On Thursday 4 February, the Gateways to the First World War and the School of History at the University of Kent will host an open lecture delivered by Professor Albert Grundlingh:

“Mutating memories and the making of a wartime myth in South Africa: Remembering the SS Mendi Disaster, 1917-2007”

Professor Albert Grundlingh is a graduate of the University of the Free State and was appointed at the University of South Africa in 1973 where he obtained MA and D Litt et Phil degrees.
The event will take place at 18.00 until 20.00 in Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 on the Canterbury campus. The event starts with a drinks reception in Grimond Foyer and the lecture will start at 18.30.

Admission is free and open to all. If you would like to attend this event, please register online in advance.

Further information about Professor Albert Grundlingh and the Gateways to the First World War is available here.