BA History
Annotated employability assessment for BA History Coventry University A marked and annotated assessment exemplar of a motivation statement and SWOT analysis evidencing a student's employability,...
View ArticleEmployability Conference: Gary O'Donoghue - Political Correspondent for the BBC
Employability Conference: Gary O'Donoghue - Political Correspondent for the BBC Gary O'Donoghue Gary O'Donoghue talks about political journalism, the mps expenses scandal and electoral reform
View ArticleSami Tent in Second Life
Sami Tent in Second Life Beyond Distance Research Alliance Forming part of an archaeological theory module in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester, student...
View ArticleAmerica and the World - US Foreign Policy
America and the World - US Foreign Policy J Simon Rofe This OER is drawn from a Masters-level online course and the primary aim of this learning material is to give a grounding in the issues and ideas...
View ArticleDiplomatic Systems
Diplomatic Systems J Simon Rofe This OER is drawn from a Masters-level online course and its general aims are to: to examine (a) the conditions in which diplomacy is stimulated, (b) the nature of the...
View ArticleDissertation
Dissertation J Simon Rofe Alejandro Armellini Nichola Hayes Stuart Johnson Simon Kear This OER is drawn from a Masters-level online dissertation pre-proposal course. A series of moderated e-tivities...
View ArticleThe Art of Negotiation
The Art of Negotiation J Simon Rofe This OER is drawn from a Masters-level online course and its general aims are to: (a) provide a good grasp of the specialized language of diplomacy, and especially...
View ArticleVisions of the Modern American Presidency
Visions of the Modern American Presidency J Simon Rofe This OER is drawn from a Masters-level online course and it aims to develop participant's knowledge of the key approaches to the Presidency: to...
View ArticleServing Soldier
Serving Soldier King's College London Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives This JISC-funded website provides access to digitised content drawn from the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at...
View ArticleHealth Care--Family and Women
Health Care--Family and Women University of Leicester This audio file is a segment of an interview with Grace Fox, healthcare worker in inner-city Leicester in the 1960s. She describes issues of health...
View ArticleUtilities and Housing
Utilities and Housing University of Leicester This audio file is a segment of an interview with Grace Fox, a healthcare worker in the Walnut Street area of Leicester. Grace discusses what utilities...
View ArticleAime Cesaire and Derek Walcott
Aime Cesaire and Derek Walcott Jason Allen Dominic Davies University of Oxford. English Faculty In this audio podcast from the University of Oxford, Jason Allen offers a comparative discussion of two...
View ArticleBound for Britain: experiences of immigration to the UK
Bound for Britain: experiences of immigration to the UK The National Archives Education Website Between 1948 and 1970 nearly half a million people left their homes in the West Indies to live in...
View ArticleBlack Presence: Asian and Black history in Britain, 1500 - 1850
Black Presence: Asian and Black history in Britain, 1500 - 1850 The National Archives Education Website Black and Asian Studies Association This is a virtual interactive exhibition about people of...
View ArticleHow to research Black history
How to research Black history Ian Grosvenor Birmingham City Archives University of Birmingham. School of Education University of Warwick. Sociology Department Black Pasts, Birmingham Futures This...
View ArticleClass Wargames interview with Kimathi Donkor
Class Wargames interview with Kimathi Donkor Class Wargames Kimathi Donkor An interview with artist Kimathi Donkor about his painting "Toussaint L'Ouverture at Bedourete" which depicts the Haitian...
View Article'Race', ethnicity and sport
'Race', ethnicity and sport The National Archives Education Website Sport can be an extremely useful lens though which to examine the complexities of human ideas about ethnic and racial 'difference'....
View ArticleWindrush settlers
Windrush settlers The National Archives Education Website At the end of the Second World War, Britain was busy rebuilding. The government was thinking about recruiting workers from the Caribbean to...
View ArticleGeorge Hallett
George Hallett Birmingham City Archives This resource is part of the Connecting Histories resource, and draws on the collections of Birmingham City Archives. George Hallett is a South African...
View ArticleVanley Burke
Vanley Burke Birmingham City Archives This resource is part of the Connecting Histories resource, and draws on the collections of Birmingham City Archives. Vanley Burke was born in the parish of St....
View ArticleTracing Indian students at Oxford before the Second World War
Tracing Indian students at Oxford before the Second World War Sumita Mukherjee University of Oxford An 18 minute podcast where Dr Sumita Mukherjee traces the links between British education and Indian...
View ArticleConnecting Histories
Connecting Histories Birmingham City Archives University of Birmingham. School of Education University of Warwick. Sociology Department Black Pasts, Birmingham Futures This is the website of the...
View ArticleObserving the 1980s
Observing the 1980s University of Sussex Observing the 1980s brings together archive material from the Mass Observation Project for the period 1981-1990, interviews from the British Library Oral...
View ArticlePetrie Museum: E-Catalogue
Petrie Museum: E-Catalogue University College London The Petrie Museum at UCL houses one of the largest archaeological collections in the world for Egypt and Sudan. This object analysis e-learning...
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