Hidden Histories of World War One

Bristol Radical History Group are hosting the international History From Below network conference which brings together historian-activists from all over Europe. This is a great opportunity to hear international perspectives, as participants in the conference give short presentations on hidden histories of World War One. In addition we will be exhibiting a collection of anti-war art by one of the most influential graphic artists of the 1980s, Gee Vaucher of CRASS, who will be discussing her work and its impact in the period.

Programme:

2.00pm-3.00pm

Gee Vaucher and panel: anti-war art

3.00pm Break for coffee/tea

Jean Jaurès (1914-2014) (Mario van Driessche, Ghent)

The Christmas Truces 1914-15: Miracle, myth or mass mutiny? (Roger Ball, Bristol)

Compulsion, Conscription and Class: The case of the Forest of Dean Miners (Ian Wright, Bristol)

Boden 1917: Why did you shoot your own officer? (Peter Box, Sweden)

4.30pm Break for coffee/tea

What are we fighting for? The East End and the First World War (David Rosenberg, London)

Opposition to WW1 in Germany: Rosa Luxemburg and others (Andrea Heubach, Berlin)

103 Foresters: Mutinies and death sentences in the local regiment 1914-18 (Philipp, Nottingham)

No Glory in War, Manchester – Alternative Ways of Marking the World War I Centenary (Ian Gwinn, Manchester)

Watch these Talks:

Gee Vaucher and panel: anti-war art

The Christmas Truces 1914-15: Miracle, myth or mass mutiny? – Roger Ball

Compulsion, Conscription and Class: The case of the Forest of Dean Miners – Ian Wright

What are we fighting for? The East End and the First World War – David Rosenberg

Opposition to WW1 in Germany: Rosa Luxemburg and others – Andrea Heubach

103 Foresters: Mutinies and death sentences in the local regiment 1914-18 – Philipp

No Glory in War, Manchester – Alternative Ways of Marking the World War I Centenary – Ian Gwinn