Turning Point Year: The British Empire at War in 1917
Provisional Schedule
Thursday 6 November:
0815-0820 – Welcome
0830-0930 –William Philpott, “Never Over by Christmas: Meeting the Challenges of
Interminable War”
0930-1030 – Keith Neilson, Royal Military College of Canada, “The Blockade in 1917”
1030-1045 – break
1045-1215 – PANEL, “The Evolving Relationship of Britain and the Dominions in 1917”
Chris Madsen and Michael Moir, “The Imperial Munitions Board and Merchant
Shipbuilding in Canada”
Michael Carroll, “Resolution IX and the Diplomatic Revolution of 1917”
Rachel Lea Heide, “Genesis of Canada’s Air Force: The rise of Nationalism amongst
Canadian Airmen, 1917”
1215-1315 – LUNCH
1315-1415 – Matthew Hughes, Command, Strategy and the Battle for Palestine, 1917
1415-1545 – PANEL, “The Imperial War Effort in Africa and the Middle East”
Tim Stapleton, “The Africanization of British Imperial Forces in the East Africa
Campaign, 1917”
Harry Knight, “War a World Away: The Arab Bureau, the Arab Revolt and the Creation
of an Arab Façade”
Justin Fantauzzo, “The Finest Feats of the War: Baghdad, Jerusalem and Popular Opinion
in the British Empire”
1545-1600 – break
1600-1700 – Geoffrey Grey, “The Egyptian Expeditionary Force in 1917”
Friday 7 November:
0830-0930 – John Crawford, “'New Zealand Is Being Bled to Death': New Zealand Manpower
Policy in the Toughest Year of the War”
0930-1030 – Serge Durflinger, “Vimy's Consequence? The Montreal Riots of 1917”
1030-1045- break
1045-1215 – PANEL, “The Mobilization of Societies in 1917”
Steven Marti, “’OUR Unit’: Mobilizing Minorities in Canada, 1916-1917”
John Moses, “The Six Nations War Effort in 1917: Year of Contention”
Andrea Ellner, “Enrol Today! Women’s Auxiliary Services in Britain, the US and
Germany from 1917”
1215-1315 – Lunch
1315-1415 – Ian F. W. Beckett, “General Headquarters and the Dominion Forces in 1917”
1415-1545 – Panel: “Supporting the War on the Western Front”
Andrew Iarocci, “’Nothing that Can Be Used Shall Go to Waste….’ Salvage, Thrift and
Economy in the British Empire Armies, 1917”
Andrew McEwen, “’Just Worked to Death’: Animal Wastage in the Battle of Arras”
William Stewart, ‘Higher Standards of Canadian Infantry Replacements’: The
Transformation of Canadian Infantry Recruit Training in 1917”
1545-1600 – break
1600-1700 – Mark Connelly, “British Propaganda and Newspaper Coverage of the Imperial
Effort in 1917”