IWM / Europeana Centenary Group

Comment by Luke Smith on June 22, 2011 at 10:10pm

Hi Everyone,

 

Great to meet you all in the Hague. We started some great conversations. Lets keep them going here.

 

Luke Smith 

Comment by Angelina Russo on June 22, 2011 at 10:24pm

Thanks Luke
It would be great to hear about the project as it progresses.
Cheers

Comment by Peter Francis on June 23, 2011 at 12:02am

Thanks for setting this up Angelina. Loved the talk on social media.

Great couple of days and looking forward to realising some of those projects and partnerships.

Anyone for herring?!

Comment by jan dewilde on June 23, 2011 at 6:16am

that was a great conference indeed!

Comment by Luke Smith on June 29, 2011 at 2:28am

Centenary podcast: Voices of the First World Wa

 Check out our new podcast series, using some of our 20,000 hours of interviews with those who lived through the First World War.  We plan to build much of our centenary activity around the personal  stories of individuals and this is a first step in that direction.

 

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated 97 years ago today, on 28 June 1914. In the first of our ‘Voices of the First World War’ podcasts, discover how that gunshot in Sarajevo sparked one of the biggest conflicts in world history – and how ordinary people reacted to it.

http://www.1914.org/podcasts/podcast-1-the-shot-that-led-to-war/

Only 9 minutes long!

 

As well as our web site, 1914.org we can be found on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/FirstWorldWarCentenary

 

 

Comment by Peter Hugh Millward on June 30, 2011 at 8:42pm

My initial interest is triggered by a personal connection to the Centenary. My Uncle was shot down and killed in Belgium in 1917. I have full details, flying log, details of burial etc.

My experience must be similar to thousands of other people in many countries.

I am interested in ways of sharing that information.

I am also very interested in maiking use of fabulouys resources such as the Cenotaph Database here in New Zealand and ways in which students in schools could select a name from their school Honour Roll and find out about the family that name represents.

Comment by Angelina Russo on July 1, 2011 at 2:06pm

Hi Peter

Thanks for sharing your story. It must be a privilege to have his full details and flying log. The logs are such insights into their lives. I do hope you will find ways of connecting through this site and sharing your stories.

Cheers

Angelina

Comment by G-Gina Koutsika on August 13, 2011 at 3:41am

Dear All,

 

The First World War Centenary Partnership extranet is now live!

 

In order to register, please go to www.1914.org/partners and click on 'New Centenary Members'. Register as a new member in order to set up your unique username and password. An unlimited number of persons can register from any organisation, so please pass on the information to your colleagues.

 

Please take some time to have a look around the site and to make yourself familiar with some of the features. You can start by editing your profile, reading the latest news items or start a discussion in the forum. Do get involved as much as you can. The extranet will work best if you keep checking back, leading or contributing to the discussions.

 

Please keep in mind that while we have tried to fix any bugs or spot any errors, we may not have covered everything. Let me know if you experience any issues and we will get them fixed as soon as possible.

 

If you have any questions, please let me know. We have yet to create an Frequently Asked Questions page as we do not yet know what those questions will be but we will compile this if necessary.

 

Finally, I would like to thank Angelina, once more for temporarily hosting the Centenary discussions in 3.0 while we were developing the First World War Centenary Partnership extranet.

 

All the best,

Gina

 

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