24 July 2009

Public Lecture by Professor Hew Strachan

(Chichele Professor of the History of War
All Soul's College, Oxford University)

'The Battle of Passchendaele
and the British Way in Warfare'

Venue: Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auditorium Lecture Theatre
Date: Wednesday 29 July 2009, at 6pm.
Free Public Lecture (Seating capacity is strictly 200 so please get there early.)

Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War and Fellow at All Soul's College, Oxford. He is also Director of Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War, and was Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow prior to coming to Oxford in 2001. Professor Strachan's research focuses on military history from the 18th century to date, including contemporary strategic studies, but with particular interest in the First World War and in the history of the British Army. He is the author of several highly acclaimed books on military history, including The First World War: Volume 1: To Arms (2001) which was also produced as a multi-part documentary series for television. Professor Strachan is currently visiting New Zealand as the Sir Howard Kippenberger Chair in Strategic Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, funded by the Weston Foundation, New Zealand Defence Froce and the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association.

For more details please contact:

Dr Stephen Clarke
RNZRSA Chief Executive
027 364 5687