Lecture series to commemorate First World War

Posted: September 15, 2014 3:40 p.m.

The University of Regina commemorates the 100th anniversary of the First World War with its Centenary Reflections lecture series '1914: A Turning Point in History and Culture' Photo courtesy of the Faculty of Arts

The lecture series 1914: A Turning Point in History and Culture - Centenary Reflections at the University of Regina returns this fall with four events planned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.

Sponsored by the Faculties of Arts and Fine Arts, the Dr. John Archer Library, the Humanities Research Institute, and the Department of History, this lecture series features an interdisciplinary team of scholars who will discuss how the Great War defined and shaped the twentieth century.  
    
The first lecture will examine the ‘Impact of the Great War on Films and Comics’.  Guest speakers include Dr. Sylvain Rheault from the French Department who will explore ‘The Great War as Rupture in Anti-Heroic Comics’ and Dr. Christina Stojanova from the Department of Film Studies who will discuss ‘The Great War and Film Propaganda’.

All are welcome to attend the lectures and admission is free. Free parking has been arranged in lot 3M for all lectures held at the University of Regina.

For more information, visit www.uregina.ca/arts/public-lectures/centenary-reflections.html  or contact ian.germani@uregina.ca at 306-585-4213.



Fall Centenary Reflection Lectures Series

The Impact of the Great War on Films and Comics
  September 24, 2014 at 7 p.m.
  Regina/Wascana Rooms, Dr. John Archer Library
  'The Great War as Rupture in Anti-Heroic Comics' by Dr. Sylvain Rheault, Department of French
  'The Great War and Film Propaganda' by Dr. Christina Stojanova, Department of Film Studies

The Impact of the Great War on Art (co-sponsored with the MacKenzie Art Gallery)
  October 15, 2014 at 7 p.m.
  Reception to follow presentation
  MacKenzie Art Gallery
  'Brushes with Death: The Great War and the Group of Seven' by Dr. Ross King

Psychological and Economic Dimensions of the Great War
  October 22, 2014 at 7 p.m.
  Regina/Wascana Rooms, Dr. John Archer Library
  'Traumatic Changes in Human Psyche: A Brief History' by Dr. Nicholas Carleton, Department of Psychology
  'On the Economic Impact of the Great War on Canada' by Dr. Stuart Wilson, Department of Economics

Social and Political Reflections on the Great War
  November 12, 2014 at 7 p.m.
  Regina/Wascana Rooms, Dr. John Archer Library
  'The 107th Timber Wolf Battalion and Indigenous Participation in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War One'
  by Dr. James Dashuk, Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies
  'War and Revolution: Berlin and the Bolshevik Revolution' by Dr. Thomas Bredohl, Department of History