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This two-day symposium will explore new perspectives and understandings of the emotional and physical impacts of the First World War, and how the war is remembered today. It will build on the themes of the highly-acclaimed ‘ World War I: Love & Sorrow’ exhibition at Melbourne Museum, which follows eight personal stories through the chronology Read more …
Time is fast running out to register for the ‘War and Emotions’ symposium, 17-18 September 2015, Melbourne Museum. Speakers include some of the most outstanding historians on the impacts of the First World War in our time. Email enquiries. Twitter: #WarEmotions
The screening of this documentary will be followed by a roundtable discussion featuring Moira Fahy (filmmaker and scriptwriter), Tom Griffiths (William Keith Hancock Professor of History ANU), Alex Lambert (Lecturer in Communication and Media, Monash University), and Ruth Wraith (Psychotherapist), and chaired by Grace Moore (Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the History of Emotions). This Read more …