Open Spaces After The Great War: The Great War and the Countryside

By Professor Keith Grieves, Professor of History and Education, Kingston University This talk explores the interplay of remembrance, recreation and reafforestation after the war, examining the effects of military service and sacrifice on the preservation of scenic landscapes in the 1920s. Part of 'The Great War and the Countryside' seminar series marking a century since the outbreak of the First World War.The talks will reveal a range of narratives, including some connected with Berkshire and Reading. Others will chart the varied ways in which this terrible conflict came to impact upon the British countryside and beyond.

Suitable for
Not suitable for children
18+
16-17


Website
www.reading.ac.uk/merl/ww1seminars

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000391?id=EVENT466646