https://dx.doi.org/10.32912/bulletin/21
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Foreword
Auckland Museum has long been in the business of initiating, supporting and disseminating original research on a range of contemporary and historical topics. Facilitating the deep interrogation of an issue from multiple perspectives and providing a platform for discussion are core functions for the museum to deliver. It is our hope that greater understanding and inspiration will come from well-informed debate and illuminating little-known facts. The museum’s collections serve as evidence for this research activity and, along with knowledge and expertise that surrounds them, they are an increasingly global resource.
The collection of articles in The Enduring Impact of the First World War: A Collection of Perspectives is a rich gathering of insights reflecting on a pivotal year in world history a century later and were all drawn from The Myriad Faces of War symposium held in 2017. This successful international symposium was conceived and led by the War, History, Heritage, Art and Memory Research Network (WHAM), in partnership with Massey University, Auckland War Memorial Museum, The University of Auckland and Manatū Taonga, Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
The examination of conflict and its impact, the subject of the symposium and this Bulletin, is central to the Museum’s identity as a war memorial and is facilitated through its war galleries, online Cenotaph database of New Zealanders who have served historically, and through its programming.
David Reeves
Director, Collections & Research
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
22 February 2020
Acknowledgements
The Enduring Impact of the First World War: A Collection of Perspectives comprises eighteen peer-reviewed articles developed from selected papers presented in the international symposium "The Myriad Faces of War: 1917 and its Legacy", held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in 2017.
The editors thank Maartje Abbenhuis, Neill Atkinson, Louise Furey, Glyn Harper, Rebecca Johns, Ian Proctor, David Reeves, and Euan Robertson for their contributions to the collection and the peer review or editing processes.