Making Telecommunications in the First World War, 24 January Elizabeth Bruton & Graeme Gooday, ‘Innovating in Combat: Telecommunications and intellectual property in the First World War’ University of Leeds & Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

‘Innovating in Combat: Telecommunications and intellectual property in the First World War Aims: to help museums, archives, and public to better appreciate the significance of communications technologies and patents during World War One Partners: BT archives, IET archives, Imperial War Museum North, Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Science Museum, University of Leeds HSTM Museum Project website: blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/innovatingincombat blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/innovatingincombat

Schedule (1) : Welcome and tea and coffee : Elizabeth Bruton and Graeme Gooday, About “Innovating in Combat” : Dr Phil Judkins, University of Buckingham Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies, Trawling the Waves: Warfighting and Wireless in World War : David Barlow, Radio Officers Association and Lizard Wireless Museum, Wireless and direction finding at sea and in the air in World War I. - with emphasis on the role of Captain Henry Joseph Round. Note: David’s paper will be delivered via Skype : Tea and coffee : Keith Thrower, Army radio communication during the Great War : Professor Anthony Davies, Emeritus Professor, King’s College London and Visiting Professor, Kingston University, Surrey, The right tunes? Wavemeters for British army and air force uses in World War I time : Stephen Erskine, Green Howards Museum, ‘Victory calling’-evolution of operational communications: an infantry Battalion experience.

Schedule (2) : Lunch : Paul Coleman, University of Leeds, Wireless defence: the use of wireless telegraphy against U- boats in the First World War : Dr. Andreas Marklund, Post & Tele Museum, Denmark, Watching for the State: Cable Censorship and Practices of Surveillance at the Danish State Telegraph during World War I : Axel Volmar, University of Siegen, Germany, Where Only the Explosives Prevail: German Innovations in Sound Ranging and Telecommunications in World War I : Tea and coffee : Roundtable discussion, chaired by Stephen Johnston : Closing remarks and thanks

Project outputs Network and partnership with seven partner organisations: BT archives, IET archives, Imperial War Museum North, Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Science Museum, University of Leeds HSTM Museum Workshops and conferences for sharing knowledge and good practice and for planning centenary events and exhibitions: – Friday 28 June 2013: Interpreting Telecommunications in the Great War: A workshop for museum interpreters, archivists and historians, Brotherton Room, University of Leeds – Friday 24 January 2014: Making Telecommunications in World War One, University Club, Oxford Public lectures and events including: – August: Porthcurno Telegraph Museum and Marconi Centre; October: Royal Society, Radio Society of Great Britain centenary convention, and Rutgers University; November: Science Museum and IET Humber; December: Café Scientifique, Leeds; January: Museum of the History of Science and Dorking & District Amateur Radio Society. Project website and blog for dissemination of digital resources including podcasts and online videos plus education packs Publications: journal articles, blog posts, book contributions etc.

Central Themes Innovation - civilian and military Secrecy - security and interception Usage - civilian and military Rewards - profit and commemorations Elizabeth Bruton demonstrates the Fullerphone to KS3 history students at Allerton Grange HS, Leeds

Future Outcomes Contributions to exhibition planning and content More public events and lectures as centenary approaches Broaden understanding and build awareness of telecommunications in World War One Work with different audiences: general public, museum, archive, University etc Increased partnerships, internationally? Wider dissemination of material about telecommunications in World War One

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