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Following the 97th anniversary of Armistice Day, this talk will look beyond the valorising language of war memorials and, drawing on the stories of servicemen and women from Aberdeen, showing the city's WWI experience to be not only diverse, but subject to constant change and revision, from pre-war years to the present.
David Rennie is a second year PhD student researching American WWI prose at the University of Aberdeen. He has published on the work of Thomas Boyd, and is currently guest-editing a special journal edition for the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature about WWI and the literature of the American Midwest.
Drawing on the University’s rich collection of WWI-related artefacts and manuscripts, this presentation will take a chronological look at the influence of WWI on Aberdeen. Beginning with the build-up to WWI, it will proceed to outline the variety of roles performed by Aberdeen’s citizens - many of whom worked or studied at the University - during the War, before looking at the history of commemorative activities at the University.
- Speaker
- David Rennie
- Hosted by
- Friend of Aberdeen University Library
- Venue
- Special Collections Centre Seminar Room, Lower Ground Floor; The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Bedford Road, Aberdeen, AB24 3AA
- Contact
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For further information contact Friends Secretary - Emma Fowlie on e.fowlie@abdn.ac.uk or telephone 01224 273385