Image: WWI propaganda poster illustrated with four young white men dressed in kilts, marching in step with rifles over their shoulders. Text: 'A Fixed Reputation? British Wartime Propaganda'

A Fixed Reputation? British Wartime Propaganda

Saturday, Sept. 14 - 3 p.m. Zoom Conference

After the Armistice, all grew quiet on the Western Front – as did most of Great Britain’s official propaganda organizations, now without a war to promote. Drawing on the work and experiences of wartime propagandists (including the early career of author A.A. Milne and more established figures like the comedian Harry Lauder and author H.G. Wells) Dr. David Monger from the University of Canterbury will explore how far the negative reputation of British propaganda was supported or challenged by propaganda veterans’ own accounts of their wartime work.

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