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Saturday 23 August
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Was WWI the beginning of globalisation, or simply a precursor to a second global conflict that changed the face of the planet? Christopher Clark and Joan Beaumont explore the origins and impacts of WWI, and question what historical lessons we have learned.
Presented in partnership with Melbourne Writers Festival.
Featuring
Christopher Clark
Christopher Clark is Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St Catharine’s College. He is the author of The Politics of Conversion, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Iron Kingdom.
Widely praised around the world, Iron Kingdom became a major bestseller. He has been awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. His latest book, The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914, was published in 2013.
Joan Beaumont
Professor Joan Beaumont is a Professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University (ANU).
Her publications include the critically acclaimed Broken Nation: Australians and the Great War (2013), the first comprehensive study of the battles, the homefront and the memory of World War One. She is currently researching the history and heritage of the Thai Burma railway and has developed, under commission, a web site on the railway for the Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
Sally Warhaft
Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre’s live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year ...