scholarly journals Creating commemorative spaces in independent Ireland:* the construction and use of publicly sited First World War memorials, 1919–1970

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Jonathan Cherry
Keyword(s):  
First World War ◽  
World War ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
First World

Australian universities and the commemoration of the First World War

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Darian-Smith ◽  
James Waghorne
Keyword(s):  
First World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Content Type ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The University ◽  
War Commemoration ◽  
First World ◽  
Australian Universities

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how Australian universities commemorated the First World War, with a focus on the University of Melbourne as an institution with a particularly rich history of wartime participation and of diverse forms of memorialisation. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach is taken, with an overview of the range of war memorials at the University of Melbourne. These include memorials which acknowledged the wartime role of individuals or groups associated with the University, and took the form of architectural features, and named scholarships or academic positions. Three cross-campus war memorials are examined in depth. Findings This paper demonstrates that there was a range of war memorials at Australian universities, indicating the range of views about the First World War, and its legacies, within university communities of students, graduates and staff. Originality/value University war commemoration in Australia has not been well documented. This study examines the way in which the particular character of the community at the University of Melbourne was to influence the forms of First World War commemoration.

The First World War and the Lake District

2020 ◽  
pp. 155-180
Author(s):  
Saeko Yoshikawa
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
First World War ◽  
Great War ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Lake District ◽  
World War ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The Great War ◽  
First World

Chapter 5 reveals how the Great War of 1914–1918 produced a remarkable upturn in Wordsworth’s reputation, and how it had an inescapable impact on the cultural landscape of the Lake District. For obvious reasons, Wordsworth’s sonnets on liberty and independence had strong public appeal, and his sense of crisis during the war with Napoleonic France was shared by many who stood against Germany. Equally, Wordsworth’s poetry and the Lake scenery offered consolation and relief at a time of widespread tension, anxiety, and horror. When hostilities ended, Wordsworth’s association with the Lake scenery, combined with his patriotic revival during the war, produced the idea of the Lakeland mountains as a stronghold of national liberty. Twelve mountains were donated to the National Trust to be preserved as war memorials, and public free access to them were also secured.

German First World War Memorials in Transylvania

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-130
Author(s):  
Bernhard Böttcher
Keyword(s):  
First World War ◽  
World War ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
First World

scholarly journals Heritage and memory of the First World War in Greece during the interwar period a historical perspective

Balcanica ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 221-236
Author(s):  
Elli Lemonidou
Keyword(s):  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
First World War ◽  
Historical Event ◽  
World War ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Great War ◽  
Second World ◽  
First World

The memory of the First World War in Greece has suffered throughout the years a gradual decline, which is comparable to the case of many other countries, mostly in areas of Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The Great War mattered somehow for politicians, the press and public opinion in Greece only in the interwar years. During that period, discourse about the First World War included the echo of traumatic events related to Greek involvement in the war(such as the surrender of Fort Roupel to Central Powers forces and the bloody clashes of December 1916 in Athens after the landing of Entente troops) and the efforts to erect war memorials as a tribute to the sacrifice of fallen soldiers, both Greeks and foreigners. At the same time, the Greek people had the opportunity to learn a lot about the international dimension of the war through news?papers, where translated memoirs of leading wartime figures (of both alliances) were published. After the outbreak of the Second World War, interest in the previous major conflict (including the Greek role in the hostilities) significantly diminished in the country. Taking into consideration the ongoing experience of the centenary manifestations, the author proposes a codification of the main types (existing or potential) of WWI memory in Greece and suggests new ways of approaching this major historical event. The final chapter addresses some possible causes of the troublesome relation of Greeks with the First World War, which is mainly due to the very particular circumstances of Greek involvement in the war and the determining role of later historical events that overshadowed memories of the earlier conflict.

The Edwardian Jewish community and the First World War

2019 ◽  
pp. 100-112
Author(s):  
Nigel Grizzard
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
First World War ◽  
Immigrant Community ◽  
World War ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
The First World War ◽  
War Effort ◽  
Widespread Belief ◽  
Friendly Societies ◽  
First World

This chapter examines the Jewish community in Edwardian Leeds, by which time it was not just an immigrant community. The Aliens Act limited further mass migration and so the community grew naturally. It is shown how local institutions developed, such as synagogues and friendly societies. The chapter takes issue with the widespread belief, which underlay the 1917 anti-Semitic riots, that Jews were not contributing to the war effort. Numbers are provided of those Jews who served and died in the First World War. The importance of war memorials is stressed.

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