As part of the IAS Spotlight Series - 'Pacifism and Nonviolence', This seminar will bring together a group of scholars to reflect on the way violence is remembered and commemorated from the World Wars to the climate crisis.
Featuring the following talks:
- Dr Mathias Thaler, University of Edinburgh (UK) - Commemorating Loss in the Age of Slow Violence
- Dr Peter Yeandle, Loughborough University (UK) - “Honour the Dead, Serve the Living”: Poppy Politics in Britain in the 1920s and ‘30s
- Dr Victoria Basham, Cardiff University (UK) - SingaLongaWarYears! Nostalgia for the Second World War and Contemporary British Militarism
- Dr Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, Loughborough University (UK) - Contesting the Red Poppy Today: A Pacifist Critique of Dominant Remembrance Commemorations
Contact and booking details
- Name
- Kieran Teasdale
- Email address
- K.Teasdale@lboro.ac.uk
- Cost
- Free
- Booking information
- Please register via Zoom to join this webinar using the 'Book Now' link above