war memorial conference

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British Academy Symposium:

Cultures of Commemoration: War Memorials Ancient and Modern

Time: 10.00

Date: 16-17 July 2004

Venue: The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

This inter-disciplinary conference offers an important opportunity to

explore cultural responses to the commemoration of war dead, ranging from

the Greek and Roman civilisations to the practices of the more recent past.

The conference will bring together experts working on Vietnam, the two

World

Wars of the twentieth century, post-revolutionary France, nineteenth-

century

England, Imperial Rome, the Hellenistic World, and Ancient Greece.

Speakers:

Avner Ben-Amos, Angelos Chaniotis, Alison Cooley, Stefan Goebel, Vedia

Izzet, Polly Low, John M, Graham Oliver, Larry Tritle, and Alison

Yarrington.

Conference fees

The registration fee for the colloquium is £30.00, with a discounted rate

of

£20 for students and the retired. The fee includes tea and coffee and

lunch.

To register for this event please contact:

The Meetings Department

Telephone: 020 7969 5246 Email: events@britac.ac.uk

For further details and to booking, please refer to

http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/