Footage from 'The War to end War'

November 26 2013

On the weekend 23-24 November the first installment of ‘The War to End War’, Fritt Ords seminar series on the First World War, was held at the Oslo House of Literature. More than 200 visitors were present for the engaging lectures by professors Christopher Clark, Patrick Salmon, Ute Frevert and Sir Hew Strachan. See footage from the lectures in the article below.

‘The War to End War’ will continue in 2014 with lectures and debates 8-9 February and 8-9 March. More information about these events will be made available on ‘The War to End War’ Facebook page.

Christopher Clark: How Europe went to War in 1914

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Patrick Salmon: Scandinavia and the Outbreak of the First World War

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Ute Frevert: The Honour Game. Male Pride and Female Humiliation in Europe’s 1914 July Crisis

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Hew Strachan: Military operations and national policies

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