Voices of War and Peace

Voices of War and Peace: the Great War and its legacy

Voices of War and Peace: the Great War and its legacy is one of five new First World War Engagement Centres funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council in partnership with the Heritage Lottery Fund.

A University of Birmingham-led initiative, the Centre also involves academics from Birmingham City University, Newman University, the University of Wolverhampton and the University of Worcester.

Based in the Library of Birmingham, the Centre will support a wide range of community research projects, connecting academic and public histories of the First World War as part of the commemoration of the centenary.

A key focus of the Centres will be to provide UK-wide support for community groups funded through a range of HLF funding programmes, particularly its new £6 million ‘First World War: Then and Now’ community grants scheme.

The Centres form a part of the First World War Centenary Partnership, led by Imperial War Museums, and will complement other AHRC activities related to the centenary, including its collaboration with the BBC’s World War One at Home project.

The Centre’s research themes include gender and the home front, religion and belief, childhood, the city at war and commemoration. A series of workshop events are being planned to take place in the autumn aimed at community groups and members of the public. These will cover a wide range of topics around the First World War and its commemoration.

Please visit the website for more information: www.voicesofwarandpeace.org

Email: voices@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Twitter: @Voices_WW1