EXHIBITIONS
15 january- 01 march : exhibition at the Historial of the Great War "Commemoration: yesterday, today and tomorrow (1918-2008)"
The 90th anniversary of the end of the war (1918-2008) raises the question of commemoration today: how should we commemorate the Great War? What role should memory have in history? What memorial vestiges from 1914-1918 can still be seen in today's landscapes and towns? The Historical Museum’s response is through various artistic creations: land art around the museum's contemporary building, and contemporary photographs (by Tourneboeuf and Richardot) of 1914-1918 stelae and memorial monuments.
Contact : Historial de la Grande Guerre - 03 22 83 14 18 - www.historial.org
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9 april -23 august 2009 : Exhibition at the Historial of the Great War "Jacques Tardi's lovely war" - The works of Jacques Tardi on the Great War as seen through his historical sources and his interpretation
Tardi's work explores the Great War in depth. Comics such as C'était la guerre des tranchées, La fleur au fusil, Varlot soldat...are as many objects of mediation contributing to the construction of an iconographical memory of the First World War. This first exhibition shows how this "recaptured memory" of the war of 1914-1918 is built through the author's various memorial and cultural filters : the indirect testimony of his grand-mother, his use of historical and museographical sources, his artistic influences...
Contact : Historial of the Great War - 03 22 83 14 18 - info@historial.org - www.historial.org
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18 september- 13 december 2009 : Exhibition at the Historial of the Great War "General mobilisation! The Great War in comics" - The reinterpretation of the Great War in comic books
There are now numerous comics which deal with the Fist World War. Certain critics even go far as to talk of a new comics-writing of war, sometimes wondering if it is a fad. Thus the ninth art questions the historian:to what extent are the historiographical knowledge and findings present in comics? In what ways do comics contribute in shaping a memory of 1914-1918? How do they make the Fisrt World War the symbol of a modern total war, the founding event of the 20th century in collective memory? Be they didactic, humoristic or fantasy-oriented, comics from Bécassine during the war to Coeur de Bataille (2008) are a caldron of cultural images of the Great War.
Contact : Historial of the Great War - 03 22 83 14 18 - info@historial.org - www.historial.org
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COMMEMORATIONS
25 th april 2009 at 5.15am: Dawn Service - Australian National Memorial of Villers-Bretonneux
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OUTSIDE THE SOMME
30 september 2008-6 september 2009 : EXHIBITION - "In Memoriam : Remembering the Great War"
An exhibition exploring the personal stories of those who experienced the Great War through rarely-seen objects from the Museum's unrivalled Fist World War collections.
Admission free
CONTACT : IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM LONDON - LAMBETH ROAD- LONDON - SE1 6HZ-
Phone : 020 7416 5000 - www.iwm.org.uk/90
credit Brian Love / Charity File Collection: Remembrance Series
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
The collections of the Historial of the Great War, by le Centre de recherche de l'Historial
Somogy éditions
29.50 € /192 pages
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* La mémoire d’une Grande Guerre (Memories of the Great War)
Pays du Nord – Special edition 14-18, Price : 5,90 €
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* Lieux de mémoire de la Somme (Remembrance Sites in the Somme)
A small format photo album-type document
By Anne Roze (texts) & John Folley (photos). Co-edited with the Historial Museum in Péronne.
Bilingual version FR & ENG costs 12 €
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The 90th anniversary year has led to the creation of a number of interesting quality books that may well deserve a place on your bookshelf…
* Sites de la bataille de la Somme
by Christophe Lépine (texts) and Philippe Mangot (photos)
Discover the Somme battlefield sites via 9 different itineraries.
Punch Editions – two versions available FRENCH or ENGLISH - 33 €
*The association "Souvenir Sauvegarde Histoire Militaire Régionale" has realised a flyer "On the footsteps of the Diggers from Bapaume to Bullecourt" than you can download here
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Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide to the Somme
Published by Pen & Sword Books in limpback. 288 pages. 258 col illustrations.
5 sketch maps. Packaged with the appropriate Battle Map
£15.99
Many other guide books on http://www.guide-books.co.uk/somme.html
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