{"id":1148,"date":"2016-03-07T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2016-03-07T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T11:11:00","slug":"gateways-to-the-first-world-war-hosts-pack-up-your-troubles-performance-cultures-in-the-first-world-war-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/2016\/03\/07\/gateways-to-the-first-world-war-hosts-pack-up-your-troubles-performance-cultures-in-the-first-world-war-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Gateways to the First World War hosts Pack Up Your Troubles: Performance Cultures in the First World War Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pack Up Your Troubles: Performance Cultures in the First World War<\/strong><\/p>\n

27 \u2013 29 April 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Booking is now open for this three day conference at the University of Kent organised by Gateways to the First World War and supported by the Western Front Association.<\/p>\n

From the popular to elite, amateur to professional, a wide range of performative genres had a significant impact on the fighting spirit of servicemen and civilians in all combatant countries. Yet this vital area of the conflict has yet to be subject to in-depth academic attention. This conference will explore a variety of performance cultures in all theatres of war, on the home and fighting fronts, 1914-1918, seeking to extend the breadth and depth of our knowledge of this important area of First World War studies.<\/p>\n

Featuring keynote lecture-performances by:<\/p>\n

Neil Brand<\/strong>, writer, composer and silent film accompanist and Dr Kate Kennedy<\/strong>, Research Fellow in English and Music at Girton College Cambridge.<\/p>\n

The conference will include a performance of Friend or Foe? Voices of World War One<\/strong> at the Gulbenkian Theatre and a screening of Charlie Chaplin\u2019s The Vagabond<\/strong> (1916).<\/p>\n

A combination of keynotes, panel sessions, workshops and performances will feature work on a broad range of wartime subjects including music, music hall, theatre, cinema and dance.<\/p>\n

All-inclusive conference package, with bed & breakfast accommodation, ticket for Friend or Foe?<\/em> performance and conference dinner, \u00a3275 (concessions \u00a3150).<\/p>\n

Day rates also available.<\/p>\n

Special rates are available for members of community groups working on First World War projects and our Community Heritage Researcher Dr Sam Carroll will be holding drop-in advice sessions.<\/p>\n

5% discount for members of the Western Front Association.<\/p>\n

Please email gateways@kent.ac.uk<\/a> for further information of discounted rates.<\/p>\n

Full details, including programme and booking link can be found at www.gatewaysfww.org.uk\/events\/pack-your-troubles-performance-cultures-first-world-war<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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