Remembering death in British military campaigns with Professor Helen Parr
Channel: War Studies KCL
Date: 2024-02-12

How has Britain commemorated its military campaigns after the era of total war?

For the 2023 Saki and Michael Dockrill Memorial Lecture, Professor Helen Parr, a distinguished scholar in Modern and Contemporary History, investigates a fundamental, but neglected, war experience — the memory of death. Professor Parr will explore how experiences of and attitudes towards military death changed with British military engagements and world role, and as society altered from the stoicism and reticence of the world wars, towards a more individualised, emotionally expressive culture.