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September 2016

UMass Lowell - Remembering 1916: The Easter Rising, The Battle of the Somme and Impact on Lowell—A Public Engagement Conference
7th and 8th September 2016

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UMASS LOWELL IS PLEASED TO PRESENT
Remembering 1916: The Easter Rising, The Battle of the Somme and Impact on Lowell
A Public Engagement Conference Hosted in Partnership with Queen’s University Belfast

Sept. 7-8 UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center Lowell, MA

Please join us to explore the contested nature of remembering 1916 in Ireland and the impact that the events of 1916 –The Easter Rising and World War I -on Lowell.

Student scholarships are available to cover conference costs. Please contact Victoria_Denoon@uml.eduto register.

For additional information, and to register for the conference, please visit: www.uml.edu/xxx

Representing Living Legacies 1914-18

Professor Keith Lilley - Queen's University William Blair - National Museums Northern Ireland Dr. Kurt Taroff - Queen's University Dr. Colm Donnelly - Queen's University Belfast Mrs Fiona Herron - Living Legacies 1914-18 Miss Sophie Long - Living Legacies 1914-18 Miss Heather Montgomery - Living Legacies 1914-18

2016-09-08/07 - Irish Conference Poster

‘Training for War: WW1 Practice Trenches in Ireland’
Ms Heather Montgomery (Queens University Belfast)
24th September 2016 - 10.20 a.m. – 10.40 a.m.
Neill/Hoey Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub
Trinity College Dublin

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The Ninth International Fields of Conflict Conference, hosted by the Trinity Centre for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies in collaboration with the University of York, Rubicon Heritage & The Trinity Long Room Hub Trinity College Dublin.

‘Training for War: WW1 Practice Trenches in Ireland’

‌‌10.20 a.m. – 10.40 a.m. Ms Heather Montgomery (Queens University Belfast)

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2016-09-24 # The ninth International Fields of Conflict Conference

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Remember and Reflect, 16-17 September 2016
Donagahadee Sailing Club 10:00am-04:00pm

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Donaghadee Historical Society in partnership with North Down Museum invites you to a fascinating family day to commemorate local people who fought and died in the First World War in the wonderful setting of the Donaghadee Sailing Club on the 16th-17th September 2016.

• Bring your own WWI objects, tell your WWI Stories (Saturday 17th only)

• See yourself at the Front line (Saturday 17th only)

• Learn more about the local soldiers who fought

• Get the tools you need to explore your family history.

For more information visit northdownmuseum.com or donaghadeehistoricalsociety.org

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2016-09-17 # Remember and Reflect Donaghadee 2

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Remember and Reflect
17th September 2016 from 10:00am to 4.00pm - Donaghadee Sailing Club

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2016-09-17 # Remember and Reflect Donaghadee 1

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2016-09-17 # Remember and Reflect Donaghadee 1

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Critical Reflections: First World War, 1916
16th September 2016, 10am - 4:30pm at National museum of Ireland, Dublin

‌Northern Ireland & Ireland First World War Centenary Partnership Meetings – Professor Keith Lilley attending on behalf of ‘Living Legacies 1914-18’ AHRC WW1 public engagement centre.

To mark the First World War Centenary, over 3,600 organisations from 59 countries have joined the FWW Centenary Partnership, which is led by IWM (Imperial War Museums) and engaged the public in commemorations through thousands of educational activities.

You are invited to attend this meeting which will enable you to reflect on how your Centenary projects have gone so far in order to shape and inform your future work.

This is a two-day meeting and the programme across the two days will be complementary. You are welcome to attend either or both of the days.

Aims:

Encourage critical reflection upon public engagement with commemorations of 1916
Enable the sharing of plans to mark forthcoming FWW related anniversaries
Provide opportunities for networking and discussion about Partnership working

This meeting is open primarily to members of the FWW Centenary Partnership from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and due to limited capacity, we can only accept two participants per organisation. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

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Critical Reflections: First World War, 1916
15th September 2016, 10am - 4:30pm at Ulster Museum, National Museums N.I, Belfast

‌Northern Ireland & Ireland First World War Centenary Partnership Meetings – Professor Keith Lilley attending on behalf of ‘Living Legacies 1914-18’ AHRC WW1 public engagement centre.

To mark the First World War Centenary, over 3,600 organisations from 59 countries have joined the FWW Centenary Partnership, which is led by IWM (Imperial War Museums) and engaged the public in commemorations through thousands of educational activities.

You are invited to attend this meeting which will enable you to reflect on how your Centenary projects have gone so far in order to shape and inform your future work.

This is a two-day meeting and the programme across the two days will be complementary. You are welcome to attend either or both of the days.

