Gary Sheffield: The 1916 Battle of the Somme Reassessed

Datum: 
Mittwoch, 22. Juni 2016
Ort: 
Wolverhampton

In the centenary year of the Somme, the battle remains as controversial as ever. In his Lecture, Gary Sheffield will discuss the way the battle is being remembered and commemorated and, drawing on the latest research, offer a reassessment of the significance of the Somme in context of the First World War and in British and military history.

Professor Gary Sheffield MA, Ph D, FRHistS, FRSA hold the Chair of War Studies in the Department of History, Politics and War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. He is an internationally-recognised expert on the First World War, especially the role of the British army. His research interests are, broadly, Britain in the age of total war, 1914 to 1945, and military history, especially land warfare, since Napoleon.  He is President of the International Guild of Battlefield Guides, and Vice-President of the Western Front Association. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal of the Royal United Services Institute, Visiting Professor at the Humanities Research Institute of the University of Buckingham, member of the academic Advisory Panel of the National Army Museum, and a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust.

The lecture will be held at the University of Wolverhampton,  MH002 (Lecture Theatre),  MH Mary Seacole Building (City Campus), Molineux (North), Nursery Street,  Wolverhampton WV1 1AD, UK

Please contact Phylomena Badsey (P.Badsey@wlv.ac.uk) to reserve a place.

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Contact:

Dr. Phylomena Badsey

P.Badsey@wlv