Remembering: Newfoundland, World War One, and Beaumont Hamel
The symposium is free and attendees will not be registered.
Thursday, October 19th Evening
| Location: | The Rooms |
| 07:30 | Welcome and opening remarks |
| 8:00-8:35 | Shane O´Dea, Memorial University World War One in Newfoundland History and Culture |
| 08:35-9:10 | Pierre Purseigle, UniversitÉ de Toulouse Mobilization, Sacrifice and Citizenship in France, 1914-1918 delivered by the Consul General of France in Atlantic Canada , Olivier Nicolas |
| 09:10-9:30 | Questions |
| 09:30 | Reception Offered by the French Consul |
Friday, October 20th Afternoon Session on Researching WWI
| Location: | Memorial University, Education Building Room 3034A |
| 2:00-4:00 | Sources for Researching and Teaching Newfoundland History |
| The Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Joan Ritcey | |
| Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, Greg Walsh | |
| The Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Website, Jim Hiller and Vince Walsh |
Friday Evening Session Location: INCO Centre, Memorial University
| 07:30 | Welcome |
| 07:45-8:20 | William Philpott, King´s College London Great Britain and the Battle of the Somme: New Perspectives |
| 8:20-8:55 | Mark Hunter, Memorial University The Newfoundland Regiment and the Naval Reserves in Newfoundland History |
| 08:55-9:15 | Questions |
| 09:30 | Reception offered by the Office of the British High Commissioner |
Saturday, October 21st Location INCO Lecture Hall, Memorial University
Morning Session
| 9:00-09:15 | Welcome by Terry Bishop Stirling, President of the Newfoundland Historical Society |
| 9:15-9:40 | Anthony McAllister, Regimental Historian The Newfoundland Regiment to Beaumont Hamel |
| 9:40-10:05 | Jessie Chisholm, Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador Gestures of Commemoration: Public History and Private Memory |
| 10:05-10:20 | Questions |
| 10:20-10:50 | Nutrition Break |
| 11:50-11:15 | Mary Philpott, Independent Researcher, Newfoundland Battalion at Gallipoli: Precursors of Heroic Failures on July 1, 1916 Battle of the Somme |
| 11:15-11:40 | Senator William Rompkey, Francis Cluett: Newfoundland VAD |
| 11:40-11:55 | Questions |
| 12:00-2:00 | Lunch |
Afternoon Session
| 2:00-2:35 | Jay Winter, Yale University ‘The Great War and the memory boom of the twentieth century and beyond’ |
| 02:35-3:00 | Gary Brown, Independent Researcher/Writer Newfoundland’s National Memorial: Thomas Nangle’s Involvement |
| 03:00-3:15 | Questions |
| 03:15-3:30 | Short break |
| 03:30-3:55 | Hélène Robichaud, Veterans Affairs Canada Restoring Our First World War Memorials in Europe: An Act of Remembrance |
| 03:55-4:20 | Arlène King, Director Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland MemorialImagination is Everywhere: the Mixing of the Reality Within the Tourism of World War One |
| 4:20- 4:35 | Questions and Closing Remarks |
Evening
| 07:00 | Dinner at The Bungalow – after dinner entertainment by Newfoundland folksinger, Anita Best, and Belgian author and singer, Bruno Brel |