Aims:

Encourage critical reflection upon public engagement with commemorations of 1916
Enable the sharing of plans to mark forthcoming FWW related anniversaries
Provide opportunities for networking and discussion about Partnership working

This meeting is open primarily to members of the FWW Centenary Partnership from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and due to limited capacity, we can only accept two participants per organisation. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Please click the image for more information

Basis for Sound Genealogical Research
10th September 2016 from 12.00pm to 1.00pm - Ulster Museum

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FAMILY HISTORY AFTERNOON

To link in with the Ulster Museum’s ongoing “Remembering 1916” programme and the European Heritage Open Days weekend staff from leading Irish genealogy firm, Eneclann, will be offering two free workshops on Saturday 10 September:

2pm – 3pm: Soldiers and Rebels

This workshop will look at the records available for tracing the Irish experience in the First World War, the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence. For further information or to reserve a place see: http://nmni.com/um/What-s-on/Events/Family-History-Workshop--Soldiers---Rebels.

2016-09-10 Basis for Sound Genealogical Research

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Basis for Sound Genealogical Research
10th September 2016 from 12.00pm to 1.00pm - Ulster Museum

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FAMILY HISTORY AFTERNOON

To link in with the Ulster Museum’s ongoing “Remembering 1916” programme and the European Heritage Open Days weekend staff from leading Irish genealogy firm, Eneclann, will be offering two free workshops on Saturday 10 September:

12 noon – 1pm: Basis for Sound Genealogical Research

This workshop will equip attendees with tools and tricks of the trade and is a perfect opportunity for anyone interested in building their family tree. Places can be booked online at: http://nmni.com/um/What-s-on/Events/Workshop--Basis-for-Sound-Genealogical-Research.

2016-09-10 Basis for Sound Genealogical Research

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WW1 resettlement scheme, Cleenish Island
9th September 2016, 8pm at The Ardhowen Theatre Enniskillen

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Making It Home

9th September 8:00 pm The Ardhowen Theatre Enniskillen

Based on research carried out by Bellanaleck Local History Group, this evocative and moving film tells the story of eleven ex-soldiers, survivors of the Great War, who came to live and farm on Cleenish Island in Upper Lough Erne.

Tickets £5.00

Book at The Ardhowen Theatre Box Office 02866 325440 or online at www.ardhowen.com

DISSENTING VOICES AND THE EVERYDAY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
8-10 September 2016

‌DISSENTING VOICES AND THE EVERYDAY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

‌Contribute to a lively exchange of ideas at this three-day event at The National Archives

8-10 September 2016

This three-day conference will examine the Home Front during the First World War. It will look at those who were left behind, and explore life and society in the immediate aftermath of the war

The conference will bring together academics, independent researchers, community groups and museum curators, among others, to generate dynamic discussion and networking opportunities. The event provides an opportunity for delegates to showcase recent research, foster new collaborations across the country and between different groups of researchers.

The conference is organised by The National Archives and the Everyday Lives in War Engagement Centre, on behalf of the five national

Themes

The conference will explore four major themes:

Life on the home front(s) We are looking for contributions with an international as well as a British angle.
Dissent As well as conscientious objection and political agitation, we also want the conference to explore the subtleties of dissent socially, religiously, and culturally.
Aftermath We want to explore such issues as cultural memory, as well as immediate matters such as post-war riots, gender relations, food, and housing.
The unfamiliar We are interested in exploring the less well-known aspects of dissent and everyday life, including the value of little-used sources and the interpretation of unusual artefacts associated with the First World War.

We encourage proposals that speak to one of these themes from the perspective of any geographical location. Potential topics include, but are not limited to,

Political
- MI5 workers
- Radical political activism
- Government responses to dissent
- Female suffrage
- Workers’ rights/unionism
Religious
- Spiritualism
- Christian Science responses to war
- Prophecy
- Religious pacifism
Social and cultural
- Theatre and entertainment
- Disorder – e.g. food riots in 1919 – Luton Town Hall burned down.
- Profiteering
- Hoarding
- Problems with First World War pensions
- Fortune-telling
- Advertising
- Newspaper reportage
- Alien, prisoner and refugee life
- Comedy/satire (music hall, literary, cartoons etc)
Gender
- Fashion (men and women)
- Female suffrage
- Female farm and factory work
- Children and role modelling (male and female)
- Choosing motherhood and non-childbearing lives in war and after
Material culture
- Graffiti
- Pension records
- Internment camp magazines
- Registration cards, Belgian refugees
- School logbooks
- Photography
- Food
- Marketing and advertising

