Great War in East Africa Conference – 14 July 2012

by Anne on May 13, 2012

Dear all

Please find attached the GWEA Conference Registration and GWEA Programme Outline for the Great War in East Africa Conference to be held on 14 July 2012 at The National Archives, Kew, London.

If you have expressed an interest to present a paper, please can you let me (thesamsonsed@gmail.com) have your completed registration by 10 June 2012, including a short abstract and the title of your paper if I don’t already have this.

Speakers currently include Harry Fecitt, Kevin Patience, Peter Charlton, Daniel Steinbach, Tanya Buehrer and Matthew Pesek with topics covering the war on water and in the air, prisoners, German and Portuguese command and strategy and the war in the south.

There is still some space available for a few papers. Papers/Presentations should be no more than 20minutes long. The purpose of the paper is to set the scene for discussion around a theme or topic. There is also space for displays (posters or powerpoint) if you are unable to attend the day.

If you would like a book, publication or tour related to the campaign promoted, please let me have the details so I can make the necessary arrangements.

Please do get in touch if there’s anything more you’d like to know and pass the info onto others who may be interested.

All the best
Anne

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