Lecture series commemorates the outbreak of WWI

Posted: September 23, 2013 11:20 a.m.

Yale historian Jay Winter to discuss the cultural impact of the First World War on October 3. Photo courtesy of Jay Winter

October 3 will see the launch of ‘1914: A Turning Point in History and Culture’, a lecture series commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The series will begin with a public lecture from world renowned WWI historian Dr. Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille Professor of History at Yale University.

His talk, entitled ‘Remembering the Great War 100 Years After’, will examine the cultural legacy of the Great War. After the war people turned to traditional beliefs, symbols and languages, Winter argues, to express the universal sense of loss and bereavement resulting from war-time death on an unprecedented scale.

Winter is the author or co-author of twelve books, including The Great War and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century, and Remembering War: The Great War Between History and Memory in the Twentieth Century. He is also well-known to television audiences as co-producer, co-writer, and chief historian of the Emmy Award-winning PBS series The Great War and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century, broadcast in 28 countries.

Sponsored by the Faculty of Arts, Winter’s lecture will inaugurate a series of ‘Centenary Reflections’ organized by the Department of History and hosted by the John Archer Library. Future installments of the series are planned for the Fall and Winter semesters of 2014 and details announced via the series website [http://www.uregina.ca/arts/public-lectures/centenary-reflections.html] once available.

‘Remembering the Great War 100 After’
A public lecture by Jay Winter
Thursday 3 October 2013, 7:00 pm
Education Auditorium, EA 106
University of Regina main campus

All are welcome and admission is free. Please visit event website for more information or contact: ian.germani@uregina.ca; 306-585-4213.