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#Thursday Colloquium with Warren Breckman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this presentation, Warren Breckman explores the wartime diaries of George Hambley, a Canadian cavalryman. His twenty-volume account of the First World War offers a rare and deeply personal portrait of belief, duty, suffering and meaning amid devastation. Hambley\u2019s diaries document not only the daily realities of trench warfare and cavalry life, but also his spiritual reflections, literary interests, and profound emotional bonds, particularly with his horse, Nix. Warren Breckman situates these writings within evolving historiographical frameworks, including microhistory, cultural memory, and the intellectual life of ordinary soldiers. Bridging narrative, personal legacy, and historical inquiry, he seeks to illuminate how one man\u2019s experience can help reshape our understanding of the emotional and cultural dimensions of World War One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Four Canadian soldiers, sleeping and writing letters in the trenches near Willerval. Night time in the trenches was often a busy time; wiring parties, fatigue parties and raiding parties would all be sent out at night. The day time, therefore, was the time for relaxation and trying to catch a little sleep. Picture: Rider-Rider, W (Lt)<\/a>, Canadian Official photographer<\/a> (04\/01\/1918), Imperial War Museum<\/a>, Licence Number LIC-02866-J8G3S6<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10319,"template":"","event_type":[107],"class_list":["post-10686","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_type-thursday-colloquium"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/10686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type?post=10686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}