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A series of short introductory talks from experts in the field presenting new perspectives on the First World War. Produced by the University of Oxford.
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Creative Commons | Moving from War to Peace | The 3rd Keynote of the War Time 2016 conference held 9-11 November 2016 | Margaret MacMillan | 29 Nov 2016 |
| 18 | Creative Commons | Time-frames of the Great War | The 2nd Keynote of the War Time 2016 conference held 9-11 November 2016 | John Horne | 29 Nov 2016 |
| 17 | Creative Commons | The long and the short of it: time and strategic planning in the First World War | Keynote lecture given at the War Time 2016 conference | Hew Strachan | 28 Nov 2016 |
| 16 | Creative Commons | Mancunian Crusaders? | Exploring the chasm which existed between the crusading rhetoric of clergymen and the ways in which soldiers in the Manchester Regiment rationalised their involvement in the First World War. | Dan Smith | 10 Nov 2016 |
| 15 | Creative Commons | A Wordly War: Battle Experiences through the Eyes of African Cultures | Examining the First World War through the lives of African soldiers and labourers. | Josephine Niala | 10 Nov 2016 |
| 14 | Creative Commons | Remembering before the End: Death and the Great War' | Examining the many inventive and moving ways in which people began to mourn and commemorate their loved ones while WW1 was still ongoing and before official acts of public memory were established. | Alice Kelly | 10 Nov 2016 |
| 13 | Creative Commons | The Historian and the Centenary | Important questions, problems, and challenges pertaining to the role historians and scholars will play in the centenary of the First World War. | Pierre Purseigle | 29 Oct 2012 |
| 12 | Creative Commons | Rethinking British Volunteerism in 1914: A Rush to the Colours? | The British response to the outbreak of War in 1914. | Catriona Pennell | 29 Oct 2012 |
| 11 | Creative Commons | The Indian Sepoy in the First World War | The role of India and the Indian Sepoy in the First World War. | Santanu Das | 29 Oct 2012 |
| 10 | Creative Commons | Surplus Women | The First World War and its impact on emigration, work and marriage. | Rosemary Wall | 29 Oct 2012 |
| 9 | Creative Commons | The Better Part of Valour | Combatant Courage on the Western Front. | Edward Madigan | 29 Oct 2012 |
| 8 | Creative Commons | Conflict Culture | How much do we really know about the experience of the average individual soldier? | Matthew Leonard | 29 Oct 2012 |
| 7 | Creative Commons | Morality in Wartime Britain | Dr Edward Madigan from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission considers the issue of morality and the role of the British clergy during the First World War. | Edward Madigan | 10 Dec 2012 |
| 6 | Creative Commons | Wartime Art and Grief | German women and the aesthetics of loss portrayed through art during the First World War. | Claudia Siebrecht | 10 Dec 2012 |
| 5 | Creative Commons | Popular fiction in World War One | An argument for a more nuanced assessment of the popular literature consumed by the wider public during the First World War. | Jane Potter | 10 Dec 2012 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | The Sandwich that Sabotaged Civilisation | Myths and Mistakes. How a well known photograph and an infamous lunch break have shaped our memory of the Sarajevo assassination. | Dr Paul Miller | 10 Jan 2013 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | Soldiers on Leave | A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War. | Emmanuelle Cronier | 20 Feb 2013 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | Les Permissionnaires | A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War (in French). | Emmanuelle Cronier | 20 Feb 2013 |
| 1 | Creative Commons | Shot at Dawn | How a contemporary photographer is addressing one of the conflict's most sensitive topics. | Chloe Dewe Matthews | 18 Jul 2013 |