Nineteen Fourteen, 14–16 November 2014

Nineteen-Fourteen The origins of the First World War • A residential symposium in Canterbury

14–16 November 2014

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Nineteen-Fourteen Professor Vernon Bogdanor Major Gordon Corrigan Charles Emmerson Dr Annika Mombauer Dr Catriona Pennell Professor Gary Sheffield Chaired by Paul Lay Nineteen-Fourteen: The Origins of the First World War is a residential weekend of lectures held at the Cathedral Lodge in Canterbury and run in conjunction with the UK’s most authoritative history magazine, History Today, whose editor, Paul Lay, chairs the talks. Accommodation is offered in a range of three hotels to cater for different budgets.

Between 3.15pm on Friday and 2.45pm on Sunday, six outstanding scholars give twelve talks on the origins of the First World War. In addition there are discussion sessions and opportunities for informal interchange during refreshment breaks and lunches. Also included is a private drinks reception in the Beaney Museum followed by dinner in restaurants in the centre of the city.

The origins of the First World War

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The Speakers Professor Vernon Bogdanor. Professor of Government at the Institute of Contemporary British History, King’s College, London. He has written widely on the British Constitution and his latest title The Coalition & the Constitution was published in 2011. He is currently writing a book on British political history from 1895 to 1914.

Charles Emmerson. Born in Australia, he studied modern history at Freiburg University and then at Oxford. He has worked in Brussels, Geneva and London, at the International Crisis Group, the World Economic Forum and latterly as Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House.

His most recent book was 1913: The World before the Great War.

Major Gordon Corrigan. Military historian and former officer of the Royal Gurkha Rifles.

Books include studies of Wellington; of the First, Second and Hundred Years Wars; and Waterloo: A New History of the Battle and its Armies (June 2014).

Dr Annika Mombauer. Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at The Open University. Her research interests are the First World War and its origins. Among her recent publications are Die Julikrise: Deutschlands Weg in den Ersten Weltkrieg (2014), and The Origins of the First World War: diplomatic and military

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The Programme documents (2013). She has traced the long debate on the causes of the war in her book The Origins of the First World War: Controversies and Consensus (2002).

Dr Catriona Pennell. Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter. She is a historian of 19thand 20th-century British and Irish history, with a particular focus on the social and cultural history of the First World War and its impact on the creation of the modern Middle East.

She is the author of A Kingdom United: Popular Responses to the Outbreak of the First World War in Britain and Ireland.

Professor Gary Sheffield. Professor of War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, he has taught at Sandhurst and held Chairs at King’s College London and Birmingham University. His publications include Forgotten Victory: the First World War – Myths and Realities (2001), Douglas Haig and the British Army (2011), and Command and Morale: The British Army on the Western Front (2013).

Chair: Paul Lay. Editor of History Today and formerly a founder of BBC History Magazine, He sits on the advisory boards of the Institute of Historical Research and the History and Policy unit at King’s College London. He is author of History Today and Tomorrow (2012).

Saturday, 15 November 2014 Morning session 9.30am–12.20pm: Charles Emmerson: Constantinople – Jerusalem –Tehran: Cities of the Middle East on the Brink.

Friday, 14 November 2014

Dr Catriona Pennell: The Contradictions of War and Empire: 1916 in Ireland and the Hejaz.

The conference begins in the Clagett Auditorium, Canterbury Cathedral Lodge at 3.15pm:

Refreshment break.

Prof. Gary Sheffield: The Spirit of 1914 Revisited: How the Home Fronts Endured.

Dr Annika Mombauer: The July Crisis of 1914.

Buffet lunch in the Kentish Barn.

Charles Emmerson: From Buenos Aires to Winnipeg:The European World in 1913.

Afternoon session 1.30–3.00pm:

Tea break.

Dr Catriona Pennell: For King and Country: Volunteering for the British Army and Responses to the Outbreak of World War One, August to December 1914.

Prof. Gary Sheffield: From Mobility to Deadlock: The Armies on the Western Front, 1914.

