Date: Tuesday 18 October 2016
Time: 7-8.30pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speakers: Professor Christopher Clark, Professor Robert Gerwarth, Professor David Stevenson
Chair: Dr Heather Jones

As Robert Gerwarth launches his new book, The Vanquished. Why the First World War Failed to End on how defeat in the First World War plunged Germany, and much of Europe, into chaos and revolution in 1918, we bring together a panel of historian specialists on the conflict to debate the book's themes and findings with its author.

Christopher Clark is Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge. The author of numerous studies on German history, his recent book, The Sleepwalkers. How Europe went to war in 1914 (London, 2013), was a global bestseller.

Robert Gerwarth is Professor of Modern History at University College Dublin and Director of the UCD Centre for War Studies. He is the author of The Bismarck Myth (Oxford, 2005) and Hitler's Hangman: The Life of Heydrich (2011). His latest book, The Vanquished. Why the First World War Failed to End, has just been published.

David Stevenson is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a renowned specialist on the First World War on which he has authored numerous studies, including 'With Our Backs to the Wall': Victory and Defeat in 1918 (Penguin, 2011).

Heather Jones (@WW1POWs) is Associate Professor in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. A leading specialist in First World War Studies, she has written extensively on the conflict.

Founded in 1954, the Department of International History (@lsehistory) is one of the youngest departments at LSE. But in its short life, it has risen to become one of the top five university history departments in the UK, thanks to both its internationally renowned graduate programme and research record.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries email Dr Heather Jones by email H.S.Jones@lse.ac.uk or phone 020 7955 7724.

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