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1914-1944: Clashing Anniversaries or Multi-Directional MemoriesA one day conference on the competition and negotiation of the pasthttp://www.chi.ac.uk/department-history/1914-1944-clashing-anniversaries-or-multi-directional-memories​Keynote SpeakersProfessor Max Silverman, University of LeedsDr Silke Arnold-de Simine, BirkbeckDateJune 13, 2014VenueCloisters Room, University of ChichesterThis one-day conference is inspired by the relationship between the twosignificant commemorative events of 2014; the outbreak of the First WorldWar in August 1914 and the D-Day landings of June 1944. Both dates serve asimportant markers in the history and memory of Britain and Europe and theircoincidence provides an intriguing context to examine issues of culture,politics and power within the activities of remembrance in wider society.Despite the consequence attached to these two dates, with the limitationsof time and finances placed on institutions, the ever-shifting politicalinterest in commemoration and the weariness of a public saturated withmemory, there is a fear that these significant moments will be set againstone another, rather than placed in contrast and comparison.This conference will address these concerns but it will also directlyconsider why certain events are accorded significance and value over othersand how that might shape value, habits and ideals. For example, with theadvent of the First World War anniversaries, will the remembrance of theSecond World War diminish or perhaps be relegated to the periphery? Inthese circumstances, what effect will this have on politics, culture andsociety in contemporary Britain and Europe?The concept of ‘simultaneous anniversaries’ is forwarded to describe thispotentially highly productive arena for research, as we seek to evaluatethese two events and the possible ways in which new practices of memory mayalter or challenge established structures of commemoration. The conferencealso proposes to be a starting point for discussion of comparableanniversary clashes, collisions and alignments, including the First WorldWar and the 1916 Easter Uprising; the anniversaries of 1917 as a year ofwar and revolution; as well as other less well known commemorativeintersections, overlaps and clashes.Book your place -http://www.chi.ac.uk/department-history/1914-1944-clashing-anniversaries-or-multi-directional-memoriesDelegates from CREST institutions can apply for travel grantsProgramme09:00 - 10:00 Registration: Tea/Coffee10:00 – 10:30 Welcome and discussion: Dr Hugo Frey and Dr Ross Wilson10:30 to 11:30 Plenary Session: : Professor Max Silverman, University ofLeeds11:30 to 12:30: Session One:Dr Andreas Boldt, National University of Ireland, Maynooth National andEuropean anniversaries and memories: a comparison of collective memorybetween Ireland, Britain and GermanyProfessor Kirrily Freeman, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, CanadaAmusez-Vous Bien Vichyssois: Great War Memories and the Politics ofIdentity in Vichy12:30 to 13:30 Lunch13:30 to 15:30 Session TwoDr Ailsa Grant Ferguson, National Theatre Burdened remembrances:Shakespeare’s tercentenary and the first Anzac Day, 1916Professor Maggie Andrews, University of Worcester ‘For Home and Country’:the overriding appeal of commemorating the First World WarEmma Login, PhD Student, University of Birmingham The memorialisation ofmultiple anniversaries in First World War FranceAlwyn Turner, University of Chichester The Last Post: Music and Remembrance15:30 to 16:00 – Tea/Coffee16:00 to 17:00 Plenary SessionDr Silke Arnold-de Simine, Birkbeck, University of London Between Memoryand Silence, between Trauma and Nostalgia, between Family and Nation:Remembering the First World War17:00 CloseContactWe are delighted to welcome you all to the conference this summer and tothe University of Chichester.If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact RossWilson (r.wilson@chi.ac.uk / (+44) 01243 812191.Conference Organisers:Dr Hugo Frey, Reader in History, Head of Department of History, Universityof Chichester –h.frey@chi.ac.ukDr Ross Wilson, Senior Lecturer in History and Public Heritage, Universityof Chichester –r.wilson@chi.ac.uk​