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TBC
8 September 2016 from 6.30pm to 8.45pm

Subject : TBC

Speaker : TBC

Venue : The Branch meets from 6.30pm to 8.45pm at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), 2 Titanic Boulevard, BELFAST, BT3 9HQ

Donation: We ask for £4 to help support our activities as we have no other source of income

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2016-02-11 # Antrim and Down WFA 2016 branch programme

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Remembering 1916
Lecture: Dr Margaret O’Callaghan, “Northern Nationalism and the 1916 Rising”
7 September 2016 from 1.00pm to 2.00pm at Ulster Museum - FREE

Free Lunchtime Lecture: Dr Margaret O’Callaghan, “Northern Nationalism and the 1916 Rising”

Wednesday 7 September

Time 1pm – 2pm

Lecture Theatre, Ulster Museum

Free (Booking essential)

This talk will focus on Roger Casement and his circle.

Dr Margaret O’Callaghan is a senior lecturer in politics at Queen’s University, Belfast.

Book tickets online at:www.nmni.com/1916.

2016 - Various Event - Remembering 1916 NMNI

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Free Talk by Kate Adie on “Fighting on the Home Front: the Legacy of Women in World War One”
6th September 2016 from 1.00pm to 2.00pm - Ulster Museum

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When the First World War broke out, and a generation of men went off to fight, women emerged from the shadows of their domestic lives. Becoming a visible force in public life, they began to take up essential roles from munitions to policing, transport to sport, entertainment, and even politics.

In this free talk at the Ulster Museum former BBC Chief News Correspondent and bestselling author, Kate Adie, will chart the move towards equal rights with men that began a century ago and will consider what these women achieved for future generations.

Places can be booked online at http://nmni.com/um/What-s-on/Talks---Lectures/Lecture-by-Kate-Adie-on-Women---WW1.

2016-09-06 Fighting on the Home Front: the Legacy of Women in World War One

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MEDAL IN THE DRAWER

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FREE PERFORMANCES

Tuesday 27th September 2016: 1.30pm and 7.30pm
Brian Friel Theatre, Queen’s University, 20 University Square, Belfast, BT7 1PA

Wednesday 28th September 2016: 7.30pm only
Ashfield Girls School, Holywood Road, Belfast BT4 2LY

Thursday 29th September 2016: 1pm and 7.30pm
Duncairn Community Centre, Upper Mervue Street, Belfast, BT15 2JZ

Friday 30th September 2016: 1pm and 7.30pm
Donegall Road Methodist Church Hall, 381 Donegall Road, Belfast, BT12 6GR

HOW TO BOOK
Book online: www.belfastsomme100.com

Or contact: Eamon Quinn, mobile 07710 993 036,
email eamonquinn@yahoo.co.uk

Tickets subject to availability. Please click here or on the image to view full flyer.

2016-09-27 # Medal In the Drawer Ticket Information

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Remember and Reflect, 22 September 2016
Holywood Library 12:00am - 8:00pm

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U3A Holywood branch in partnership with North Down Museum invites you to commemorate local people who fought and died in the First World War in Holywood.

• View the Holywood at War Exhibition

• Bring your WWI objects, tell your WWi stories

• See yourself at the Front line

• Get the tools you need to explore your family history

For more information visit northdownmuseum.com.

PLease click here or on the image to view flyer for the event.

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2016-09-17 # Remember and Reflect Holywood 2

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Why Soldiers Fight? with Tom Thorpe
Ten weekly lecture-seminars on Wednesdays, 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm
Commencing on 28th September 2016 - Quen's University Belfast

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‌‌“What men will fight for seems to be worth looking into” noted American journalist H.L. Mencken after the First World War. This course will explore the willingness and commitment of soldiers to fight in three specific wars – the Great War, World War 2 and Vietnam.

Ten weekly lecture-seminars on Wednesdays, 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, commencing on 28 September 2016.
Fee: £72.00 (concession rate £42.00) – 10 CATS Points (Level 1)

For further details on enrolment visit the Open Learning website and enrol online at www.qub.ac.uk/ol or contact the Open Learning Office on 028 9097 3323/3539.

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2016-09-28 # Why Soldiers Fight v1

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Dominion Geordies in World War I
01/09/2016 - 13/11/2016
Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4JA

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Over 7,000 men and women from the North East of England served in the Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand armies during the First World War. The exhibition concentrates on the stories of around a dozen men who, having travelled thousands of miles to the various Dominions to make new lives, enlisted and fought for their adopted countries.

Opening Times

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm

Sunday 11am - 4pm

Price

Free entry, donations welcome

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2016-01-09 # Dominion Geordies in World War I

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