The FINANCIAL — To mark the start of LSE’s Space for Thought Literary Festival 2014, LSE Library has launched WW1 at LSE: a common cause, an online exhibition featuring a selection of digital images related to the First World War, according to LSE.
The exhibition draws on the Library’s collections to provide a selection of materials which highlight the personal, political and social consequences of the conflict.
The Literary Festival and the digital exhibition are the first stage of LSE’s plans to commemorate the centenary of the conflict over the next four years. LSE has also launched a dedicated First World War webpage, FWWLSE, featuring details of public events, research and other related media.
Highlights from LSE Library’s online exhibition include the varied role played by women on the home front, such as driving ambulances for the Scottish Women’s Hospitals and painting Hammersmith underground station. Other images give an international perspective on the conflict, revealing mass production in a German munition factory and an decorative album given to the British hosts of Belgium’s war refugees.
"LSE Library’s digital exhibition on the First World War will help protect and preserve the Library’s collections in the social sciences for future generations of researchers, as well as raise awareness of the unique role that LSE played in the conflict. As with all of the Digital Library’s projects, WW1 @ LSE: a common cause will be free to access, part of the Library’s long-term commitment to build partnerships with the wider public through our unique collections," said Elizabeth Chapman, Director of LSE Library Services.
LSE’s 6th Space for Thought Literary Festival will take place between Monday 24 February and Saturday 1 March 2014. This year’s theme, ‘Reflections’, includes a focus on the centenary of the First World War and the value of remembering, and explores the distinctive qualities of the social sciences' and the arts' approaches to understanding the world. The Festival includes talks, readings, panel discussions and film screenings, as well as creative writing workshops and children’s events. Speakers include Melvyn Bragg, AS Byatt, Tracy Chevalier, Professor Paul Dolan, Stella Duffy, Sebastian Faulks, Patrick Flanery, Professor Margaret Macmillan, Kenan Malik and Michael Rosen.
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