LJMU HISTORIANS TO APPEAR AT BBC WORLD WAR ONE ROAD SHOW AT ALBERT DOCK

Professor Frank McDonough and Dr Mike Benbough-Jackson are giving a talk on how the Liverpool Echo reported the events that led to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 as part of the BBC World War One Road Shows on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th June. This will be at Liverpool’s Albert Dock as part of the Mersey River Festival.

The LJMU Historians, are part of LJMU's 'Merseyside at War 1914-1918' project, and are acting as academic adviser on an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project, World War One at Home,  which brings together historians and BBC programme makers to produce hundreds of stories that reflect life on the Home Front in World War.

The BBC Live Events will visit 17 different cities during this year. They will reflect the impact the war had on soldiers and ordinary people and will include family-friendly events, including lectures, performances and interactive sessions. The Live events are a partnership between BBC Learning, BBC English Regions, the Imperial War Museum.

Professor McDonough and Dr Benbough- Jackson will appear at the three scheduled North-West events in Liverpool, in Blackpool (24 June) and in Manchester (13-14 September). Vickie Karin, the project assistant for Merseyside at War will also attend these events and collect stories for the LJMU web site.

Professor McDonough said: “This is exactly the type of public engagement event that we want LJMU’s Merseyside at War to be involved with. It allows us to take the project to a wider audience.”

Dr Benbough-Jackson comments: “The opportunity to collaborate with the BBC on such as a high profile event is hugely important for the vision we have for our World War One project.”

Here are details of the BBC Live Events:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01nhwgx/features/ww1-at-home-tour

LJMU’s ‘Merseyside at War 1914-1918’ project  http://www.merseyside-at-war.org/