Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
The next #AskLetters1916 Twitter chat will take place on Tuesday 3 March 2015 from 5.30 – 6.30pm (GMT). The chat will be hosted by Vinayak Das Gupta, a PhD student in Trinity College Dublin and will focus on CURATING THE Continue reading #AskLetters1916 chat: 3 March | Curating the Crowdsourced
Professor Susan Schreibman from the Letters of 1916 project spoke about digital preservation and knowledge loss in the digital age on The Right Hook on Newstalk on Thursday 19 February 2015. Following a recent statement from Google’s vice-president Vint Cerf Continue reading Professor Susan Schreibman speaks to George Hook about Knowledge Loss in the Digital Age
The next #AskLetters1916 Twitter chat will take place on Tuesday 3 February 2015 from 5.30 – 6.30pm (GMT). The topic for the chat is: WOMEN IN 1916 We are delighted to announce that Dr Mary McAuliffe from UCD Women’s Studies Continue reading #AskLetters1916 Twitter Chat | 3 February 2015, 17.30 – 18.30
On the 3rd and 4th September 2014 the letters of 1916 project visited the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) to collect and photograph letters held in its archives. PRONI was established in 1923 and operates as the archival Continue reading A visit to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
The monthly #AskLetters1916 Twitter chat took place on Tuesday 2 December from 5.30 – 6.30pm (GMT). The topic for the chat was: CROWDSOURCING – THE VOLUNTEERS Back in July 2014, the #AskLetters1916 chat took place around Continue reading #AskLetters1916 chat: 2 December | Crowdsourcing: The Volunteers
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, a ceasefire was declared on the Western Front which marked the end of the First World War. Commemorations are held annually around Europe to remember those who Continue reading Armistice Day | 11 November 2014
Genevieve Harden came to live in Ireland from England in 1998 as part of a European Voluntary Service programme called “Artist Against Exclusion”. Since then she has worked on public art projects and teaching in Dublin. Genevieve now lives in Co.Wicklow with her Continue reading Contributor Profile: Genevieve Harden
The last #AskLetters1916 Twitter chat took place on Tuesday 4 November from 5.30 – 6.30pm (GMT). The topic for the chat was: TEXT ANALYSIS Click here to catch up on the #AskLetters1916 Twitter chat about Text Analysis. Storing information; Continue reading #AskLetters1916 chat: 4 November | Text Analysis
Genevieve Harden came to live in Ireland from England in 1998 as part of a European Voluntary Service programme called “Artist Against Exclusion”. Since then she has worked on public art projects and teaching in Dublin. Genevieve now lives in Co.Wicklow Continue reading Featured Contributor: Genevieve Harden
These are links to letters which are relevant to the #AskLetters1916 chat about Security on the Home Front, taking place from 5.30 – 6.30pm on Tuesday 7 October 2014. (All letters are from the National Archives of Ireland CSORP): Continue reading Links to “Security on the Home Front” Letters, 7 October 2014