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Maartje Abbenhuis is a historian of of neutrality and internationalism, especially in regards to Europe from 1815 to 1919. She’s written numerous articles and books on the subject and teaches at the University of Auckland. We talk about her most recent work, a collection of essays on WWI in 1917 that she co-edited.
1:05 – Maartje talks about how she got into editing a book on WWI.
6:17 – We discuss the parallel between Lord of the Rings and WWI.
9:09 – Maartje talks about the essays in the book.
10:54 – Maartje talks about security and civil rights during WWI.
13:15 – Maartje talks about how the book reflects the New Zealand symposium that it was meant to accompany.
18:06 – Maartje talks about India’s involvement in WWI and also about Indian resistane to the British at this time.
25:12 – Maartje talks about New Zealand and WWI.
30:15 – Maartje talks about some of the research that went into the essays and what the collection goals were. She mentions that two of the essays were written by museum curators and directors.
33:18 – Maartje talks about German memories of WWI.
43:17 – Maartje talks about the global effects of WWI.
56:55 – Maartje talks about New Zealand and how its foundation myths connect to WWI.
1:00:26 – Maartje is on twitter @maartjeabb.
Links of interest
https://twitter.com/maartjeabb?lang=en
https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319736846
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Guests: Maartje Abbenhuis
Host: Cris Alvarez
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