Prof.Vernon Bogdanor: Did Britain draw the wrong lessons from 1914?

Panel discussion.

Free time 3.00–6.30pm.

A drinks reception in the Beaney Museum is followed by dinner in selected Canterbury restaurants. (Programme continued overleaf.)

The session ends at 6.50pm.

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The Programme, continued

The Package

Making a booking

Sunday, 16 November 2014

The package includes room and breakfast for two nights, admission to all talks and discussion sessions, refreshments at the conference and two buffet lunches (Saturday and Sunday), drinks reception and Saturday dinner.

EITHER contact us to make a provisional booking which we will hold for one week – send your booking form and deposit to us within this time to confirm it.

Morning session 9.30am–12.15pm: Major Gordon Corrigan: The Indian Army in 1914 – Professional Reinforcement for a tiny BEF Prof.Vernon Bogdanor: Could and should Britain have stayed out of the War? Refreshment break.

The price varies according to hotel and room category – see page 7.

Dr Annika Mombauer: The Hundred Year Debate of the Origins of the First World War. Buffet lunch in the Kentish Barn.

Afternoon session 1.15-2.45pm: Major Gordon Corrigan: Myth and Reality in the Great War. Panel discussion.

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Booking conditions Cancellation. If you cancel your participation on a weekend up to 57 days beforehand, the deposit only is forfeited. Thereafter a percentage of the total cost of the weekend package would be due: Between 56 and 29 days: 40% Between 28 and 15 days: 60% Between 14 days and 3 days: 80% Within 48 hours: 100% We take as the day of cancellation that on which we receive a cancellation in writing from you. By signing the booking form, you assent to these conditions.

Photo (this page):Vienna, the Opernring c. 1910.

Cover: drawing by Muirhead Bone from The Western Front. Page 3: British troops on the Western Front.

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Hotels & prices A. Economy: Premier Inn, Canterbury City Centre. Opened in December 2013, this low-cost hotel with restaurant and bar is a 15-minute walk along a busy main road to the conference centre. Bedrooms are unembellished but comfortable (twins are made of one double bed and a sofa bed) and all bathrooms have a bath with a shower. There is a lift to all floors, but no parking at the hotel.

Prices per person • Double or twin room (two sharing): £360 • Double room for single occupancy: £420 • Deposit to confirm booking: £100

B. Comfortable: Canterbury Cathedral Lodge. Located inside the Cathedral walls, the Lodge began life as a study centre in 1998 but has since been converted into 4-star conference facilities; it is here that the lectures take place throughout the weekend. A huddle of many-sided buildings around a courtyard, its interior is contemporary in design. The hotel is decorated simply, but comfortably. Rooms vary in size, and all have showers (none has a bath).

Service is very friendly and helpful.

C. Superior: The Abode Canterbury. Part of a chain of luxury hotels, the Abode is located on the pedestrianised High Street, about a 5-minute walk from the Cathedral. Furnishings and décor are contemporary in style and of a high standard. The original building was constructed in the 12th century. Service is professional and friendly. The hotel has its own restaurant. There is a lift to all floors. Rooms facing onto the High Street have better views, but can suffer from noise at night.

There is a small number of rooms in the Lodge’s ‘value’ accommodation – these rooms are accessible only via two flights of stairs, and do not have views of the Cathedral. All other rooms (including singles) do have Cathedral views, and are accessible by lift.

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Standard double or twin room (two people sharing): £530 ‘Value’ double for single occupancy: £530 Single room (with single bed): £620 Standard double for single occupancy: £640 Deposit to confirm booking: £150

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Standard double or twin (two sharing): £570 Superior double or twin (two sharing): £610 Deluxe double (two sharing, twin beds not possible): £640 Junior suite (two sharing, twin beds not possible): £680 Double room for single occupancy: £690 Deposit to confirm booking: £200

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Image: ‘A Dawn, 1914’, drypoint

by C.R.W. Nevinson, 1932.