Remembrance weekend 2007 will see The Centre
for The Study of The Two World Wars host three
days of events under the title “War, Journalism
and History”.
This initiative will bring
together historians, war correspondents, members
of the armed forces, and the public to examine
and debate the media coverage of wars. On Friday
9 and Sunday 11 November, Armistice Day,
the public will be invited to come along, listen
to, and take part in debates about the
representation of war through the media of
film, photo,
broadcast, and print journalism.
On Saturday
10 November, at a one day academic
conference, international scholars will present
papers on the works of famous World War 1 and
World War 2 war correspondents.
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