Stories, Spaces and Societies - Globalising and Localising the Great War

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The centenary of the First World War demands innovative and inspiring research. Based in Oxford, Globalising and Localising the Great War (GLGW) is a centre for interdisciplinary research on the conflict committed to producing such scholarship. This podcast series contains excerpts from GLGW’s secon…

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    • Oct 21, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 35m AVG DURATION
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    'The Marrow of the Tragedy is Concentrated in the Hospitals': Negotiating Trauma and Resilience in the Narratives of Medical Personnel in the Great War

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2016 37:37


    The closing keynote by Dr Jane Potter illuminates how medics and nurses charged with treating the war wounded responded to and processed their experiences, analysing the stories these healers left behind and the silent spaces within them.

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    Public or Private? Personal Correspondence during the Great War

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2016 32:45


    In the first keynote of the conference, Professor John Horne (Trinity College Dublin, University of Oxford) explores the convergence of the public and private spheres during the Great War through the practice of letter-writing.

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