Guelph Museums has announced a new lecture series to take place at McCrae House this winter in partnership with the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies in Waterloo.
1917-1918: Looking Back on the Decisive Years of World War One after Ninety Years will consist of three lectures featuring the latest academic research being done on World War I and the years 1917-18. The series features speakers passionate about their research and about what people can learn from that time that was pivotal in Canada’s history.
The first lecture is The Hundred Days: Ordinary Soldiers in the 1918 Victory Offensives, by Andrew Iarocci, from the Canadian War Museum. It will take place on will take place on Jan. 24.
The second lecture is Robert Borden, Arthur Currie and Canada’s War 1916-1918 by Terry Copp, of Wilfrid Laurier University; it will take place on Feb. 21.
The final lecture is Canadians and the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918: Myths and Reality, by Mark Humphries, University of Western Ontario, and it will take place on March 27. All lectures will start at 7:30pm and are offered at no charge.
McCrae House is located at 108 Water Street. For further information please contact Katherine McCracken, Director, Guelph Museums, at 519-836-1221 extension 2775.
