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- 05/03/2010: Update
- 06/02/2010: To the Editor of the Daily Chronicle, 2 August 1927
- 06/02/2010: Conference, London 15 May 2010
- 17/01/2009: Lawrence on race
- 14/11/2008: Great Arab Revolt Project
- 11/07/2008: Military Report on the Sinai Peninsula
- 10/06/2008: Suleiman Mousa, 1919-2008
- 06/06/2008: 1929-35
- 30/05/2008: Polly A. Mohs, 'Military Intelligence and the Arab Revolt'
- 27/05/2008: CAVEAT EMPTOR - Revolt in the Desert
Conference, London 15 May 2010
Current World Archaeology/Great Arab Revolt Project
one-day conference
Lawrence, the Arabs, and the genesis of modern guerrilla warfare
Saturday 15 May 2010
Clore Management Centre
Birkbeck University of London
Bloomsbury
On the 75th anniversary of T.E. Lawrence’s death, three leading academic specialists assess his role in the desert war of 1916-1918 and his relevance in understanding the conflicts of the last 90 years. Neil Faulkner and Nick Saunders are joint directors of a pioneering new field project that is investigating the archaeological remains of the conflict along the line of the former Hijaz Railway. Jeremy Wilson, author of Lawrence of Arabia: the authorised biography of T E Lawrence, is widely recognised as the world’s leading authority on his subject. Together, on the basis of radically new evidence and interpretation, they offer a day of illustrated talks and discussion that will reassess Lawrence, his role, and his legacy. And they will draw some stark lessons: about the parallels between the failure of the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and unfolding disaster of the ‘war on terror‘ today.
Download the timetable and prospectus (PDF)
09/02/2010 at 02:36 pm
I’m delighted to read about the May conference on T.E. My late and dear friend Adrian Liddell-Hart, Sir Basil’s only son and Lawrence’s biographer, inspired my interest in the life of T.E. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the dreadful motorcycle accident that resulted in T.E’s untimely death. I am looking forward to attending the conference and learning more about ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ who Adrian once told me that he had had afternoon tea with when Adrian was a mere boy at Eton.