This lecture series has been organized by the Department of Art History and Visual Studies.  The speakers will reflect upon dimensions of the arts, intellectual activities, and political life in countries involved in the ‘Great War’.

UPCOMING LECTURES

From Ithaca to Number 31328: Greek Literature of the First World War
Evanthia Baboula | Department of Art History and Visual Studies
University of Victoria

The First World War for Greece was only part of a series of conflicts that opened with the Balkan Wars in 1911 and ended with the creation of modern Turkey in 1923. Starting from an unknown gem in UVic’s library collection, the speaker will discuss how the literature of that period does more than reflect on the Greek participation in the Great War. It has left a heavy legacy by reflecting the ebbs and flows of national sentiment, the tragedies of loss and triumphs of survival.

November 27, 2014  |  4:30 pm
David Strong Building
Room C118

Free Admission

PAST LECTURES

World War One and the Remaking of the Modern Middle East
Martin Bunton | Department of History | University of Victoria

Revolutionary Violence and the War against War
Allan Antliff | Department of Art History and Visual Studies | University of Victoria

The Contrary Experience: Herbert Read and the Cultural Memory of the First World War
Matthew Adams | Banting Post-Doctoral Fellow | University of Victoria

The First World War in Film
Mitch Parry | Department of Art History and Visual Studies | University of Victoria

Daughter of Empires: The Archeological and Political Activities of Gertrude Bell in Mesopotamia, 1909-1926
Lisa Cooper | Department of Classical, Near Eastern, & Religious Studies
University of British Columbia